Genius Sports and the Los Angeles Rams know that just because you have fans in your building on game day doesn’t mean you have their undivided attention. The growth of fantasy sports, gambling, short-form video, and streaming content means fans are still deferring to their devices regardless of what they’ve paid for admission or what’s…Read More
With artificial intelligence continuing to advance, the industry is starting to move from the “robots are coming for our jobs” to acceptance. AI platform Brand.AI sponsored a group chat at ADWEEK House during Advertising Week New York looking into exactly how different facets of the industry are embracing AI. Founder and co-CEO Chelsey Susin Kantor…Read More
Hurricane Milton’s landfall on Florida’s west coast occurred on Wednesday night, and viewers were glued in to witness its ferocity as the cable news networks offered blanket coverage of the storm. The big three cable news networks combined for nearly 5 million viewers between 4 p.m. and midnight, with the category three storm making landfall…Read More
You’ve found a new show. It feels made for you. It’s well written, the cast is phenomenal, and you can’t wait to see where Season 2 goes. The show’s only been out for about two months, but you see news that it’s been cancelled already. Another bites the dust. You realize something that felt made…Read More
Feed a prompt to an AI image generator and you’re bound to encounter an insidious pattern: Do the people look … too stunning? Perhaps even wanton? Gender, race, body type, nationality, religion–you’re almost guaranteed to get prejudiced and outdated stereotypes when using these descriptors in prompts. And “wanton” is a deliberate adjective; it’s mostly used…Read More
Hannah Rahner has been promoted to weekday morning meteorologist for Myrtle Beach, S.C. CBS affiliate WBTW. The station also announced that James Hopkins will leave the station after ten years. For the past two-and-a-half years, Rahner has been the weekend evening meteorologist. “Whether its breaking into programming with severe weather warnings or telling viewers how…Read More
Griffin Media has replaced one of its two helicopters, which was destroyed by a tornado, with a state-of-the-art replacement. More than a year after a tornado destroyed both helicopters for Griffin owned KWTV and KOTV, said chopper pilot Jim Gardner and Bob Mills SkyNews 9 are back in the air with a cutting-edge helicopter equipped…Read More
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a €119mn contract with Italian scaleup D-Orbit for its first in-orbit servicing mission, RISE. Scheduled for launch in 2028, RISE will attempt to rendezvous with, maneuver, and detach from an ESA satellite in geostationary orbit. Then it will embark on an 8-year mission, visiting several other satellites and giving them a new lease on life. RISE, which is about the size of a minivan, will be like a car mechanic, but for aging spacecraft. It will refuel them, repair them, relocate them to a different orbit, and even attach them with a module…
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Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign worked with X to prevent information about Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) from being posted on the social media platform–a move that resulted in Ken Klippenstein, the journalist who revealed the information, being kicked off the site, according to reports. (The Guardian) The dossier was made public by Klippenstein, who…Read More
Terrifier 3 slashed its way to No. 1 in North America, collecting a stellar $18.3 million from 2,514 theaters in its opening weekend. It’s a huge start for the ultra-gory, independently made, low-budget slasher film about a demonic clown who brutalizes a small town. (Variety) The next closest film is The Wild Robot, which continues…Read More
