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Facebook is now using AI to sort content for quicker moderation
The Verge reports: "Facebook has always made it clear it wants artificial intelligence to handle more moderation duties on its platforms. Today, it announced...
How Blockchain Will Play Major Role In The Future Music Monetary...
Hypebot reports: "In this piece, we look at some the ways in which blockchain technology could play a big part in the future of...
Tencent leads $25 million round for Avakin Life maker Lockwood Publishing
VentureBeat reports: "Tencent has led a $25 million investment in Lockwood Publishing, the maker of the 3D virtual world Avakin Life."
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Major VFX Landscape Shake-Up: Framestore Buys Company 3, Method
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Framestore, whose work won VFX Oscars for 'Gravity' and 'Blade Runner 2049', gains the former Deluxe creative services companies."
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TVision raises $16M to measure viewer attention on connected TVs
TechCrunch reports: "TVision is building what its team hopes will become the standard for measuring streaming viewership — and to accelerate those efforts, it’s...
ByteDance launches its first gadget in a big education push
TechCrunch reports: "ByteDance on Thursday unveiled its first consumer hardware product, a smart light lamp with a display, that it says is part of...
Pandora’s New Playlists Elevate The Future Of Everyday Music Experiences
Forbes reports: "Music streaming platforms have long offered users the ability to create custom playlists and listen to tracks that complement their daily moods...
Apple iPhone 12 With 5G Could Help Filmmaking “Change Dramatically”
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Since the start of the pandemic, Hollywood has shifted toward more remote methods of working. Today's announcements from Apple could...
The app industry’s reckoning with privacy, control, and consumer empowerment
VentureBeat reports: "For the first 12 years of its existence, the app industry, like many nascent markets, pursued growth by focusing primarily on investor-pleasing...
Epic Games vs Apple trial set for May 2021
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "The antitrust trial opposing Epic Games and Apple is set to begin on May 3, 2021. According to a document filed on...
