[ad_1] Notably, Warner Bros. told Variety it doesn’t have a plan to release Tenet in China yet. Behind North America, the country is the second-largest movie market globally. When theaters in China first started reopening, the country’s Film Administration (CFA) said they couldn’t show movies longer than two hours. However, according to Variety, some cinemas recently started playing older […]
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Amazon won’t stream any Yankees games during the 2020 season
[ad_1] You’re out of luck if you were hoping to use Amazon to stream Yankees games during the shortened 2020 MLB season. Bloomberg has verified that Amazon won’t be streaming any Yankees games this season through a combination of COVID-19 and broadcast rights. With the number of games down from 162 to just 60 due […]
The NBA will use Microsoft Teams to virtually seat fans courtside
[ad_1] When the National Basketball Association (NBA) restarts its season on July 30th, it will use Microsoft Teams to recreate the atmosphere of a packed arena without any fans physically present. As part of its ongoing partnership with Microsoft, the league plans to use the software’s recently released Together Mode to put more than 300 fans in the stands […]
Jaguar Land Rover shows off AI-powered ‘no-touch touchscreen’ for cars
[ad_1] A gesture tracker (which uses either vision-based or radio frequency-based sensors) works in concert with other factors, like eye tracking and other contextual information, to figure out which button you want to tap. The “predictive touch” system could come in handy, for instance, when you’re on a bumpy road and it’s hard to tap […]
Twitter sees record surge in user numbers
[ad_1] Today, Twitter announced that it earned revenues of $683 million, a 19 percent fall compared to last year, with expenses rising to $807 million. Last quarter, this deadly mix of rising costs and falling revenue meant Twitter ate a $7 million loss. Today that loss has risen to $124 million, showing that until things […]
Snap's coronavirus bump was short lived
[ad_1] Snapchat continues to grow even as the coronavirus pandemic batters the ad industry. The company reported its second-quarter results Tuesday, marking the first full quarter since the coronavirus pandemic kicked into high gear and upended advertising… [ad_2] Source link
LinkedIn will cut nearly 1,000 jobs as pandemic slows global hiring
[ad_1] LinkedIn has announced it will lay off around six percent of its workforce, in part due to a coronavirus-related worldwide hiring slowdown. The Microsoft-owned company is cutting about 960 jobs from its global sales and talent acquisition teams. “[LinkedIn] is not immune to the effects of the global pandemic,” CEO Ryan Roslansky wrote in […]
US charges two Chinese hackers with trying to steal COVID-19 research
[ad_1] According to the indictment, the hackers were working both for the Chinese government’s Ministry of State Security and for their own personal gain. At the moment, there’s no indication that they obtained any COVID-19 research. “China has now taken its place, alongside Russia, Iran and North Korea, in that shameful club of nations that […]
Investment app Robinhood scraps UK expansion
[ad_1] The UK was a target market for Robinhood for a long time, especially with a number of other companies also offering commission-free stock trading. That included Revolut, Freetrade and Trading 212, amongst others, all of which offered a similar sort of service in the market. Robinhood markets itself as a zero-fee stock-trading app which […]
South Korea’s self-isolation app had a serious security flaw
[ad_1] South Korea is one of several countries that used a comprehensive test, trace and isolate plan to dramatically reduce instances of COVID-19. Unfortunately, a New York Times report claims that one of the key pillars of its strategy, a mobile app designed to monitor at-home quarantines for people arriving in the country, was seriously […]