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These days, a band or artist can record a track in a garage, mix it in a bedroom, and get it onto Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime in a matter of days. Yet while the path to market is getting shorter and more direct for musicians and other creators, the path to payment of Read More …
Powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine, a powerful, 3D graphics creation and development environment. Critically, Unreal Engine is also widely used under license by other developers to enhance and accelerate their own creations, making Epic an increasingly powerful force within the broader games ecosystem. Read More …
Microsoft was not included in last week’s Big Tech antitrust grilling by the House Antitrust Subcommittee, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t paying attention. According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft began covert talks with TikTok several weeks ago about a potential deal to acquire the breakout social media network as serious pressure was beginning Read More …
The major Hollywood studios have begun clearing the 2020 decks. With little hope that theaters in the U.S. will be able to open in sizable numbers before next year, or that movie fans would return to them even if they could, the studios are folding their tent poles for this year and decamping for 2021 Read More …
This was the weekend Christopher Nolan’s Tenet was supposed to open on the big screen, offering a desperately needed lifeline to struggling theaters and reviving the summer movie season from its Covid-induced coma. But Warner Bros. was forced to push back its release to August 12 as theaters in most states remain closed. Even that Read More …