Taylor Sheridan signed a production agreement with Universal after Paramount declined to renew his contract following the Skydance merger. The creator developed hit series such as Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown, and Landman, which attracted millions of viewers to Paramount+. Executives he worked with lost their positions after the merger, prompting his departure. Paramount plans to…
The team behind It: Welcome to Derry combined physical props with digital enhancements to create the horror series’ opening scene featuring a demon baby birth inside a vehicle. Visual effects supervisor Daryl Sawchuk and prosthetics supervisor Sean Sansom built practical elements such as fake legs, body rigs, and multiple baby versions before adding computer-generated blood…
The Austin Film Festival awarded prizes to screenwriters and filmmakers from 112 countries, with more than 17,000 entries submitted across 33 categories. Becca Hurd won the drama screenplay award for The Other Side of 25, while Kate Beacom and Lacey Jeka received the comedy screenplay prize for Lauren Lindsay Can Go To Hell. The festival…
Sony reduced the price of its a7R V mirrorless camera by $900 as part of a bundle that includes accessories for photographers and videographers. The full-frame camera features a 61-megapixel sensor with artificial intelligence autofocus and records 8K video at 24 frames per second. The processor delivers 8x the performance of earlier models and supports…
GameStop declared the console wars finished after Microsoft announced Halo: Campaign Evolved would arrive on PlayStation systems. The White House responded with an artificial intelligence image showing President Donald Trump wearing Spartan armor and saluting an American flag with 40 stars instead of the required 50. The retailer claimed the competition between console manufacturers began…
Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford said the video game industry has not yet produced a masterpiece comparable to Citizen Kane, the 1941 film widely regarded as cinema’s first landmark achievement. He made the remarks in a 73-minute interview with Shacknews about Borderlands 4, which launched on Friday, Sept. 12. Pitchford explained that creating major titles requires…
Qualcomm introduced artificial intelligence processors that use mobile memory technology instead of high-bandwidth memory chips common in competing products from Nvidia and AMD. The AI200 and AI250 accelerators support up to 768 gigabytes of low-power double data rate memory, which provides greater capacity than standard solutions while reducing energy consumption and manufacturing costs. The San…
Developer Fearem announced Anchor, an underwater survival game that combines elements from Rust and Subnautica in a post-apocalyptic ocean setting. Players can join servers with up to 150 participants or explore alone after nuclear catastrophe forces humanity beneath the waves. The game offers player-versus-environment modes for those who prefer cooperative gameplay without competitive threats from…
Phononic Chief Product Officer Larry Yang discussed the artificial intelligence chip-cooling requirements after Nvidia introduced its Rubin processors last month. Yang has worked in the technology industry for more than 30 years at companies such as Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco. He explained that high-bandwidth memory chips generate significant heat alongside graphics processing units and…
A laptop owner boosted the performance of an RTX 4090 mobile graphics processor to match that of the newer RTX 5090 by installing a resistor that enabled higher power consumption. The modification involved adding a 1-milliohm resistor to the existing component, reducing total resistance and permitting the chip to draw 240 watts instead of its…
