Likewise, a startup backed by creepy Bill Gates, is launching an AI chatbot that offers users personalized recommendations for movies, books, television shows, and podcasts. Gates, who in March declared that “the Age of AI has begun,” is now betting on the ways AI will help people choose their entertainment, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The company reportedly plans to use... 

Ukraine’s parliament voted to ban certain Russian books and music in attempts to rid the nation of Russian culture and influence. In a vote which passed Sunday, the sale and production of certain books are now severely limited. Post-1991 Russian citizens are not allowed to print books in Ukraine unless they give up their Russian passports and become Ukrainian citizens. The ban is targeted at authors... 

American rapper Lupe Fiasco was thrown off stage by security guards as he performed a 40-minute anti-Obama song during a pre-inauguration event at a Washington, DC, concert hall Sunday night. ­“Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set,” Josh Rogin, a reporter with Foreign Policy magazine, posted on Twitter. During the concert,... 

Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist, plays the piano at the White House on Jan. 19, 2011. The music he is playing is the theme song from an anti-American propaganda movie about the Korean War. US humiliated in eyes of Chinese by song used to inspire anti-Americanism. From the beginning of his Presidency, Barack Obama has been criticized for bowing to foreign heads of state. But those missteps are nothing...