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Netflix is beefing up its audio descriptions and subtitling features

Netflix is beefing up its audio descriptions and subtitling features

Leave a Comment / Audio / August 13, 2022

Netflix’s closed captioning, subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), and audio descriptions (AD) are all powerful tools designed to help make films and television shows more accessible to people with disabilities. But those kinds of features have also become integral parts of how people from all walks of life consume the streaming platform’s …

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Amazon expands palm-scanning payment tech to 65 more Whole Foods locations – TechCrunch

Amazon expands palm-scanning payment tech to 65 more Whole Foods locations – TechCrunch

Leave a Comment / Tech / August 13, 2022

Amazon’s “One” palm scanner payment technology will be launching at over 65 Whole Foods stores in California. This is the biggest rollout to date, with stores in Malibu, Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Santa Cruz receiving the tech that aims to modernize retail shopping. When …

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Serial entertainment: shifting paradigms for an evolving industry

Serial entertainment: shifting paradigms for an evolving industry

Leave a Comment / Entertainment / August 13, 2022

When UNCSA launched its film school in the fall of 1993, movies were king. Blockbusters like “Jurassic Park” were bringing audiences out to a growing multiplex theatrical market, while an independent cinema boom, driven by the rise of directors like Steven Soderbergh (“sex, lies and videotape”), Quentin Tarantino (“Reservoir Dogs”) and John Singleton (“Boyz N …

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Norman Lear changed TV forever in the 1970s – Delco Times

Norman Lear changed TV forever in the 1970s – Delco Times

Leave a Comment / Television / August 13, 2022

As fans of television duly laud, Norman Lear’s 100th birthday, it’s difficult not to think of whether any of Lear’s groundbreaking programs from the 1970s would be appreciated on the air today. Or even be allowed to play for longer on the air today. Norman Lear easily earns a place among the Top Ten most …

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Johnston County school board members push back on leaked audio, claims of hiding money :: WRAL.com

Johnston County school board members push back on leaked audio, claims of hiding money :: WRAL.com

Leave a Comment / Audio / August 13, 2022

By Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter Smithfield, N.C. — Leaked audio appears to have some Johnston County Board of Education members talking about hiding millions of dollars from county commissioners. During a meeting on Tuesday night, school board members spoke out against the claims, saying the comments were taken out of context. Board members claimed one …

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Kids’ tech: the best children’s gadgets for summer holidays | Gadgets

Kids’ tech: the best children’s gadgets for summer holidays | Gadgets

Leave a Comment / Tech / August 13, 2022

With the long school summer holiday well under way, you may need a bit of help keeping the kids entertained. From walkie-talkies and cameras to tablets, robot toys and fitness trackers, here are some of the best kid-aimed tech to keep the little (and not-so-little) ones occupied. Robot toys Sphero Mini – about £50 Sphero …

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Paramount+ UK & Ireland Taps Lionsgate, NBCU, Sony & Dynamic Television For Scripted Series

Paramount+ UK & Ireland Taps Lionsgate, NBCU, Sony & Dynamic Television For Scripted Series

Leave a Comment / Television / August 13, 2022

After Bob Bakish yesterday said said Paramount+ was performing “above expectations” in the UK and Ireland, the streamer has stocked its cupboards with a series of exclusive scripted acquisitions for those countries’ subscribers. The deals have been struck with Lionsate, NBCUniversal Global Distribution, Sony Pictures Television and Dynamic Television and the shows will join the …

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New Greenville entertainment district opens in West End | Greenville Business

Leave a Comment / Entertainment / August 13, 2022

GREENVILLE — The District 356 entertainment area in Greenville’s West End is now open next to Fluor Field. The red-brick, pedestrian-friendly throughway sits between the baseball stadium, the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and the .408 Jackson luxury apartment complex. It connects Augusta Street to Vardry and South Markley streets. Inspired by Fenway Park’s Jersey Alley …

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