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Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows — When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix.
More: The Streamable. Threads: @letmebe_e, @dantley, and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @film_girl@mastodon.social
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A profile of Dr. Shih Chin-tay, who led Taiwan's foray into chip production in the 1970s after joining the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu — When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to a different world.
X: @viv_chand, @wingcommander1, @basuashis, and @sarthakgh
| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
How conservationists are using an AI tool called CeruleanAI, developed by the Coral Restoration Foundation, to analyze 3D maps of reefs and monitor restoration — Time is running out to save the world's coral reefs, so conservationists are turning to every tool they can to protect vanishing reefs — including AI.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with Deepu Talla, Nvidia's VP and GM for Embedded and Edge Computing, on generative AI's roles in robotics, designing humanoid robots, platforms, and more — A version of this q&a first appeared in TechCrunch's free robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.| Washington Post: |
Experts and lawmakers say Tesla's largest recall yet is unlikely to solve Autopilot's fundamental flaw: Tesla failing to limit where drivers can use the feature — Tesla's software update adds warnings to improve driver attention while using Autopilot — but doesn't limit where drivers can engage the technology
More: Rolling Stone, PCMag, and CNET
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X: @rakeshlobster, @senblumenthal, @mateosfo, @stanphylcap, and @senblumenthal. LinkedIn: Philip Koopman
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
A look at the wearable AI race as Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban smart glasses and a source says OpenAI discussed GPT-4 with Vision for Snap's devices — contextual compute - where the world around you becomes your operating system - is the future. this is not a question, it is a fact.
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| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic's win over Google and his concerns that Google will “get away with continuing their scheme” through “fake” remedies — ‘Fortnite’ maker's boss Tim Sweeney hopes court will avoid ‘fake’ remedies following landmark legal win over tech giant
More: The Verge, The Guardian, Patently Apple, Beyond Search, Business Insider, Tech Policy Press, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and Wall Street Journal
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| Adam Edelman / NBC News: |
Just Minnesota, Michigan, and Washington enacted laws in 2023 about AI and deepfakes in political campaigns, an issue the US federal government hasn't addressed — Amid tepid federal involvement on the issue, just three states enacted laws this year attempting to address AI's effects on political campaigns.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces contingent pricing for App Store subscriptions, letting developers give users a discounted price if they're subscribed to another subscription — Apple has announced a new “contingent pricing” feature for subscriptions in the App Store. According to the company …
More: Apple Developer, Engadget, PCMag, Mashable, PhoneArena, The Verge, AppleInsider, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Yue Wang / Forbes: |
SenseTime says co-founder Tang Xiao'ou, who was also a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness on December 15 at age 55 — Tang Xiao'ou, who also taught information engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness, according to SenseTime.| Hannah Miao / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood received ~$1.1B in account transfers since offering its 1% match on transferred brokerage accounts on October 23, including 150+ transfers of $1M+ — Trading app receives $1.1 billion in account transfers since offering 1% match — Robinhood Markets , known for a clientele …
More: PYMNTS.com, Cryptopolitan, and Reuters
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Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleads guilty to hacking and stealing over $12.3M from Nirvana Finance and an unnamed crypto exchange in July 2022 — Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022.Sponsor Posts
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