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Oscar hopeful ‘The Brutalist’ used AI during production
The filmmakers behind The Brutalist, a likely Oscar contender currently being distributed by A24, used AI to alter actor’s dialogue and create images used in the film’s epilogue, the film’s editor Dávid Jancsó shared in an interview with RedShark News. The epic drama follows a […]
Karmen secures $9.4 million for its revenue-based financing products
French startup Karmen has secured a small funding round so that it can improve its instant financing products. The company offers short-term loans to small companies facing a working capital crunch. It’s a €9 million equity-and-debt round ($9.4 million at today’s exchange rates) with Seventure […]
Marvel Snap comes back online in the US
Marvel Snap is back online in the US after it shut down alongside TikTok, Second Dinner has announced. The game’s developer also said on X that it’s partnering with a new publisher and working to bring more services in-house to “make sure this never happens […]
President Trump repeals Biden’s AI executive order
During his first day in office, President Donald Trump revoked a 2023 executive order signed by former President Joe Biden that sought to reduce the potential risks AI poses to consumers, workers, and national security. Biden’s executive order directed the Commerce Department’s National Institute of […]
Trump delays TikTok ban for at least 75 days via executive order
That didn’t take long. Soon after taking office, President Donald Trump signed a swathe of executive orders. Among them was a temporary pause on the law that banned TikTok in the US. With the executive order, Trump’s Justice Department will not enforce the Protecting Americans […]
President Trump signs exec order to make Musk’s DOGE commission more official
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an advisory commission spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk recommending deep cuts to federal agencies, could soon become more official, should an executive order signed by President Donald Trump pass legal muster. On Monday evening, Trump signed an order that […]
At the Microsoft Excel World Championship, selfies and a ‘hype’ tunnel
An arena. A hype tunnel, the kind through which NBA players typically streak. A competitor dressed in a jersey patterned with a six-pack abs. In a new piece, the New York Times takes readers to an event that organizers call the Microsoft Excel World Championship, […]
Marvel Snap is back in the US
Image: Second Dinner Marvel Snap is back online in the US after access was cut off Saturday night due to the law that banned TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps. The game’s current publisher, Nuverse, is owned by ByteDance. In a post published Monday evening, the […]
Smithsonian and others will use Filecoin to safeguard digital culture heritage
Filecoin Foundation is stepping up today to preserve cultural artifacts in digital form using its decentralized network technology.