Maybe I’m wrong about video games

Liz Schleicher, contributing columnist Posted date 6/25/26 This week, I interviewed local gamer Brittany Parker about motherhood, life, and her career as an emerging online streamer: someone who plays video games for an audience. I confessed to her… This item is provided in full version to subscribers. Featured Subscribers To continue reading, you must log […]

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Seedance 2.5 sets new benchmark for AI video generation with 30 seconds of native 4K output

The competitive landscape for AI video generation is defined by several persistent technical constraints. These include limited generation periods, resolution achieved through post-processing rather than native rendering, narrow referencing, and destructive regeneration cycles that make iterative editing impractical. ByteDance’s latest model release supports all four at the same time. seadance 2.5 will be announced at […]

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Cinematic video from text prompts — Quasa

#QUA #Hyper #Quasa Haiper (featured at Quasa.io/projects/haiper) is a cutting-edge AI video generation platform that creates high-quality, realistic videos from text prompts and images. Known for its strong motion quality, cinematic results, and creative control, Haiper is quickly becoming a popular tool for marketers, content creators, filmmakers, and designers looking to produce professional-looking video clips […]

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Adobe brings Topaz Labs to Firefly and Creative Cloud

Main points Terms and conditions. Adobe plans to acquire Topaz Labs in the second half of 2026, pending regulatory approval. Technology integration. Topaz’s Neurostream technology runs large-scale AI models locally within Firefly and Creative Cloud. Standalone continuity. Topaz products will continue to be available separately, and CEO Eric Yang will continue to lead the team. […]

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EMarketer’s Matthias Braun explains why AI search is booming, but consumer trust isn’t.

The advertising infrastructure of AI giants like OpenAI is less than a year old. Still, my expectations are high. According to EMarketer, AI search will become the fastest growing marketing channel, with numbers topping $100 billion. As CEO of EMarketer, Matthias Braun runs one of the most influential research businesses that tracks all these developments. […]

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