Cartoon Brew

Next Lab Generation Forced Filmmakers To Use Quill And Magnific, Most Embraced VR But Ditched AI

Next Lab Generation finalists were required to use Meta's Quill VR animation software and Magnific AI while developing their pitches, before pitching in Madrid.
Cartoon Brew

Annecy Defends Hisko Hulsing After AI Protest Disrupts ‘Danse Macabre’ Premiere

Annecy's artistic director condemned protests over 'Danse Macabre.' We spoke with Hisko Hulsing about the controversy and its ...
The New York Times

Federal Judge Blocks Idaho Law Criminalizing Transgender Bathroom Use

Six transgender residents claimed that the bathroom ban, the most restrictive in the nation, violated their constitutional rights. By Amy Harmon Idaho cannot immediately enforce its new law ...
thecooldown

Federal judge says Trump administration's move to kill $2.8 billion in environmental justice grants was illegal

A federal judge in South Carolina has struck down the Trump administration's attempt to end a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said the ...
The New York Times

Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Inmate Using Nitrogen Gas

The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, and could lead to a broader fight over the relatively new execution method. By Rick Rojas and Abbie VanSickle The Supreme Court ...
CNBC

Foreign surveillance program to expire Friday after House blocks extension

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a key national security tool, appears poised to lapse as the House rejected an extension. Democrats have vowed to oppose any short-term ...