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Netflix, Facing Slowing Growth, Cuts 6% of Its Work Force

14 October 2026 at 13:21
The streamer’s share price is down more than 40 percent over the last year as the company has struggled with stalling engagement.

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This is the company’s widest round of job cuts since 2022, when Netflix experienced a rare dip in subscriber figures.

Big Controversy Upends a Contest About Microscopic Videos

9 October 2026 at 18:47
Nikon announced that it had disqualified the winner of its Small World in Motion competition over how A.I. was used in his submission.

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Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition is an annual video contest that awards the best footage captured through the lens of a microscope.

Court Tosses ​​Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim β€˜Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played

5 October 2026 at 15:15
An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played at a trial.

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Stacey Wales with an enlarged photo of her brother, Christopher Pelkey. She created a video using artificial intelligence to depict her dead brother speaking at the sentencing of his killer.

An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content

Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversation.

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Video Shows a San Diego Dog Seeming to Greet an Intruder. Why Didn’t He Bark?

19 September 2026 at 11:37
Dog behavior experts offered a variety of explanations for why Nash the golden retriever wagged his tail and carried a toy near a man who broke into his owner’s home.
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