Man jailed after ‘pretending to be white’ to stir up hatred during UK riots | UK | News

An Asian man who admitted to stirring up racial hatred against Muslims after posing as a “white” far-Right hooligan online during the UK riots has been dealt a huge jail sentence. Ehsan Hussain, from Yardley in Birmingham, used a fake identity called “Chris Nolan” to call for disorder in Birmingham as riots spread across Britain … Read more

Fal.ai, which hosts media-generating AI models, raises $23M from a16z and others

Fal.ai, a dev-focused platform for AI-generated audio, video, and images, today revealed that it’s raised $23 million in funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Black Forest Labs co-founder Robin Rombach, and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. It’s a two-round deal. $14 million of Fal’s total came from a Series A tranche led by Kindred Ventures. … Read more

How Agatha Christie’s spinster sleuth paved the way for ‘cosy’ crime | Books | Entertainment

For nearly a century, Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple has kept millions of readers and TV viewers entranced by her remarkable detection skills. However, both St Mary Mead’s finest and her creator have had challenges along the way. Today, there is no end of “cosy” crime fiction that seems to be inspired by much of what … Read more

Fisker reverses course on making Ocean owners pay for recall repairs

Bankrupt EV startup Fisker is reversing course just a few days after telling owners that they would have to pay labor costs for recall repairs. The company edited the FAQ page on its website to say “Fisker will provide the necessary parts (including the labor) at no cost to you.” Fisker originally broke the bad … Read more