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Vurt, a mobile-first vertical streaming platform designed for indie filmmakers to upload their micro series or feature films, launches with 100 episodes (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/vurt-mobile-first-v…

Meet Vurt, the mobile-first streaming platform for indie filmmakers embracing vertical video | TechCrunch
Micro-drama apps make billions in consumer spending, so VURT launched its streaming app to allow indie filmmakers to capitalize on the vertical video trend.

ICE agent charged with two felonies
for allegedly pointing his gun at MN motorists during Operation Metro Surge
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a "nationwide warrant" has been issued
in 💥 the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

Raiders Receive Strong Mike Tomlin Message Amid HC Search https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/mike-tomlin-strong-message-amid-coach-search/

The Scapegoat Scam -- Hungarians stopped falling for an authoritarian's trick. (Adam Serwer/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/hungary-orban-loss/686832/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8FoWYxXkgmpBLzAqT3KAgEU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260417/p37#a260417p37

Nvidia says game developers have full "artistic control over DLSS 5's effects", following backlash alleging that the AI upscaling tech altered source material (Tyler Wilde/PC Gamer)
https://www.pcgamer.com/soft…

DLSS 5 clearly overwrites game characters with AI beauty standards, but Nvidia says devs have 'artistic control'
The first demo for Nvidia's new AI rendering technique doesn't do much to combat the perception that generative AI homogenizes artwork.

Attention Browncoats: SHARE THIS VIDEO.
As Nathan says, they need the viewing metrics to push the Firefly animated series forward!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV6Js56jT3F/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Once We Were Spacemen on Instagram: "The word is out. To keep Firefly flying, we need a home. And for that, we need you. Like this post, comment on this post, repost this post. Tag a friend, tag an enemy, even tag a Reaver. Give us some “quantifiable analytics” that we can use to convince folks that this is something people want. #BringBackFirefly"
1M likes, 122K comments - oncewewerespacemen on March 15, 2026: "The word is out. To keep Firefly flying, we need a home. And for that, we need you. Like this post, comment on this post, repost this post. Tag a friend, tag an enemy, even tag a Reaver. Give us some “quantifiable analytics” that we can use to convince folks that this is something people want. #BringBackFirefly".

Anthropic secures new London office space for 800 people, days after OpenAI unveiled its first London office; Anthropic currently has 200 London staff (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/anthropic-london-office-800-staff-openai-ex…

Anthropic unveils plans for major UK expansion after OpenAI announces first permanent London office
The move follows a U.K. campaign to court the U.S. company following its fallout with the Pentagon.

The Trump administration has been clear in its targeting of the Somali and Latino communities through Operation Metro Surge.
President Trump called people from Somalia “garbage,”
said “we don’t want them in our country,”
and told them to “go back to where they came from.”
Following Trump's comments, ICE and CBP agents have indiscriminately arrested
— without warrants or probable cause
— Minnesotans solely because the agents perceived them to be Somal…

ACLU Sues Federal Government to End ICE, CBP’s Practice of Suspicionless Stops, Warrantless Arrests, and Racial Profiling of Minnesotans  | American Civil Liberties Union
MINNEAPOLIS — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Minnesota, Covington & Burling LLP, Greene Espel PLLP, and Robins Kaplan LLP filed a...

Filing: Berkshire Hathaway reports that it purchased 5.1M shares of The New York Times during the December quarter; NYT rises 3% after hours (Krystal Hur/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stock…

Talarico Leads a Democratic Cash Surge: 7 Takeaways From 2026 Filings (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/politics/talarico-democrats-fundraising-republicans-takeaways.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p6#a260416p6