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Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…

Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaker Tools Start-Up InterPositive
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

HarperCollins France says it is testing using AI-assisted translation, citing declining sales and following in the footsteps of Taylor & Francis and others (Eva Baron/Publishers Weekly)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-to…

Harlequin France to Test AI-Assisted Translation
Following backlash from the French Literary Translators Association, HarperCollins France confirmed it’s “conducting tests” with a French company that “uses experienced translators who utilize artificial intelligence tools,” to translate Harleq

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…

Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaker Tools Start-Up InterPositive
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

Feeling lucky that I get paid to read and talk about books these days.

Noem faced Republican criticism
Republicans largely kept the focus on the large numbers of migrants who came into the country under former President Joe Biden,
portraying Noem as the leader of a cleanup effort of the former administration’s mess.
But she did come under some harsh questioning by members of her own party.
Senator Tillis, who called on Noem to resign following the shootings in Minneapolis, criticized her for erroneously arresting American citizens, for…

Noem defends her portrayal of killed Minneapolis protesters as agitators
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended her agency in testimony and under questioning at a Senate hearing. She appeared before the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as a backlash grows over deadly immigration enforcement actions tied to President Donald Trump's deportation push. It was her first congressional hearing since two protesters were killed in Minneapolis by Homeland Security officers in January. Noem's department sent hundreds of officers to Minnesota. Protesters marched and…

Duna, a European fintech making AI-powered identity and compliance tools for banks, raised a €30M Series A led by CapitalG, bringing its total funding to €40M (Tim Barnwell/Silicon Republic)
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/european-fintech-st…

European fintech start-up Duna raises another €30m
European business identity start-up Duna has raised more than €40m since its foundation in 2023, following today's raise of €30m.

Unionized Hearst staffers represented by the WGA East conducted half-day walkouts on Tuesday after a month of contract negotiations with management failed (Erik Pedersen/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/hearst-magazines-union-walkouts-co…

Hearst Magazines Union Stages Series Of Walkouts After Failing To Reach Contract Deal
Unionized staffers at Hearst Magazines are taking staging half-day walkouts Tuesday after a month of contracts talks with management failed to reach a deal.

Thomson Reuters' CEO says AI cannot easily replace the company's legal-research expertise, after its stock fell following the release of Claude legal work tools (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal)
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Filing: OpenAI accuses xAI of systematically destroying evidence in its antitrust case by directing employees to use auto-deleting "ephemeral messaging tools" (Madlin Mekelburg/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20