[ad_1] There are already a number of documentaries lined up for Apple TV+, including Home, The Elephant Queen and future Ron Howard productions. This, however, could help Apple score other big docs and ensure that they thrive. That could give it a better chance of competing with Amazon, Netflix and others that are already old […]
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Starz apologizes for pushing Twitter to remove tweets on online piracy
[ad_1] Techdirt reported that an article from the piracy news site was shared by several accounts over the weekend, including the Columbia Journalism Review‘s Mathew Ingram, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and copyright professor Annemarie Bridy. Twitter, acting on behalf of Starz, then served the accounts with a DMCA takedown despite no links to actual pirated […]
Google teases ‘something big’ for Pixel on May 7th
[ad_1] The timing would be right. Google itself recently hinted at the Pixel 3a and 3a XL on its store, and May 7th conveniently dovetails with the first day of this year’s I/O developer conference. Past reports had Google aiming for a mid-year debut, and even Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer admitted that he was using a […]
Hulu buys AT&T’s stake, leaving Comcast and Disney as owners
[ad_1] AT&T said it would use the money to “reduce its debt.” Between this and Disney’s acquisition of key Fox assets, Hulu’s joint venture is down to just two companies, Disney and Comcast. It’s not yet certain just how this affects the ownership ratios, but Disney already had majority control with 60 percent while Comcast […]
YouTube’s fact checking linked the Notre Dame fire to 9/11
[ad_1] A YouTube spokesperson didn’t directly explain the cause to CNBC, but said that the company sometimes “make[s] the wrong call” with its algorithms. The incident underscores YouTube’s ongoing issues with automation. While the site needs algorithms to moderate the massive volumes of content uploaded every day, it’s not prepared to handle every possible situation […]
Google reportedly disbands review panel monitoring DeepMind Health AI
[ad_1] This board came together in 2016, when DeepMind — a British AI company acquired by Google in 2014 — launched a healthcare unit called DeepMind Health. The board was meant to review the company’s work with the UK’s publicly funded health service. But panel members reportedly questioned their access to information, the power of […]
Facebook Messenger’s dark mode goes live for everyone
[ad_1] A number of other apps, including YouTube and Twitter, also offer a dark mode, which could help extend the battery life of phones, particularly those with OLED screens. Meanwhile, if rumors are to be believed, the next major Android and iOS versions should enable system-wide dark mode settings. [ad_2] Source link
Switch RPG ‘Octopath Traveler’ comes to PC this summer
[ad_1] The upcoming release on Steam appears to be a straight port to PC, with no changes. For those who are unfamiliar with Octopath Traveler, the game is set in the land of Osterra and follows eight different travelers as they set forward on their own quest. Players choose their own main character but learn […]
Tiny light-up barcodes help researchers identify DNA molecules
[ad_1] “The idea is everything has its own heartbeat,” said Shalin Shah, the lead author of the paper who is a Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. The technique invented by Shah, along with Duke computer science professor John Reif and postdoctoral researcher Abhishek Dubey of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, would […]
‘Too Old to Die Young’ is the first streaming series to make it to Cannes
[ad_1] The series is a moody crime drama that explores Los Angeles’s seedy lawless side, and it’s being hyped as the latest project by director Nicolas Winding Refn, who won best director at Cannes in 2011 for Drive. Refn is also behind the thriller Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon, both of which previously […]