Former Pixar Animator Gives One Big Reason AI Video Won’t Work in Hollywood

AI-generated video has received a lot of hype lately as a tool that’s supposedly going to revolutionize Hollywood. But Craig Good, a former animator at Pixar who worked on classics like Toy Story and Finding Nemo, isn’t convinced. Good thinks there’s one big problem with AI video software that will immediately frustrate anyone working on a movie: It’s impossible, at …

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The Bancorp, Inc. (TBBK) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:TBBK) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call April 26, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Andres Viroslav – Investor RelationsDamian Kozlowski – Chief Executive OfficerPaul Frenkiel – Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants David Feaster – Raymond JamesTim Switzer – KBWFrank Schiraldi – Piper Sandler Operator Good day and welcome to the Bancorp Incorporated Q1 2024 Earnings Conference …

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Hulu’s Belisa Balaban on the Doc Market and Its New Bon Jovi Series

Watch Latin American Music Awards Over the last several years Hulu has become known for a zeitgeisty documentary slate that covers topics including celebrities, crimes and cults. Among the watercooler hits the streamer’s doc division has released recently: “Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence,” “God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty,”  “Captive Audience,” and “Victoria’s …

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NHTSA concludes Tesla Autopilot investigation after linking the system to 14 deaths

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has concluded an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes, including 13 fatal incidents that led to 14 deaths. The organization has ruled that these accidents were due to driver misuse of the system. However, the NHTSA also found that “Tesla’s weak driver engagement system was not appropriate …

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Best Online Gold Dealers for April 2024

With a solid track record, strong customer service, and more than 20,000 products to offer, APMEX (the largest online precious metals dealer globally) is our choice for Best Overall online gold dealer. American Precious Metals Exchange (APMEX) has built itself into a global precious metals powerhouse since its founding in 2000. It’s not surprising that it has the largest selection …

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Why ResMed Stock Is Soaring Today

Investors liked the healthcare technology company’s latest quarterly update. Shares of ResMed (RMD 15.83%) had soared 16.2% higher as of 11:50 a.m. ET on Friday. The big jump came after the healthcare technology company reported results on Thursday evening for its fiscal 2024 third quarter, which ended March 31. For the quarter, ResMed reported revenue of $1.2 billion, up 7% …

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Brittany Mahomes Wore a Crop-Top on the Red Carpet, and It’s So Y2K

Brittany Mahomes’s latest look might seem a little familiar to millennials who paid any attention to the tabloids in the early 2000s, and specifically Paris Hilton’s 21st birthday look. We’re not the first to say it and we won’t be the last, but Y2K trends are totally back, and the proof is in Mahomes’s shimmery halter top. Taylor Hill Both …

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A new button battery dyes kids’ mouths blue if swallowed

Energizer has designed a new lithium coin battery that releases a blue dye immediately upon interacting with moisture such as saliva. The marker offers parents a visible way to determine if their children accidentally swallowed one of these toxic products. After two decades of steady integration into everything from key fobs and remote controls to cooking thermometers and smart watches, …

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David Pecker testifies in Trump hush money trial

Bove again confirms with Pecker that American Media Inc. entered into a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors. Bove asks Pecker whether the meetings with FBI agents were stressful. “You wanted it over with though, right?” he asks. “Uh, yes,” Pecker says. At the time of the non-prosecution agreement, AMI was in talks with Hudson News Group to buy the National …

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Intel Tumbles Most in Almost Four Years After Tepid Forecast

(Bloomberg) — Intel Corp., the biggest maker of personal computer processors, tumbled the most in almost four years on Friday after giving a lackluster forecast for the current period, indicating that it’s still struggling to return to the top tier of the chip industry. Most Read from Bloomberg Sales in the second quarter will be about $13 billion, the company …

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Venus In Taurus Is Here — It’s Time To Get Decadent

The month of May is full of astrological events that can have an impact on our relationships. On May 1, Venus will square Pluto, which could trigger feelings of jealousy towards others. However, this can also be an opportunity to deepen our relationships with friends, family, and partners if we decide to change the dynamics. Venus will harmonize with Saturn …

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There’s nothing woke about ruling against sleep deprivation in prison

Many court decisions are snoozers, but not the recent appellate court ruling in favor of a man in a Texas prison claiming that the way he and others are deprived of sleep constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.  After all, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is widely known as the “nation’s most conservative,” going farther in some recent cases than the Supreme …

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The next frontier of forensic science: blood splatter in microgravity?

Blood spatter on high “Be prepared!” This enduring motto of the Scout movement will come to mind for many readers of a paper called “Bloodstain pattern dynamics in microgravity: Observations of a pilot study in the next frontier of forensic science”. Reader Sara Rosenbaum alerted Feedback to the explicitly stated first purpose of the research: “the investigation of eventual violent …

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Rebel Wilson’s Sacha Baron Cohen Book Claims Redacted

Rebel Wilson’s Sacha Baron Cohen Book Claims Redacted A passage in Rebel Wilson’s memoir where she details an alleged negative experience working with Sacha Baron Cohen on The Brothers Grimsby has been redacted in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand editions. Before the release of memoir Rebel Rising, Rebel claimed that a then-unnamed actor — later revealed to be Sacha …

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In the face of bans, ByteDance tightens grip over US TikTok operations

FT/Getty Images TikTok’s Beijing-based owner ByteDance tightened its grip over its US operations over the past two years, according to company insiders, even as momentum to ban the short-video app grew in Washington. The US government passed legislation this week aimed at forcing TikTok to divest from its parent or face a countrywide ban, but prising the viral video app …

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Here’s the defense tech at the center of US aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan

One of those systems is Israel’s Iron Dome, in which radar systems detect projectiles and then signal units to launch defensive missiles that detonate the target high in the sky before it strikes populated areas. Israel’s other system, called David’s Sling, works a similar way but can identify rockets coming from a greater distance, upwards of 180 miles.  Both systems …

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Barry Callebaut Stock: Biggest Chocolate Co. Americans Have Never Heard Of (OTCMKTS:BYCBF)

PatrickHutter/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from this fund letter. Upslope is long Barry Callebaut and Hershey (HSY). Switzerland-based Barry Callebaut (‘BC’) is the biggest chocolate company Americans have never heard of. It is the largest global outsourced processor and manufacturer of cocoa and chocolate products – serving “the entire food industry,” including premium chocolatiers, bakeries, …

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Gaza Baby Rescued From Her Dead Mother’s Womb Dies

A premature baby girl who was saved from the womb after her mother was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has now died as well. Sabreen Jouda passed away in a hospital in the southern city of Rafah on Thursday after surviving for five days in an incubator in a neonatal intensive care unit, her uncle told the Associated …

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