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Fake blood: Dark movie magicHow cinema takes our body's most recognizable fluid to excess.
Updated October 25, 20236 min read
How cinema takes our body's most recognizable fluid to excess.
Real hourly minimum wages for OECD nations around the world range from $1.50 to $13.80
Beijing is building rail projects around the world under its Belt and Road Initiative
The knitting world rose up against corporate ownership—and displayed the power of online communities
Plus: The sketchy business of life coaching.
Plus: What the writers got.
Hollywood writers have secured a better deal on pay, AI, and residuals
Plus: The EU says Elon needs to clean up X ASAP.
Firms that create machine learning datasets aim to level up AI writing skills, with human help
As the WGA approaches an agreement with studios, talk shows like Stephen Colbert’s could start up again, but not much else
Plus: A high-speed track switch.
Private companies like Microsoft are backing high-speed transit projects, which will also rely on public funds
Virtually overnight, Project Gutenberg turned ebooks in its digital library into audiobooks, without any need for human voices
Plus: Shopping on TikTok is pretty weird.
Alipay is expanding its network of international e-wallets
Plus: Starlink for a Tesla factory, please.
The UAW, now on strike, is calling for 32 hours a week to be the standard
Waiter, there's AI in my Coke—and in my beer, and in my chocolate