california
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Tech Billionaires Release Map of Utopian City They Want to Build in California
California Forever, the quixotic, billionaire-backed project to build a new city in the Bay Area, is chugging along. Despite the fact that locals seem to hate it, the Silicon Valley dreamers behind the project remain undeterred. The team planning the city released more details about its proposed development, including a map of what the hypothetical…
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Why Are Live-Action Remakes So Annoying?
Until studios get out of their own way, it’s hard to be excited about anything jumping from cartoons to live-action.
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Netflix Invests Big in South Korean Content
Netflix is working to replicate its success with the widely popular series Squid Game in a new partnership with South Korea. The company’s co-chief executive Ted Sarandos announced Netflix will invest $US2.5 billion in South Korean TV shows and films over the next four years after meeting with the country’s president Yoon Suk Yeol in…
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Cruise and Waymo Self-Driving Taxis Are Terrorising Transit Operators
In San Francisco, tech “disruption” is often framed as good. It’s the goal of “move fast, break things” start-ups and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs: innovation, paradigm shifts, etc…. But, so far, it’s in the original sense of the word that self-driving taxi companies Cruise and Waymo are disrupting San Francisco’s streets.