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Amazon customers looking for a laptop have found the 'deal of the century' in Prime Day 2023. This year's Amazon Prime Day has seen major discounts for some of the most popular laptops - with brands like Apple, Dell, Razer Blade and ASUS slashed by as much as 70 per cent.

exclusively reported.In her role as President, Universal Creative, Murphy will develop and lead the longterm vision and strategy of Universal Creative while overseeing daily operations, creative development and project delivery globally. Murphy will also collaborate with leaders across the organization to accelerate delivery of cutting-edge creative.Murphy joins Universal from Gensler, a global architecture, design and planning firm where she served as Principal and Co-Managing Director of Gensler New York.

Sarah Silverman and two other authors filed class action lawsuits against OpenAI and Meta, claiming that the companies’ artificial intelligence software programs pilfer from their copyrighted works.

Travellers are being warned to avoid USB charging points in airports over scamming risks.

A leading technology expert has described Meta's latest app development, Threads, as the "first credible threat" to social media giants Twitter.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Canva, the software company that hosts an “all-in-one visual communication platform,” announced partnerships with Warner Music Group and Merlin to let Canva customers use music clips in their designs. With the deals, Canva will become the first visual design platform to add commercially released music clips at the point of creation for content that can be shared across multiple platforms. Starting this fall, the libraries of Warner Music Group (including Warner Recorded Music and Warner Chappell Music) and Merlin will be available for Canva Pro, Canva for Education and Canva for Nonprofit customers to add music clips to their designs, with small teams using Canva for Teams to follow.

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The widower of a Manchester Post Office worker jailed for theft is waiting for a ruling on an appeal.

As “The Bachelorette” season 20 made its grand premiere tonight on ABC, Charity Lawson, originally appearing on season 27 of “The Bachelor”, steps into the spotlight looking for love.

Apple have sent out an urgent warning to millions of iPhone users to get them to check their settings for security updates now.

The Simpsons have been reimagined as lifelike humans with AI.The use of Artificial Intelligence has gained prominence online in recent months, and in a post on Reddit, one user used Midjourney software to try and see what the animated characters would look like as humans.Alongside the main Simpsons family, the recreations include characters such as Ned Flanders, Patty and Selma, Apu and Smithers.Take a look at the results below: My take on the real life Simpsons by u/Crows_HeadIC in midjourney There has been a mixed reception to the images, with one user writing: “Marge is the only one that doesn’t work. Everyone else is great”.Another added: “Very realistic I’d watch this immediately,” while a third wrote: “Best I’ve ever seen.

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Black Mirror is back with its sixth season.Created by Charlie Brooker, the dystopian anthology series has taken a dark satirical swipe at various technologies over the years, from dating apps, surveillance to virtual reality.As per a synopsis, the show’s sixth season is described as “the most unpredictable, unclassifiable and unexpected yet”. Cast members include Aaron Paul, Ben Barnes, Annie Murphy, Clara Rugaard, Danny Ramirez, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara and Michael Cera.The show’s sixth season features five episodes in total.

Ben Croll Fueled in no small part by an across-the-board 30% tax rebate for international productions, with an additional 10% bonus to projects that partner with local VFX houses, the French production industry has surged in recent years. As part of the wider France 2030 investment plan, the recently implemented Great Image Factory initiative should have an all the more galvanizing effect, bolstering the Gallic production infrastructure with $376 million in public support and an additional $2.15 billion in private funds.   And if that rising tide will lift very many boats, its overall effects should be uniquely pronounced within the country’s booming animation and VFX sectors, which altogether account for 25% of the projects supported by the improvement project.

Reddit communities including some of its biggest clicked into to private mode today, meaning not accessible to the broader public, as they carried through on threats to protest the platform’s fees hikes to third-party app developers.

Crypto.com is shuttng down a portion of its business, but its name will remain on the downtown Los Angeles arena that is home to the Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Sparks.

