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How do you salvage an ancient wall? Ask Dimitris Korres

Back when I was a kid in the 1960s, one of my favorite Disney characters was inventor Gyro Gearloose, whose Little Helper was a small, human-like robot with a lightbulb for a head. Gyro was the hero the authorities of Duckburg invariably called up to solve a problem requiring an ingenious solution.

A new public domain era for Tintin, Popeye and others begins

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan. 1. That means they can be used and repurposed without permission or payment to copyright holders.

France: Notre Dame Cathedral opens today, five years after the devastating fire

 

The Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, the Notre-Dame, reopens its gates today, five and a half years after it was badly damaged by a devastating fire that destroyed its arrow and roof and nearly caused the complete collapse of this masterpiece of Gothic art.

The World of Tim Burton in London Design Museum

The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits - all on display at an exhibition that is opening in London just in time for Halloween. But what really scares him? Artificial intelligence.

Burton said on Oct. 23 that seeing a website that had used AI to blend his drawings with Disney characters "really disturbed me."

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