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As Hollywood is torn between fears that artificial intelligence will take jobs and pressure to cut costs, a new breed of hybrid production studios equipped with the latest AI tools are springing up. Innovative Dreams is a new production services company backed by: Amazon Luma, a web services and generative AI startup, combines giant LED walls on cameras and soundstages with tools that apply AI from pre-production to filming to post-production. By combining virtual production, motion capture, various AI tools such as Luma, Google Nano Banana and Bytedance’s SeeDream, Innovative Dreams, say they can significantly reduce both cost and time.…
Polymarket prediction market website displayed on a computer screen on January 11, 2026 in New York.Wyatt Grantham Phillips | APAn Army special forces member criminally charged with gambling for huge profits in polymarkets in connection with the U.S. military raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro appeared in federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday and was released on $250,000 unsecured bail.Sergeant Major Gannon Ken Van Dyke was ordered to appear in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday. He is charged in court with wire fraud and other charges related to allegedly using confidential information about a planned…
The judge had previously blocked efforts to end the temporary legal status of people who entered the U.S. on applications during the Biden administration.Published April 24, 2026April 24, 2026President Donald Trump’s administration plans to once again end the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of people who applied for asylum in the United States through the CBP One app.The plan, detailed in a court filing in Boston, Massachusetts, comes after a judge ruled that President Trump’s previous efforts to end the legal status of these individuals were illegal.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listUnder U.S. President Joe Biden,…
Millwall are eyeing promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history.A Championship play-off spot has already been secured and automatic promotion is still within reach. A win or draw against Leicester on Friday night, broadcast live on Sky Sports, would take them into second place and put renewed pressure on promotion rivals Ipswich, who currently have one game in hand over the Lions on goal difference. But on paper, the Tractor Boys face an even trickier problem. So how did Millwall, with below-middle budgets and below-middle wages, reach this lofty position? Here are five factors that…
Amidst a shortage of sold-out machines, overpriced Mac minis are flooding eBay, making them a popular tool for running on-device AI models like OpenClaw. According to reports this week, the $599 M4 Mac mini base model with 16GB RAM and 256GB of storage is sold out on Apple’s retail website, with no delivery or in-store pickup options. The deficit then extended to other configurations of the base model, regardless of the amount of memory chosen. According to some retailers, this is the first time the base model has sold out. Meanwhile, models with larger storage capacities (512GB and above) will…
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin speaks at the Semafor World Economic Summit 2025 at the Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesCitadel accused New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani of naming CEO Ken Griffin for pushing for a new pied-à-terre tax, intensifying a public debate over how aggressively New York City should target non-resident wealthy homeowners.In a social media video filmed outside Griffin’s mansion at 220 S. Central Park and timed to coincide with Tax Day, Mandani unveiled a proposed tax that would impose an annual premium on one- to three-family homes, condos and…
Amazon stock is finally having the breakout we’ve been waiting for, and another win for artificial intelligence chips on Friday may help explain why. The e-commerce and cloud giant’s shares soared nearly 3% to more than $263 each, marking their second all-time high close this week. The latest catalyst: Friday morning’s announcement that Meta Platforms has agreed to use Amazon’s Graviton chips to help social media and AI companies run their large-scale computing needs. The agreement is expected to last for at least three years and will make Meta one of Graviton’s top five customers. Graviton is a central processing…
Luke Littler has admitted he has yet to speak to Jan van Veen since the Manchester incident, but insists the matter has been resolved.The pair got into an argument on stage at the Premier League three weeks ago, with the two-year world champion accused of celebrating when his opponent missed a match dart. There was a frosty handshake at the end of the match, followed by another on social media, and both fighters have since doubled down on their versions of the event. data wrapper This content is provided by data wrappercookies and other technologies may be used. To view…
Apple is entering a new era with Tim Cook set to step down as CEO in September and hand over the reins to hardware chief John Ternas. Tarnas may be inheriting one of the tech industry’s most durable businesses, but he’s also stepping into a very different ecosystem than the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App Store’s 30% share is under pressure, the behind-the-scenes power Apple once held over developers is being challenged, and vibe-coded apps are changing what it means to build on Apple’s platform. In this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Kolosek, Anthony Ha, and…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference after a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is likely entering his final weeks at the helm of the central bank, and now faces the choice of whether to remain at the central bank following Friday’s Justice Department decision.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced in a social media post that she is referring the criminal investigation into the renovations to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters to the central bank’s inspector…