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SciTech Awards: Captioning Oscar Recognizes ‘Commitment to Accessibility’

Marlee Matlin accepted an Academy Award of Merit – an Oscar statuette – that was created to broadly recognize “all the individuals who have developed and supported captioning technology, whether open...

GKIDS Boards Kenji Iwaisawa’s Animated Feature ‘100 Meters’ as Producing Partner and North American Distributor (EXCLUSIVE)

Indie producer and distributor GKIDS has boarded “100 Meters” (“Hyakuemu”), the upcoming animated feature from director Kenji Iwaisawa, as a producing partner and North American distributor. Based on the manga by Uoto, author...

Deepfake-Enabled Fraud Has Already Caused $200 Million in Financial Losses in 2025, New Report Finds

Financial losses from deepfake-enabled fraud exceeded $200 million during the first quarter of 2025, according to Resemble AI’s Q1 2025 Deepfake Incident Report, which was released on Thursday. The...

Deepfake Detection Startup Loti AI Secures Additional $16.2 Million in Series A Funding

Deepfake detection and takedown service Loti AI has secured an additional $16.2 million in series A funding led by Khosla Ventures with additional investments from FUSE, Bling Capital, and Ensemble....

Technicolor Bankruptcy: Framestore Adds MPC Supervisors; Mikros India Talent Joins Cinesite’s Assemblage

Industry animation and VFX studios are continue to announce hires from units of the former Technicolor, which collapsed in February amid financial difficulties. Paris-headquartered Technicolor was the parent company of VFX giant...

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Sounds Alarm Over Trump Administration’s ‘Absolute Pattern of Censorship and Control’

FCC commissioner Anna M. Gomez warned broadcasters of her grave concerns over what she sees as a “disturbing” pattern of efforts by the Trump administration to impose politically motivated controls over...

‘The Wizard of Oz at Sphere’ Will Use AI and Advanced Computing to ‘Reimagine’ 1939 Classic

Following last week’s announcement that “The Wizard of Oz” is coming to the Las Vegas Sphere, the team behind the Sphere, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, Google Cloud and creative...

Academy President Janet Yang Urges Preservation of ‘Human Authorship’ in the AI Era

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Janet Yang said the media and entertainment community needs to preserve “human authorship” as AI use evolves in Hollywood, Monday during a session...

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