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Even for dedicated Game of Thrones viewers, the first season of House of the Dragon had a lot to keep straight. After several traumatic birth scenes, countless acts of betrayal, and a number of (somewhat confusing) time jumps, the show culminated with the straw that broke the proverbial dragon’s back and set the Targaryen Civil War in motion: the murder of Lucerys Velaryon and his dragon, Arrax, by Aemond Targaryen and his dragon, Vhagar.

Recent weeks have not been kind to OpenAI. The release of the company’s latest model, GPT-4o, has been somewhat overshadowed by a series of accusations leveled at both the company and its CEO, Sam Altman. Accusations range from prioritizing product development over safety to using the likeness of actor Scarlett Johansson’s voice without her consent.

POINTE DU HOC, France — President Joe Biden on Friday looked to summon Americans to defend democracy from threats at home and abroad — and cast an implicit contrast with Donald Trump — by drawing on the heroism of Army Rangers who scaled the seaside cliffs of Pointe du Hoc in the D-Day invasion 80 years ago. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The same spot was etched in the nation’s political memory in 1984, when President Ronald Reagan, honored the “boys of Pointe du Hoc” and drew common cause between their almost unthinkable feat in the face of Nazi Germany’s tyranny to the then-Cold War struggle against the Soviet Union.

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, a limited series which debuts on Hulu today (June 7), examines the life and career of the controversial German fashion designer before he became a household name as the creative director of Chanel, a position he held for 36 years. One of the overarching tensions in the show is Lagerfeld’s professional rivalry with his friend-turned-frenemy, the French couturier Yves Saint Laurent, which turns intensely personal after Saint Laurent begins a brief but passionate affair with Lagerfeld’s romantic partner, the French dandy Jacques de Bascher. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read more: How Karl Lagerfeld Redefined Modern Fashion As We Know It In real life, this juicy love triangle sent tongues wagging across the industry and high society during the 1970s and escalated a seemingly friendly competition between Lagerfeld and Saint Laurent, who had come up together as young designers in the Paris fashion scene, into a bitter rivalry, effectively ending their friendship. Here’s what you need to know about the scandalous real-life love triangle that inspired Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. Were Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent friends? For the majority of their careers, Lagerfeld and Saint Laurent, both titans of French fashion, were foils to one another.

Michael Mosley, a British TV doctor went missing on the Greek island of Symi on Wednesday while on vacation. Mosley is known for his appearances on U. K. programs such as This Morning and The One Show. The 67-year-old is a regular columnist in the Daily Mail and has presented several shows on diet and exercise, including the Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat?

One of the most pervasive misunderstandings I hear in some corporate circles is that consumers really don’t care about climate change because, by and large, they aren’t willing to pay much to address it. To make this argument, skeptics of corporate climate action often point to the mounds of evidence showing that most consumers prioritize price over sustainability in their buying decisions. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It is true—and unsurprising—that price remains the top concern for most consumers, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they don’t care at all.