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Adobe Firefly’s latest update enables AI-generated videos with synchronized sound effects based on user audio cues. New tools like Composition Reference, Keyframe Cropping, and Video Presets enhance creative control, marking a significant step in generative AI for multimedia content.
TikTok launches new beta features—a Songwriter label and Music Tab—to help songwriters showcase their work and gain recognition. These tools aim to improve discovery, monetization, and profile visibility amid growing competition with platforms like Spotify.
Stellantis halts its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle development due to infrastructure scarcity, high costs, and weak consumer incentives. This decision signals broader industry doubts over hydrogen’s viability as an alternative to battery electric vehicles.
Virtuos, the studio behind Oblivion Remastered, is laying off around 270 employees globally, citing industry-wide structural changes. The layoffs, mostly in Asia and Europe, reflect challenges despite the studio’s key role in major game projects and recent acquisitions.
Jack Dorsey has injected $10 million into a nonprofit collective, 'and Other Stuff,' to develop open-source social media apps and tools. Backed by his StartSmall foundation, the initiative supports projects like Nostr to build decentralized, user-controlled platforms, reflecting Dorsey’s vision for a less corporatized internet.
Uber is investing hundreds of millions in a robotaxi fleet featuring 20,000 Lucid EVs equipped with Nuro's AI technology, aiming to launch in a major US city by late 2026. This move marks a significant step in Uber's global autonomous vehicle ambitions.
President Trump's proposed 24% cut to NASA's 2026 budget could reduce the agency's science funding by nearly half, endangering 55 missions and causing the smallest workforce in 70 years. Lawmakers from both parties resist these cuts amid concerns about scientific and economic impacts.
Netflix has officially approved a live-action Assassin's Creed series, led by Emmy-nominated showrunners Roberto Patino and David Wiener. The adaptation aims to explore themes of identity and human connection, complementing the success of recent video game-based shows.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives settle a high-profile $8 billion shareholder suit over Facebook’s privacy violations, ending the trial before testimony began. The case stems from repeated FTC fines linked to data misuse scandals such as Cambridge Analytica.