July 7, 2025
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Netflix’s first quarter builds on recent momentum as trade war drags down other tech companies

The company’s shares rose nearly 3% in extended trading after its report came out [File] | Photo Credit: AP Netflix fared better than analysts anticipated during the first three months of the year, signaling the world’s largest video streaming service is still thriving as President Donald Trump’s policies cast a pall on the economy. The […]

Is OpenAI’s Studio Ghibli-style AI image generator undermining copyright law?

Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s anime fantasy films have enthralled generations of children both within Japan and internationally. These movies instilled in countless viewers a lifelong opposition to war, militarisation, and all forms of violence, regardless of their political affiliation. Across Studio Ghibli films like Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Castle in the Sky, soldiers […]

Google gives ‘The Wizard of Oz’ an AI refresh as it heralds a new paradigm in immersive storytelling at the Las Vegas Sphere

A partnership between Google Cloud, Sphere, Magnopus, and Warner Bros. Discover is set to transform the classic story of The Wizard of Oz using cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and an advanced computing infrastructure. This collaboration represents the future of visual storytelling, blending Google’s sophisticated AI models with Sphere’s groundbreaking venue. As Thomas Kurian, CEO of […]

The music industry is battling AI, but with limited success

The music industry is fighting on platforms, through the courts and with legislators in a bid to prevent the theft and misuse of art from generative AI — but it remains an uphill battle. Sony Music said recently it has already demanded that 75,000 deepfakes – simulated images, tunes or videos that can easily be […]