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse hired a 14-year-old to animate a LEGO sequence in the movie.Preston Mutanga, from Toronto, Canada, landed the role after he recreated the film’s trailer shot-for-shot with his own supply of LEGO, and caught the attention of producers Chris Lord and Phil Miller.Mutanga shared his remake of the trailer on Twitter on January 2. Lord and Miller – who also directed 2014’s The Lego movie – were stunned by the young animator’s talent.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent French CGI studio TeamTO, one of the biggest animation studios in Europe, has initiated development on “Jade Armor” Season Two. The move comes as TeamTO has produced on a service basis third party IPs ranging from “Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes” to Netflix hit “The Creature Cases.”  Progress on “Jade Armor” TeamTO is made in the wake of its moving last December into a brand new 2,700 square-meter (29,063 square-foot) studio facility in the Bastille district in Paris, as, in its busiest year ever, TeamTO is producing five third-party shows. Five more, all TeamTO original series, are airing around the globe.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” using Legos. The trailer became such a viral sensation that he got a call from the film’s writer-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who wanted him to make a scene for the film.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The name Preston Mutanga might not ring a bell, but anyone who has contributed to the $235 million and counting box office haul for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has seen his work on the big screen. Mutanga is a 14-year-old from Toronto, Canada, who landed a role as an animator on “Across the Spider-Verse” after he recreated the film’s trailer shot-for-shot in the style of LEGO blocks and left producers Chris Lord and Phil Miller dazzled (via The New York Times). Not too bad for your industry debut. Mutanga uploaded his LEGO remake of the “Across the Spider-Verse” trailer to Twitter on Jan. 2 (see the post below). Lord and Miller, both active Twitter users, caught wind of the clip and were impressed — the directors know a thing or two about crafting LEGO-inspired sequences as the directors of 2014’s “The LEGO Movie.” When the team decided they wanted a scene in “Across the Spider-Verse” set in a LEGO universe, they decided to reach out to Mutanga.

AI isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Instagram’s recommendation algorithms have enabled a “vast” network of pedophiles seeking illegal underage sexual content and activity, according to a Wall Street Journal exposé. In a 2,800-word article published Wednesday, the Journal said it conducted an investigation into child pornography on Instagram in collaboration with researchers at Stanford and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “Pedophiles have long used the internet, but unlike the forums and file-transfer services that cater to people who have interest in illicit content, Instagram doesn’t merely host these activities. Its algorithms promote them,” the Journal reported. “Instagram connects pedophiles and guides them to content sellers via recommendation systems that excel at linking those who share niche interests.”

Black Mirror is an anthology series on Netflix that explores techno-paranoia, often revealing the unintended negative consequences of technology in today’s society.

Black Mirror but the end product was “shit”.The dystopian sci-fi anthology series often revolves around humanity’s relationship with technology, between episodes around dating apps, virtual reality, internet surveillance and tracking implants.Speaking to Empire ahead of the show’s sixth season, creator Brooker said he had “toyed around” with writing an episode using the artificial intelligence software which has attracted attention since it was released last year.“I’ve toyed around with ChatGPT a bit,” Brooker said. “The first thing I did was type ‘generate Black Mirror episode’ and it comes up with something that, at first glance, reads plausibly, but on second glance, is shit.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A software update for Apple TV devices coming this fall can turn customers’ big-screen TVs into videconferencing hubs with the addition of Apple’s FaceTime, and later Zoom and Webex. The tvOS 17 update, the next version of Apple’s operating system for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD, also includes a feature called Enhance Dialogue, which promises to let users more clearly hear what is being said over the effects, action and music in a movie or TV show. The catch: It will work only on Apple TV 4K devices that are paired with Apple’s HomePod (second generation) smart speakers. In one handy new feature, tvOS 17 will let iPhone users locate the Apple TV’s Siri Remote if, say, it gets stuck between couch cushions or has fallen behind a cabinet. With the Apple TV remote inside the iPhone’s Control Center, an onscreen circle grows in size as users get closer to the misplaced remote.

