The NBA’s response to gambling scandals is to add more gambling partnerships
From the bright minds that brought you FTX Arena and NBA Top Shot NFT maketplace (where sales last month dropped to $762,781, which is a 99.66 percent decrease compared to…
The RealReal won’t let AI agents hog designer clothing
The RealReal, a secondhand luxury fashion consignment retailer, said it’s updating its bot defense system, effectively making it harder for AI agents to shop on its site. The change comes…
Scott Walker’s The Drift will get under your skin
In my mind, Spooky Season music comes in two distinct flavors. There are the fun, occasionally goofy songs like “The Monster Mash” and John Carpenter’s “Halloween Theme.” Then there is…
Blue Planet III is keeping the rough edges in the age of AI
BBC’s Blue Planet III is looking to prove its authenticity by leaving in the less-than-perfect shots. Previous incarnations of the nature series were defined by their gorgeous, crystal-clear footage that…
Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk
Lindsay Powell, who releases records under the name Fielded, has spent most of her career subverting expectations and genre conventions. According to their Bandcamp page, Fielded started as an experimental…
Lee Chang Dong ponders the ethics of the camera
Lee Chang Dong’s seventh feature film, Possible Love, is inspired by true events from 2009, when a Korean conglomerate fired a third of its staff – 2,600 employees – after…
Laika has spent 20 years building up to Wildwood
Across several decades in Hollywood, Caleb Deschanel has seen a lot. He served as cinematographer on films like The Passion of the Christ and The Patriot, worked on sequences in…
Xbox’s first chief operating officer is out after just a few months
Xbox’s first chief operating officer (COO) is leaving after the new role was created just a few months ago. Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft today, according to an internal Xbox…
Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army
Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows? Development of the MPAA’s least-favorite app of the 2010s has…
The Paradise OTT Release: Nani's Film Gets A Makeover On Netflix; 24 Minutes Chopped Off
Nani’s The Paradise is now streaming on Netflix, but viewers will notice a few changes from the version that played in theatres. Director Srikanth Odela’s Telugu action drama has been…
Sauron recruits his future Ringwraiths in Rings of Power S3 trailer
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns next month for its third season. Prime Video unveiled a teaser earlier this year at San Diego Comic-Con, but we haven’t…
New York’s first microdrama film festival searches for its audience
Actors Taye Diggs, Autumn Federici, Gary Entin, Troy Brookins, Edmund Entin and Eric Guilmette attend the world premiere of Microhouse Films and Lifetime’s Reunion Island during the ALZA Festival. |…
Netflix is telling investors not to worry, even though you’re watching less and less
Netflix is making monetization a top priority amid reports of falling viewing time. As part of its third-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, Netflix lists improvements to monetization as one of…