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    YouTube ramps up ads, moderation

    Life, James Hein, Published on 01/03/2023

    » If this was a YouTube video you would have to sit through up to 30 seconds of ads before you could even start. YouTube seems to be stepping up its advertising while at the same time providing less service. I still use it because it has things I'm interested in, like Chinese martial arts series and info on music products I like. If I'd written this using ChatGPT you would not see some of the material because the trust and safety filters on the AI product have repeatedly been found to be biased towards the US political left in the content it will return. Some people associated with ChatGPT have acknowledged this but it remains to be seen if anything will change.

  • BUSINESS

    'Spider-Man' Complicates Movie Theater Recovery Plot

    Business, Published on 30/12/2021

    » It is too bad Sony can't make a new Spider-Man movie every weekend.

  • LIFE

    The 2021 Guru awards

    Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 24/12/2021

    » As the year comes to a close and we're all looking back at the past 12 months with introspection, at Guru we will stick to time-honoured tradition of being reflectively snarky. Like any other year, 2021 had no shortage of cringe-worthy and WTF moments. So before we head into the new year with resolutions we'll give up on halfway through the first month of 2022, let's roll out the metaphorical red carpet as we award moments from the eventful year. It's time for this year's edition of the Guru Awards.

  • BUSINESS

    Pandemic Boosted Netflix, Other Streaming Players in 2020

    Business, Published on 01/01/2021

    » The past 12 months were billed as the year when a flood of new entrants would force streaming services to wage an all-out war for subscribers. Instead, incumbents and rookies alike feasted on a base of shut-in customers eager for more things to watch.

  • BUSINESS

    Disney Wants to Be the Streamiest Place on Earth

    Business, Published on 02/11/2020

    » Picture this, fans: the next Star Wars movie might never even hit theaters.

  • BUSINESS

    Universal Tosses Cinemas a Lifeline While Testing New Distribution Model

    Business, Published on 21/10/2020

    » Comcast Corp.'s Universal Pictures is releasing substantially more films to theaters this holiday season as it tries to spur attendance for troubled cinemas -- and boost its push to reset distribution norms by making movies available sooner for online rental.

  • LIFE

    2019 winners & losers in geek

    Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 27/12/2019

    » Another year has come and gone, which means another year filled with geeky events, some good and some bad. From TV finales to movie deaths, there's a bunch of stuff that happened this year that you may have forgotten so we're here to help you out. Let's take a look back at 2019, geek-wise.

  • LIFE

    Something in the water

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/03/2019

    » Rows of small glass containers fill multiple shelves along the wall. Inside them, swimming leisurely and living separately in their tiny, private space are colourful Siamese fighting fish, popular among various crowds. Some keep them as pets for their pure eye-candy pleasure, or get them on a fish spar to make quick cash, or selectively breed them for commercial purposes.

  • BUSINESS

    Stepping out of the shadow

    Business, Published on 17/03/2018

    » Her life has been a continual effort to forge a path outside of her family's "overbearing shadow". Her name, she says, is a double-edged sword that lends her company credibility, but also leads some to discredit her efforts.

  • BUSINESS

    Winter in ‘Game of Thrones’, springtime for spinoffs

    Associated Press, Published on 17/07/2017

    » New York -- Last night (Monday morning in Thailand), the first-to-last season of “Game of Thrones” premiered on HBO as devoted fans gleefully embraced the return of favourite characters, gruesome violence, and the series signature spider web of political intrigue. The houses of Westeros are still going at it -- at least for now, anyway.

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