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Disney sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleges political effort to hurt its business
Disney Planet celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 2022. Aaronp | Bauer-Griffin | GC Pictures | Getty Pictures Walt Disney Co. sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, alleging the Republican governor has waged a “relentless campaign to weaponize authorities electricity” against the business amid a protracted struggle over a controversial classroom monthly bill. The federal […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery previews a stacked film slate, centered around this summer’s ‘Barbie’
Margot Robbie will star as Barbie in an upcoming movie from Mattel and Warner Bros. Mattel | Warner Bros. Let’s go, Barbie. Warner Bros. Discovery put the forthcoming film at the center of its CinemaCon studio presentation on Tuesday, with executives — including Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution, and Andrew Cripps, president of international […]
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ChatGPT end users can now change off their chat historical past, OpenAI announces
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks all through a keynote handle asserting ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Visuals OpenAI began rolling out new controls Tuesday that will allow for ChatGPT end users to convert off their chat record. Any conversations that acquire […]
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British isles regulator keeping up Microsoft’s Activision deal set to get new powers to rein in Large Tech
Microsoft symbol is found on a smartphone placed on shown Activision Blizzard’s online games character. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.K. govt on Tuesday revealed a draft invoice that would give a freshly produced division within just the independent competitiveness regulator powers to levy huge fines from Huge Tech corporations for level of competition abuses, […]
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Fintech company Klarna overhauls its application with a TikTok-like discovery feed as A.I. buzz swirls
Crucial Factors “Obtain now, spend later on organization” Klarna on Tuesday built some sweeping changes to its application, including a TikTok-influenced discovery feed that endorses products to customers. David Sandstrom, Klarna’s main advertising and marketing officer, says the company took inspiration from Chinese tech platforms’ skill to goal users with uncanny precision. Among the other […]
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NBCUniversal faces a set of company-defining decisions as CEO Jeff Shell departs
(L-R) Michael Cavanagh, then-chief financial officer of Comcast, talks with Brian Roberts, chief executive officer of Comcast, as they arrive for the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 9, 2019 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images As the shock wears off on the sudden departure of NBCUniversal Chief Executive Officer […]
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CNN fires anchor Don Lemon in the wake of sexist comments, reported mistreatment of colleagues
CNN fired anchor Don Lemon on Monday after 17 years at the network, in the wake of sexist on-air comments and reports that he mistreated women he worked with during his tenure there. The announcement came about an hour after Fox News said that right-wing prime-time host Tucker Carlson is leaving the cable network immediately. […]
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Disney begins second, larger round of layoffs, bringing total to 4,000 jobs cut
Bob Iger, CEO, Disney, during CNBC interview, Feb. 9, 2023. Randy Shropshire | CNBC Disney began its second, larger wave of layoffs Monday, bringing total job cuts in recent weeks to 4,000 when the latest round is completed. Earlier this year, Disney said it would slash 7,000 jobs from its workforce as part of a […]
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How HBO and Netflix have evolved away from each other in the past decade
A decade ago, then-Netflix chief content officer — and now co-CEO — Ted Sarandos told GQ, “The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.” But, to quote HBO’s “The Wire,” “The thing about the old days: they the old days.” Today, the apparent goal for both companies is to avoid becoming […]
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A.I. takes center stage at HIMSS health conference
HIMSS conference attendees walk the exhibition floor Source: HIMSS Debates over artificial intelligence and its role in health care took center stage at the HIMSS Global Health Conference in Chicago this week, where more than 35,000 physicians, executives, engineers and health-care workers convened to discuss the latest advancements in health and technology. Companies like Microsoft, […]
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