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Former National Association of Theatre Owners executives John Fithian, Patrick Corcoran and Jackie Brenneman have launched a new consulting firm The Fithian Group to advise global exhibition clients on strategy, partnerships, innovation and strategic communications.  “We have spent the last couple of decades helping to guide the cinema industry through the biggest challenges it has […]

EXCLUSIVE: Indie animation distributor Viva Pictures has acquired North American rights to Deep Sea, a 3D animated feature that world premiered out of Berlin earlier this year. Written and directed by Tian Xiaopeng (Monkey King: Hero Is Back), the $80M Mandarin-language title is now slated for an exclusive release in select theaters nationwide November 24th. […]

A series of giant detonations in space has baffled scientists – and their enormous intensity upends our understanding of the laws of physics.

Jadon Sancho has not played for Manchester United since August 26, with the former Borussia Dortmund star continuing to feel the fall-out from his public spat with Erik ten Hag

Scientists say the exoplanet WASP-107b has a cloud cycle similar to Earth.

The NHS programme appears to help patients lose weight and reduce blood pressure, as well as reduce their sugar levels.

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Microsoft announced a plethora of changes for its Microsoft Copilot AI during Microsoft Ignite today that make the chatbot more interactive and participatory, particularly in Teams meetings. The updates expand Copilot’s role as an enterprise helper in Office apps like Teams, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

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Microsoft launched its big AI push earlier this year as part of its Bing search engine, integrating a ChatGPT-like interface directly into its search results. Now less than a year later, it’s dropping the Bing Chat branding and moving to Microsoft Copilot, the new name for the chat interface you might have used in Bing, Microsoft Edge, and Windows 11.

Unified Microsoft Defender dashboard with analytics and Sentinel on the sidebar. | Image: Microsoft

Microsoft is combining its Sentinel security analytics and Microsoft Defender XDR platforms into an “industry first” unified security operations platform — with the company’s Security Copilot chatbot stationed centrally for IT and security personnel to administer everything easily. During the company’s enterprise-focused Ignite conference today, Microsoft is announcing expanded conversational... Читать дальше...

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When I first used Microsoft Mesh, the company’s mixed reality platform, I said it felt “like the virtual future of Microsoft Teams meetings.” Now, nearly three years later, Microsoft is making immersive 3D Teams meetings a reality. In January, Microsoft Mesh is being integrated into Teams to allow co-workers to meet together in a virtual space — no VR headset required.

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Ignite is Microsoft’s chance to show why AI matters to developers and IT professionals.

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Analogue seems obsessed with recreating the Game Boy family as faithfully as possible. For its latest endeavor, it’s bringing the classic colorways of the Game Boy Advance and Pocket to the Analogue Pocket. These Classic Limited Edition Pockets have, according to the press release, been “carefully color-matched” to resemble the colors of the Game Boys of old, offering blue, green, indigo, spice orange, pink, red, silver, and yellow.

Okay, this is a MagSafe charger, not Qi2, but it’s the same idea, and there’s a skeleton for some reason. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Qi2 — the next version of the wireless charging standard, now with more magnets! — is more almost-here than ever. The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) announced today that the first Qi v2.0 devices are nearly through the certification process, with the first available “in time for the holiday season” and more than 100 either in certification testing or waiting in line. Читать дальше...

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Microsoft is adding two new AI-powered features to Teams soon that will improve your voice and webcam. A new “decorate your background” feature is coming to Microsoft Teams Premium in early 2024 and uses generative AI effects to clean up and replace clutter in the background when on a video call.

As the amount we store in image form increases, so does the need to categorize it. | Image: Google

Google’s latest features for its Photos app on iOS and Android are an attempt to tame an unruly gallery filled with duplicate photos, endless screenshots, and photos of receipts and ID cards.

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Microsoft is overhauling its project management services to help small teams and businesses better keep track of work. During the company’s Ignite event on Wednesday, Microsoft announced that some of its existing task management and planning tools — Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Planner, and Microsoft Project for the web — will be combined into a single, unified experience next year under the name Microsoft Planner.

You can track where the tool bag is in its orbit around Earth.

Novak Djokovic suffered defeat at the hands of Jannik Sinner at the ATP Tour Finals on Tuesday night in Turin and the world No1 was booed and whistled by the crowd

Watch live as Governor-elect Jeff Landry plans to announce his first cabinet appointment at his weekly press conference.

Tyler Kolek led the charge for the Golden Eagles despite battling through an ankle injury

1. Apple's iPad Air M1 drops to a record-low $500 in an Amazon Black Friday deal  Engadget
2. 4 Best Black Friday Deals on iPad and iPhone Accessories  MacRumors
3. iPad Black Friday deals — 13 must-buy sales I recommend  Tom's Guide
4. Score a Brand New Apple iPad for Only $249 for Black Friday  IGN
5. Amazon deal pushes Apple iPad Air below $500 as Black Friday approaches  PC Guide - For The Latest PC Hardware & Tech News
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Apple’s latest and greatest iPad Air tablet is on sale via Amazon for $500 as part of an early Black Friday deal. The MSRP is $600, so this represents a savings of $100 for the fifth-gen device. The record-low deal applies to every available color, from purple to space gray, but some hues require you clip an affiliated coupon on the side of the page. You know the drill.

The decline has been hailed as a key victory for Rishi Sunak, who pledged to halve inflation, but it is also a win for the Bank of England