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How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the joke

TechCrunch

Others have used their considerable platforms to market their portfolio to varying degrees of success. It’s been a little over a year since Ryan Reynolds bought a majority stake in Mint Mobile, a deal that has already had a dramatic impact on the the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator). The film raked in $783.1

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Superplastic raises $20M to expand its cartoon influencer universe

TechCrunch

A company from the creator of Ello and Kidrobot is announcing a new $20 million funding round to build out an imagined virtual world populated with deranged-yet-cute cartoon influencers. “I’m more interested in connecting the real world, not just doing stuff that’s all virtual,” Budnitz said.

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Generative AI is pushing unstructured data to center stage

CIO

Since those early days, the ratio of structured and unstructured data has shifted as the Internet, social media, digital cameras, smartphones, digital communications, etc. much of it is still stored in physical, or analog, formats such as paper, tape, film, microfiche, etc. have encouraged the creation of unstructured data.

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Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly

TechCrunch

Daniel Liss is the founder and CEO of Dispo , the digital disposable camera social network. District Court for the District of Columbia put it in his recent decision , “No one who hears the title of the 2010 film ‘The Social Network’ wonders which company it is about.” The market Includes messaging. Daniel Liss.

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11 most in-demand gen AI jobs companies are hiring for

CIO

Technologies such as chatbots , virtual assistants, facial recognition, medical devices, and automated cars rely on deep learning to create effective products. There is a lot of potential for organizations looking to create marketing materials, product images, stock images, and other art-related content.

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Are lifelike digital humans the future of customer experience?

TechCrunch

” It’s worth noting that Soul Machines’ other co-founder, Mark Sagar, has won Academy Awards for his AI engineering efforts creating the characters in the films “Avatar” and “King Kong.” ” Perhaps the skill behind producing such realistic digital humans is why Soul Machines reported a 4.6x

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Guide to Understanding Spatial Computing: How it will revolutionize enterprises?

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Irrespective of the industry type, whether for gaming, film and media, simulation, or even the metaverse, every industry is keen to develop and deploy Spatial capabilities. It enables users to visualize physical surroundings more intuitively and naturally with virtual information. VR makes remote meetings possible.

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