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Streamers are seeking out unscripted TV, including documentaries and reality TV, as a cheaper and popular alternative to the prestige shows they first produced (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Streamers are seeking out unscripted TV, including documentaries and reality TV, as a cheaper and popular alternative to the prestige shows they first produced  —  Netflix has grown into the world’s biggest buyer of unscripted programming.  Its competitors are following suit. Source link

GM to Launch 10 EVs in South Korea by 2025, No Plans for Local Manufacture

General Motors will launch 10 electric vehicles (EVs) for the South Korean market by 2025, but has no plans yet to manufacture EVs in the country, Steven Kiefer, the head of GM’s international operations said on Friday. The No. 1 US automaker, which warned last year that persistent industrial action was preventing further investment in …

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Marvel’s Shang-Chi to (finally) stream ‘free’ on Disney Plus tonight

Shang-Chi hasn’t been available to stream, or even rent online, since its theatrical release in early September.  Marvel Marvel‘s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is one of the biggest box office hits of the pandemic, sitting atop the rankings as the highest-grossing movie in the US so far this year. Its box …

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CoreWeave, which offers a specialized cloud service for GPU-based workloads, raises $50M led by Magnetar Capital (Matt Przybyla/VentureBeat)

Matt Przybyla / VentureBeat: CoreWeave, which offers a specialized cloud service for GPU-based workloads, raises $50M led by Magnetar Capital  —  CoreWeave, a specialized cloud services provider for GPU-based workloads, said it has partnered with GPU giant Nvidia to enable companies to scale their infrastructure, cut costs, and improve efficiencies. Source link

Red Notice Review: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot Are in It for the Money

Red Notice — out today on Netflix — is officially an action comedy. But it’s not good at either of those main ingredients. Mostly, it keeps throwing a series of one-liners without ever committing to its jokes. The Netflix film, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Skyscraper), doesn’t have a personality — it screams …

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Chile-based Houm, which uses AI to help users find the optimal rental or sale price of a property based on similar properties nearby, raises a $35M Series A (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Chile-based Houm, which uses AI to help users find the optimal rental or sale price of a property based on similar properties nearby, raises a $35M Series A  —  Less than six months after raising $8 million in seed funding, Chilean proptech startup Houm has raised $35 million in a …

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Trump Allies Help Bolsonaro Sow Doubt in Brazil’s Elections

BRASÍLIA — The conference hall was packed, with a crowd of more than 1,000 cheering attacks on the press, the liberals and the politically correct. There was Donald Trump Jr. warning that the Chinese could meddle in the election, a Tennessee congressman who voted against certifying the 2020 vote, and the president complaining about voter …

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Intel Core i9-12900K, Core i5-12600K, Asus TUF Gaming Z690-Plus Wifi D4 Review

There’s a lot to talk about regarding Intel’s 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake’ processors. The company says this is its biggest architectural change in a decade, and if anything, that’s an understatement. Intel frankly hasn’t had anything this new or intriguing to talk about in many years (one decade ago is when the much-loved ‘Sandy Bridge’ …

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