Whether you manage just a handful of properties or a larger portfolio, if you have an income of more than £50,000 then new tax rules mean you will have to submit quarterly filing digitally.

A grandfather-of-five has told how he collapsed with a heart attack and almost died on a shopping aisle in Aldi.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Meta — still trying to make the metaverse happen — unveiled its next-generation VR and mixed-reality headset, the Meta Quest 3, which will ship this fall for a price point starting at $500. Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced the Quest 3 in an Instagram post Thursday. The headset is “the first mainstream headset with high-res color mixed reality” capabilities, according to Zuckerberg. It’s 40% thinner than the Quest 2 and “more comfortable” than its predecessor, he added. Meta’s announcement comes ahead of Apple’s 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference next week, where Apple is expected to introduce its own mixed-reality headset.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor It’s back! MoviePass, after emerging from bankruptcy under new ownership, is launching its movie-theater subscription service nationwide ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. The service lets MoviePass members choose from more than 4,000 theater locations across the U.S., including those operated by AMC Theatres, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark. However, the reincarnated MoviePass is a far cry from the too-good-to-be-true $9.95-per-month subscription for one movie per day that the company had offered in its previous life. Plans start at $10/month for 1-3 movies per month, ranging up to $40/month for up to 30. The new MoviePass uses a credit-based system to offer different options for the total amount of films a subscriber can see each month (see plan details below).

Why was Bill Gates so friendly with Jeffrey Epstein when the convicted pedo made his wife’s skin crawl? We may finally have an answer… According to a bombshell new report, Epstein blackmailed the Microsoft founder — using an alleged affair with a much younger Russian woman as ammunition!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In response to public and political pressure, the Ford Motor Company has announced that it will keep installing AM radio in new vehicles after all. Previously, the manufacturer had been on record as saying there was no compelling need to maintain the AM band in any of its forthcoming models — a stance that other carmakers had taken with electric cars but not extended as a policy to all vehicles. That had made Ford particularly a target amid growing controversy over the increasing move to eliminate AM and new congressional legislation designed to make it mandatory in all new models. Jim Farley, Ford’s CEO, announced the reversal in a social media statement.

Prince Andrew's paedophile acquaintance Jeffrey Epstein reportedly threatened fellow billionaire Bill Gates over an affair the Microsoft tycoon allegedly had with a young woman.

https://t.co/62JYrLuuCJThe rumored app will be stand-alone, but partially integrated with Instagram, TechCrunch reported, based on an email shared with a select group of creators that the site viewed. The report also said the new platform’s users will keep their Instagram verification and handle, and all of their followers will receive a notification to follow them on the still-unnamed app.The “Twitter Clone” could launch as soon as this summer, according to the report.Many Twitter users have been waiting for a microblogging alternative for quite some time.

Beyonce’s first UK tour date in Cardiff. The global star kicks off the UK leg of her Renaissance World Tour at the city’s Principality Stadium – her first tour in seven years. South Wales Police confirmed on Tuesday that live facial recognition technology will be used “to support policing” of the concert.

Chapter 11 filing, Vice has estimated liabilities between $500 million to $1 billion. The filing states that Vice’ management “has determined that it is advisable and in the best interest of the Vice Group Companies to enter into a stalking horse agreement for the sale of substantially all assets and related auction procedures.” In a “stalking horse” agreement, potential buyers are lined up in advance of the bankruptcy filing.“This accelerated court-supervised sale process will strengthen the Company and position Vice for long-term growth, thereby safeguarding the kind of authentic journalism and content creation that makes Vice such a trusted brand for young people and such a valued partner to brands, agencies and platforms,” Vice co-CEOs Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala said in a statement.

Money transfer and e-wallet apps have turned our smartphones into mobile payment devices which means we can now quickly pay for goods and services on-the-go without cash or bank cards. Beyond regular day-to-day reasons you may utilise the apps, these services are also a wonderful way to send a gift to loved ones abroad, be it for birthdays, weddings, or milestones when we can’t physically be there to celebrate together.