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Struggling Movie Exhibitors Beg Studios For More Movies - and Not Just Blockbusters - Slashdot

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Movie exhibitors still face "serious risks," the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday: Attendance was on the decline even before the pandemic shuttered theaters, thanks to changing consumer habits and competition for people's time and money from other entertainment options. The industry has demonstr...

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on Apr 15

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New York Seeks To Limit Social Media's Grip On Children's Attention - Slashdot

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: New York State officials on Wednesday unveiled a bill to protect young people from potential mental health risks by prohibiting minors from accessing algorithm-based social media feeds unless they have permission from their parents. Gov. K...

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on Oct 13, 2023

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Giant AI Platform Introduces 'Bounties' For Deepfakes of Real People - Slashdot

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Civitai, an online marketplace for sharing AI models that enables the creation of nonconsensual sexual images of real people, has introduced a new feature that allows users to post "bounties." These bounties allow users to ask the Civitai community...

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on Nov 14, 2023

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Google Fiber Is Getting Outrageously Fast 20Gbps Service - Slashdot

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Google Fiber plans to upgrade some users to 20Gbps service by the end of the year. Ars Technica reports: Google's Wednesday blog post calls this part of a "GFiber Labs" experiment and says the service "will initially be available as an early access offering to a small group of GFiber customers in s...

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on Oct 27, 2023