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Eras Tour movie, initially screened in theaters in November, is set to hit on-demand streaming platforms in December. Taking fans on a three-hour musical odyssey through Swift's extensive 10-album catalog, the Eras Tour has been a celebration of surprises, including two unreleased songs at each show, announcements of Taylor's Version albums, and numerous unforgettable moments. As fans eagerly await the on-demand release, the burning question remains: Will the concert movie find its way to Netflix? Unfortunately, for Netflix subscribers, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film won't make its debut on the streaming giant.

Meta Platforms' advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month, breaches EU consumer laws, Europe's largest consumer group said on Thursday as it took its grievance to consumer protection authorities. The joint complaint from the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and 18 of its members to the network of consumer protection authorities (CPC) came two days after advocacy group NOYB filed a complaint with the Austrian privacy watchdog, saying Meta's new service amounted to paying a fee to ensure privacy.

Pine Labs said it has launched a new platform called Credit+, which is a credit issuance stack for banks, fintechs and large merchants. Pine Labs, which has looked to diversify from offline payments, will use the new stack to provide fintechs and banks the ability to manage credit programmes, launch co-branded credit cards, help with rewards and loyalty management, as well as provide online merchants the ability to provide embedded credit offerings to users.

Binance, an official said Thursday, as part of a crackdown on online trading platforms operating in the country without licences. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that Binance was not registered in the Philippines and therefore not authorised to sell or offer securities in the country.

Udaipur (IIMU) has announced that it will set up the JM Financial Centre for Financial Research in collaboration with JM Financial, an integrated and diversified financial services group. The centre will provide scholars in finance and related disciplines access to world-class resources. The JM Financial Centre for Financial Research at IIMU will engage in academic research in finance and related disciplines, conduct annual workshops, and industry talks, and partner with the BFSI sector and regulatory bodies for action research and seminars.

Tata Technologies hogged all the limelight on Thursday, the SME IPO of Rockingdeals Circular Economy, which sells refurbished and other products, also doubled on listing. The stock debuted today at a premium of 114% at Rs 300 on NSE SME as against an issue price of Rs 140. After the listing, the stock further rallied and hit an upper circuit of 5% at Rs 315 apiece. Rockingdeals Circular IPO, which was opened for public subscription between November 22 and November 24, received a whopping 312.64 times subscription.

Elon Musk is in your news feed again. The richest man in the world on Wednesday told advertisers who were dropping his social media platform X because of antisemitic posts, to go ‘f**k themselves’. In an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin in a New York Times DealBook Summit, Musk candidly addressed the recent controversy. Let's take a look at the highlights of this viral conversation:

Online investments app Robinhood said Thursday that it's set to launch its platform in the U.K. in early 2024, marking the company's third attempt at cracking international expansion.

generative AI lags behind consumer demand and employee usage, a new survey from Adobe suggests. Only 47% of respondents in India said the company they work for currently uses generative AI tools. A remarkable 94% of Indian employees said they had already used generative AI in marketing and customer experience campaigns in the workplace; 52% have employed large language models and 50% have used text-to-image generators to create promotional brand materials and content.

₹331 trillion between 1 January, 2023 and 25 Nov, 2023 – that’s about 115% higher than in 2022. Leverage in derivatives is high and turnover is reported in nominal contract value so this looks more impressive than it is, but it is a very high volume anyhow. Around 4 million individual investors participated in the F&O segment.

Bob Iger said on Wednesday he would «definitely» step down when his current contract ends in 2026 and that the ABC broadcast network was not for sale. In a wide-ranging interview at the New York Times Dealbook Conference, Iger also said he was «bullish» on the prospects for Shanghai Disneyland and he expected the company would expand the theme park «relatively soon.» Iger, 72, returned to Disney as CEO in November 2022, less than a year after he retired, to revamp the media company after the board ousted his hand-picked successor, Bob Chapek. Iger had planned to stay for two years but agreed to extend his stay through 2026. Disney's board is undertaking a «robust» search for a successor, Iger said, adding that he was «definitely going to step down» at the end of his current contract. After Iger spoke, Disney's board announced it had appointed Morgan Stanley CEO James P.

Loco, a gaming-focused streaming platform, has laid off around 40, or 36%, of its 110 employees. The company announced the layoffs during a town hall meeting with employees on Wednesday, even as it plans to expand operations overseas. Anirudh Pandita and Ashwin Suresh, the founders, told employees that the layoffs are part of the firm’s restructuring strategy, said people aware of the matter.

Canada’s government says it has reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country’s news industry

The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was shut down

Open-source blockchain platform IOTA has unveiled its Abu Dhabi Foundation as part of its strategy to kickstart its Middle East expansion plans.

(Reuters) — Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) forecast quarterly product revenue above estimates on Wednesday, as increasing adoption of artificial intelligence boosted demand for its data cloud offerings.

Dar Tanner while posting the image on platform X (formerly known as Twitter) wrote, «Mind blowing light pillars in our little village of Alix, Alberta». What appears to be a neat photography ploy is actually a stunning natural phenomenon. These beautiful natural phenomena known as light pillars are columns of lights created when light from the earth's surface reflects off of six-sided ice crystals that are present in the frozen clouds above. According to Michael Kavulich of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, ice crystals in clouds settle horizontally during very calm conditions, like dinner plates laying flat. They basically act as mirrors, which reflect light coming from streetlights and other sources shining on the ground to form a beam of light that is between the Earth and the sky. Moreover, light pillars can also be formed by sunlight. A sun pillar is a column of light that forms when the sun peeks over the horizon at sunrise or sunset. This phenomenon is caused by sunlight reflecting off of «dinner plate» ice crystals in the clouds.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, a forthcoming game by Owlcat Games, is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The game revolves around Rogue Traders, explorers working for the Imperium of Man. Their mission is to discover uncharted alien worlds, seek valuable artifacts, and avoid threats from hostile beings and Chaos corruption.

Sweet Home season 2 can mark their calendars, as the release is set for December 1, 2023, at 12:00 a.m. PT/3:00 a.m. ET on Netflix. For those in the Central time zone, the release time is 2:00 a.m. CT on the same day. The TV-MA rating carries over from the first season, indicating the show's suitability for mature audiences. Notably unsuitable for children, this characteristic was evident in the first season.

Silent Hill 2, is set to make a comeback with a remake, aiming to spook a new generation of gamers. The announcement was made during the Silent Hill Transmission event, where Bloober Team, known for The Medium, revealed their role in the development. Masahiro Ito and Akira Yamaoka, original Silent Hill 2 Concept Artist and Composer, are returning for the remake.

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) will shut down its crypto services by Dec. 19. Existing accounts will have the choice to migrate to Blockchain.com platform or be closed and liquidated at that time, with a few caveats.