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Spotify tests letting users directly customize their Taste Profile

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Spotify Premium users in New Zealand will be the first to experience the service’s latest personalization feature. The company is letting users view and make changes to their Taste Profile directly. If your algorithm is serving up too much Bieber, you can politely tell the algorithm to ease up. Beta testers will be able to […]

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Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam

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It’s only been a year since Digg founder Kevin Rose, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, and a few others announced the link-sharing site would relaunch, promising a “social discovery built by communities, not by algorithms.” Now, two months after opening its Reddit-like platform to the public, Digg is announcing a “hard reset” that’s shutting down operations […]

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Amazon Prime Video’s ad-free plan is getting a price hike

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Amazon Prime Video is raising the price of its ad-free plan in the US and adding several new features. Starting April 10th, Prime Video’s ad-free tier will cost $4.99 per month instead of $2.99, and include “exclusive” access to 4K/UHD streaming. The price increase comes two years after Amazon switched all users on Prime Video […]

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The Big 12 basketball tournament is ditching slippery LED courts for hardwood

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They may be great for fan engagement and selling ads, but the Big 12 has decided to replace the innovative glass-covered LED floors at Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center with a traditional hardwood finish. It will be used for the remainder of the tournament during semifinal matches and the championship game. The LED floors, which were […]

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Epic says its Fortnite V-bucks price hike is a ‘direct correlation’ to operating costs

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Epic Games announced this week that Fortnite’s in-game V-bucks currency would be getting more expensive with a somewhat glib statement: “The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we’re raising prices to help pay the bills,” the company wrote. The price hike will go into effect on March 19th, the same day […]

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Peacock is adding an AI Andy Cohen to narrate an endless stream of Bravo clips

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When you open your Peacock mobile app this summer, you might see the AI likeness of TV host Andy Cohen pop up on your homepage. In an announcement on Friday, NBCUniversal said Cohen’s avatar will serve as a guide through Peacock’s “infinitely swipeable” feed of clips from Bravo shows, like Love Island, The Real Housewives […]

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Peacock’s NBA streams are going vertical

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Peacock is rolling out a native vertical video format for live sports, allowing you to watch games without turning your phone sideways. The feature will roll out to NBA games first this spring and will use an algorithm to track players and zoom in on the action. The launch of this feature comes just months […]

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KPop Demon Hunters is getting a sequel, obviously.

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Get ready to get even more KPop, demonier, and as huntery as possible. Netflix’s smash-hit, Oscar-nominated animated film KPop Demon Hunters is returning for a sequel, with the fictional Korean girl group HUNTR/X coming back to lay down pop hits and smash evil boybands (and/or other demons). Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans will once again […]

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PEGI’s new age ratings will restrict FC 27 to kids over 16

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The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) body previously assigned its age ratings based on the presence of sex, drugs, violence, bad language, and fear. Now it’s adding four new options that tie age suitability to interactive features, like rating games that contain loot boxes as unsuitable for children under 16. Games like EA’s FC series – […]

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Bespoke AI models are the next big thing in filmmaking

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Though many AI boosters have convinced themselves that the technology can spit out films and television series whole cloth, claims of Hollywood being cooked feel very premature when you see what people are making with the most popular image/video models on the market. Models like Sora, Veo, and Runway just do not seem all that […]

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