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Muse, Meta’s new agentic AI platform will currently let you use 100 million tokens per week for free, according to a Threads post by Mark Zuckerberg. If you have no frame of reference for these kinds of usage limits, that might not mean much. Let me just tell you, it’s a lot.
Dish TV India is accelerating a transformation from a traditional DTH operator into a broader entertainment and consumer technology platform, as structural changes in the media distribution market continue to weigh on its core subscription business.
Penélope Cruz addressed politics while promoting her new film Bunker in Venice. The actress appeared alongside her husband, Javier Bardem, at the festival. Cruz explained why the movie made political discussions unavoidable. She also discussed responsibility and the film’s timely themes.
NBC Universal, Inc. The fate of the legislation, which would regulate how stablecoin issuers operate in the U.S., had been uncertain in recent weeks despite early bipartisan support.
Qualcomm announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services on Tuesday to develop custom chips for AI data center infrastructure, sending Qualcomm stock up 10%.
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After a 16-year run with the Texas Rangers, Neil Leibmanis stepping down from his position as chairman of Rangers Sports Media and Entertainment effective immediately. The team’s announcement said Leibman will be focusing on other business opportunities. Leibman left his role as team president and COO in January 2025 to lead the Rangers new business…
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A Singaporean man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a racketeering conspiracy charge in the US for organising one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.
OpenAI says it has found a solution to a decades-old advanced maths problem in a matter of hours using a new artificial intelligence (AI) model and thousands of AI bots.
Tech companies have been redefining how people create, consume, and interact with media for over 20 years. They pioneered user-created short videos,1 algorithms that customize content streams,2 and digital music sales.3 Subscription streaming video on-demand (SVOD) services launched in 2007,4 and many grew their businesses by distributing content others had created.5 Companies that scaled the…
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