Apple Original Films Making Animated Adaptation of Children’s Book ‘Little Santa,’ ‘Flight of the Conchords’ Star Bret McKenzie Will Write Songs

Apple Original Films will make an animated adaptation of popular children’s book 'Little Santa,' with Bret McKenzie writing ...

A New Fairy Tale: Animaccord Unveils ‘Masha and the Three Bears’

The studio behind the world's most-watched cartoon is launching an all-new animated series — rooted in classic fairy tales ...
InfoWorld

Why it’s so hard to create stand-alone Python apps

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a standalone artifact, the way C, C++, ...
CNN

The Vitamix 5200 is the only blender you’ll ever need. Here’s why

The Vitamix 5200 was one of the first products I reviewed at CNN Underscored that made me take a step back and consider the value of investing in higher-quality kitchen appliances. More than two years ...
Cartoon Brew

Anthropic Expands Claude Into Animation Pipelines With Blender, Autodesk, Adobe

Anthropic is positioning its Claude AI as a tool for creative production, with a new set of features designed to support animation and design workflows alongside established software pipelines in some ...
Good Housekeeping

Culinary Experts Share 10 Smart Ways to Use Your Immersion Blender

We've been independently researching and testing products for over 120 years. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more about our review process. With an immersion blender in ...
Publishers Weekly

HarperCollins Partners with ‘AI-Powered’ Animation House Toonstar

HarperCollins has announced a multi-year partnership with Toonstar, an “AI-powered” animation studio, to adapt a slate of the publisher’s titles into original YouTube series. The first project planned ...
Tasting Table

How To Use An Immersion Blender The Right Way And End Splattering For Good

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Some kitchen appliances get purchased, used once or twice, and then are mostly forgotten — in other words, you don't really need them. Others ...
Reuters

AI may be creating instead of destroying jobs for now, ECB blog argues

FRANKFURT, March 4 (Reuters) - The increasing use of artificial intelligence by firms may be creating some jobs in the euro zone rather than destroying them as many fear, a ‌European Central Bank blog ...
Yahoo! Sports

Luke Kennard relishes creating ‘the blender’ for Lakers

SAN FRANCISCO — After a game in which the Lakers’ three best players (Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves) all had strong performances, the team’s newest addition received the first name drop ...
Game Rant

Toei Animation Is Officially Fixing Dragon Ball Super Forever

Rei Penber is the Deputy Lead Editor for GameRant's Anime and Manga team, originally from Kashmir and currently based in Beirut. He brings seven years of professional experience as a writer and editor ...
Variety

‘Animation Mavericks,’ Feature Doc on Groundbreaking ‘Mr. Magoo’ Producer UPA, Nears Completion

A new feature-length documentary “Animation Mavericks: The Forgotten Story of UPA” is set to premiere later this year from director and producer Kevin Schreck. The project was unveiled at a panel ...