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Streaming platforms tweak interfaces as users demand better control

Recent updates across major streaming platforms are reshaping how viewers interact with content. Netflix has removed certain sorting and browsing options, prompting backlash from users who relied on ...

10,000 new planets? Researchers find hidden worlds in NASA telescope data

Scientists say about 10,000 new exoplanet candidates may be hiding in NASA data, after using artificial intelligence to scan ...
Gizmodo

Indie Animation Is Having a Moment on YouTube

While Hollywood tries to figure out what to do with animation, the medium’s independent scene is apparently thriving on YouTube. A recent report from the company’s Trends and Culture team dug into the ...
Deadline.com

Nickelodeon Animation Studios To Become CBS Studios Label With Alec Botnick As President; Ashley Kaplan Segues To Consulting

The integration of CBS and Paramount cable assets under George Cheeks, Chair of TV Media, continues. After BET Studios in December became a label of CBS Studios, the same is now being done with ...
Ars Technica

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Even if you don’t know much about the inner workings of generative AI models, you probably know they need a lot of memory. Hence, it is currently almost impossible to buy a measly stick of RAM without ...
The New York Times

A Master of Animation Is Back, With a ‘Magnificent’ Story

The first animated feature in 15 years by the acclaimed French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet, the “Triplets of Belleville” creator, is a biopic of another artist who never lost his ability for wonder and ...
The Economist

Triumph of the toons: how animation came to rule the box office

BEAVERTON IS HOME to a thriving colony of the furry, wood-chewing creatures. The mayor, however, doesn’t give a dam: he decides their forest habitat should be dislodged to make room for a freeway.
The Conversation

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right‑wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...
The Verge

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you want to tweak what’s on your feed, you can make a post and ask. If you want to tweak what’s on your feed, ...
Digital Trends

NASA animation shows exactly how its crewed moon mission will unfold

A NASA video (above) reveals in great detail how its upcoming Artemis II mission is expected to play out. The space agency released the animation last year, but seeing that the Artemis II astronauts ...
InfoQ

Expired Oracle Patent Opens Fast Sorting Algorithm to Open Source Databases

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