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Amazon Prime Video: KI soll Produktionskosten für Filme und Serien senken
Amazon erprobt mit einem neuen KI-Studio, wie sich Filme und Serien effizienter produzieren lassen. Erste Resultate will das Unternehmen im Mai präsentieren.

Thousands of people gathered at the steps of the Texas capitol on Saturday
to protest against the construction of a border wall through Big Bend,
in a show of bipartisan opposition to the White House’s plans.
More than 2,000 people attended the rally, according to Texas Public Radio,
holding signs with slogans such as
“No Big Bend NP Wall,”
“Big Love for Big Bend”
and “No al Muro” – Spanish for “No to the Wall.”
Organizers gathered postcards f…

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Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk
When politicians start attacking the parties closest to them, instead of the ones that are far away (and to the right) is when you know for sure that they're in it not for the ideas, but just for themselv…

Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk
PM also criticises business figures and opponents of changes, many of which come into force on Monday

I forgot about this morning's bake! I made some pretzel buns/rolls, which turned out a little too tall/rounded. I need to flatten them a bit more next time.
And, two large pretzels. I ate one for lunch hot & fresh out of the oven. Damn it was good!
#baking #pretzels

Super Bowl picks, odds, score predictions for Seahawks vs. Patriots https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-lx-picks-odds-score-predictions-for-seahawks-vs-patriots

Source: a16z Crypto is targeting around $2B for its fifth fund and plans to close the raise by the end of the first half of 2026 (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/a16z-crypto-chris-dixon-venture-capital-blockchain-paradigm-hau…

Exclusive: Venture giant a16z crypto targeting around $2 billion for its fifth fund amid blockchain market downturn, sources say
The Chris Dixon-led firm is planning to close the fundraise in the first half of 2026.

from my link log —
High performance correctly rounded math libraries for 32-bit floating point.
https://blog.sigplan.org/2021/08/26/high-performance-correctly-rounded-math-libraries-for-32-bit-floating-poi…

High Performance Correctly Rounded Math Libraries for 32-bit Floating Point Representations
Everyone uses math libraries. Surprisingly, mainstream math libraries do not produce correct results for several thousands of inputs. Developers are seldom aware of them, which affects reproducibil…

Elgato Wave Next: Sechs neue Audio-Produkte für Streamer und Podcaster
Elgato hat mit Wave Next eine komplett überarbeitete Audio-Plattform vorgestellt – mit neuem DSP-Chip, überarbeiteter Software und sechs Hardwareprodukten.

The US Senate passed COPPA 2.0 again, which would create new protections for young users; the bill now heads to the House, where it has struggled to pass (Anna Washenko/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/coppa-20-passes-the-sen…

COPPA 2.0 passes the Senate again, unanimously this time
Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new online protections for younger users and their personal data.

Republican senator Tim Sheehy joined Capitol Police as they violently ejected an anti-war protester and U.S. Marine veteran from an Armed Services subcommittee hearing on Wednesday,
-- appearing to break his arm as the group tried to wrestle him out of the chamber.
Video of the incident shows Sen. Tim Sheehy, a Republican from Montana, rushing over to help police as they try to tug and push the protester out of the chamber,
as the protester yells, “no one wants to fight for …

Senator Joins Police to Eject Anti-War Marine From Hearing, Breaking His Arm
Police and Sheehy tried to force the protester out of the room as he yelled, “no one wants to fight for Israel.”…