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The world of cryptocurrency is still reeling from the shock of the collapse of the world’s second-biggest crypto exchange, FTX, in November 2022. After an $8 billion black hole was found in FTX crypto’s balance sheets, the giant was forced to apply for bankruptcy in US courts. FTX crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried was recently submitted to extradition to the US, where he will face eight separate charges of fraud, money laundering, and other financial impropriety. With Bankman-Fried facing a maximum of 115 years in jail if…

Fans of TV gear love to debate the merits of flat-panel technologies. In the past, this meant comparing Quantum Dot LED (or QLED TV as it’s most commonly known) and Organic LED, otherwise known as OLED TV. But 2022 was the year a new display technology called Quantum Dot OLED or QD-OLED, made its official debut, and it has already started to reshape the TV landscape thanks to new models from Sony and Samsung, and computer monitors from Dell’s Alienware brand. But what exactly is QD-OLED, how is it different from both…

Warning: The following article contains modest spoilers about the fate of some of the characters in “Babylon.”The Twenties may have roared, but on film they were silent until “The Jazz Singer.” Released in 1927, the Al Jolson classic launched the era of talkies, an epic transformation requiring studios to remodel stages for sound, revise set protocols for cast and crew and reassess what sort of material worked best with the new technology.This upheaval forms the backdrop to Damien Chazelle’s delirious take on the period,…

Screenshot: BBCWhen the BBC dropped our first big look at the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials over Christmas, there were plenty of surprises—more looks at David Tennant’s new-old Doctor, teases for just how Donna Noble re-enters the Time Lord’s orbit, Neil Patrick Harris’ mysterious showman. But perhaps the biggest of all? Just how deep down the rabbit hole Russell T. Davies is going.That’s because the trailer gives us two glimpses at strange alien forces playing a role in the upcoming celebrations. At first glance,…

Netflix is investing significant time and resources into developing The Witcher as its next major franchise. The Witcher: Blood Origin, a four-episode limited series that premiered on December 25th, serves as a prequel aimed at answering some of the series’ biggest questions. Following Henry Cavill’s highly publicized exit from The Witcher, the streamer took measures to ensure the franchise’s future, including casting Liam Hemsworth as Cavill’s replacement and continuing to build the series’ expanded universe, of…

The technology behind Google, Netflix, Spotify, and many more explainedPhoto by vackground.com on Unsplash. Original article published in NLP for Semantic Search ebook at Pinecone (where the author is employed).There is perhaps no greater contributor to the success of modern Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology than vector representations of language. The meteoric rise of NLP was ignited with the introduction of word2vec in 2013 .Word2vec is one of the most iconic and earliest examples of dense vectors…

Snapchat offers a wide range of social media content for users to enjoy but doesn’t always offer much in terms of in-app explanations for how it all works. One feature that leaves many scratching their heads is the emojis that sometimes appear next to their friends’ usernames in the chat tab. Each emoji means a different thing that varies depending on how you’ve interacted with each person on the app. In theory, it’s a pretty straightforward feature. However, because there are 10 different emojis that can show up in…

When we left Emily Cooper at the end of season 2 of the hit Netflix series Emily in Paris, her life had just blown up. She was about to make a huge decision between sticking with Madeline and Savoir or joining Sylvie and her new yet-to-be-named company. She had a burgeoning new relationship with Alfie, and her best friend, Mindy, was over the moon, busking on the streets with her new partner. Filled with even more colorful and cutting-edge fashion, drama, and love triangles, season 3 of the Emmy-nominated show…

James Cameron has made headlines for all the wrong reasons yet again after the co-chair of Indigenous Pride L.A., Yuè Begay, and other Native and Indigenous social media users, called out the director for his newly released project, Avatar: The Way of Water. One of the factors surrounding the backlash stems from Cameron allegedly appropriating the Indigenous culture by using various stories within their history for both Avatar films and having an all-white cast to portray Na’vi…