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Sony Boss Urges Theaters To Stop 30 Minutes of Trailers and Ads Before Movies

15 April at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman urged theater owners to cut down the roughly 30 minutes of trailers and ads before movies. “Get off the ad crack,” Rothman told the audience at CinemaCon this week. “Get rid of the endless advertising and substantially shorten the long pre-shows.” Variety reports: He noted that frequent moviegoers now show up a half hour late to avoid all the spots (something...

Job cuts at Liquid Intelligent Technologies

15 April at 12:52 PM, via ITWeb

The Pan-African technology firm introduces voluntary severance and early retirement packages, as part of restructuring under parent company Cassava Technologies.

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

15 April at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales – enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last shared a common ancestor with humans more than 90 million years ago. But the whales’ vocalized communications are remarkably similar to our own, researchers have discovered.

Not only do sperm whale...

Hidden treasures: Spanish archaeologists discover trove of ancient shipwrecks in Bay of Gibraltar

15 April at 10:00 AM, via The Guardian

Researchers identify wrecks at the bottom of the sea from as far back as fifth century BC, from Europe and beyond

Spanish archaeologists exploring the bay that curves between the southern port of Algeciras and the Rock of Gibraltar have documented the wrecks of more than 30 ships that came to grief near the Pillars of Hercules between the fifth century BC and the second world war.

Over the...

Amazon Buys Globalstar For $10.8 Billion, Moving To Expand Its Satellite Internet Service

15 April at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

Amazon is buying satellite communications company Globalstar for $10.8 billion to expand its Leo satellite-internet network and compete more directly with SpaceX’s Starlink. The deal also includes a partnership with Apple to support satellite connectivity for iPhones and Apple Watches, with Amazon planning voice, data, and messaging services starting in 2028. The New York Times reports: Leo was...

African Aviation’s Tech Spend Isn’t Delivering Full Value – SITA Report

15 April at 08:24 AM, via Tech Financials

SITA’s 2025 Air Transport IT Insights report finds that, while the air transport industry invested a record $50.8 billion in technology in 2025, a common obstacle keeps emerging: where data does not flow freely between systems and partners, that investment cannot fully deliver what it was designed to unlock. The cost of this data coordination […]

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