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A look at Runway's second International AI Film Festival, which it says grew from 300 short-video submissions in 2023 to 3,000 in 2024 with 10 finalists chosen (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

Runway, Sora, and Hollywood: AI Films Actually Get Good
Artificial intelligence has changed filmmaking a lot over the past year, even though the technology is just getting started. But first…

Is the Buchmesse feeling the heat from other book fairs? - The New Publishing Standard https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2024/02/04/is-the-buchmesse-feeling-the-heat-from-other-book-fairs/

Is the Buchmesse feeling the heat from other book fairs? - The New Publishing Standard
Both events were, from conception, fatally flawed - book fairs run for profit by outsiders, for an industry the organisers never fully understood or cared about.

A look at Runway's second International AI Film Festival, which it says grew from 300 short-video submissions in 2023 to 3,000 in 2024 with 10 finalists chosen (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

Runway, Sora, and Hollywood: AI Films Actually Get Good
Artificial intelligence has changed filmmaking a lot over the past year, even though the technology is just getting started. But first…

New York City payroll website has been down for a week, following phishing attack
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/02/new-york-city-payroll-system-has-been-down-for-a-week-following-phishing-attack-00150198

Maybe we should stop relying on developers to do the right thing and have the government tackle it directly.
https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-county-cities-are-failing-to-hit-housing-goals/

Santa Clara County cities are failing to hit housing goals - San José Spotlight
Nearly all the cities in Santa Clara County — including San Jose — are moving so slow in meeting state housing goals that hitting the numbers looks like a pipe dream, a data analysis by San José Spotlight shows.

Neue dehnbare Roboterhaut verhindert taktile Fehlmessungen
Künstliche Haut, die dehnbar ist, kann unerwünschte Messergebisse produzieren. Die E-Skin texanischer Forscher liefert dagegen richtige taktile Werte.

UTA Filing Reveals It Paid $55M For UK Agency Curtis Brown, Fueling 12-Fold Surge In Sales
https://deadline.com/2024/03/uta-curtis-brown-deal-value-financial-earnings-1235844641/

UTA Filing Reveals It Paid $55M For UK Agency Curtis Brown, Fueling 12-Fold Surge In Sales
United Talent Agency (UTA) financial filing reveals it paid £43.3M ($55M) for Curtis Brown in 2022. The deal helped supercharge its sales.

A look at Runway's second International AI Film Festival, which it says grew from 300 short-video submissions in 2023 to 3,000 in 2024 with 10 finalists chosen (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

Runway, Sora, and Hollywood: AI Films Actually Get Good
Artificial intelligence has changed filmmaking a lot over the past year, even though the technology is just getting started. But first…

Check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Havoc following the attack on Change Healthcare deepens
--DOJ indicts IRGC-linked hacker for massive cyberespionage campaign,
--N. Korea conducted cyber attacks on S. Korea's semiconductor companies,
--Russian intel eavesdropped on German military brass via WebEx,
--CryptoChameleon phishing targets FCC employees,
--German cops seize Crimemarket,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/healthcare-havoc-following-attack-change-healthcare-deepens

Neue dehnbare Roboterhaut verhindert taktile Fehlmessungen
Künstliche Haut, die dehnbar ist, kann unerwünschte Messergebisse produzieren. Die E-Skin texanischer Forscher liefert dagegen richtige taktile Werte.