#70 Snap cancels original shows, other projects amid 20% layoffs

Snap cancels original shows, other projects amid 20% layoffs

In a memo to employees, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said that 20 percent of employees would be laid off and that Snapchat would end its original shows, in-app games, Pixy camera drone, and Zenly app.

Inside billionaire Marc Lore's utopian city: 'Telosa'

Telosa, the metropolitan brainchild of billionaire Marc Lore, now has more details available regarding its development, which aims for a 2030 completion.

FILM: Frame Interpolation for Large Motion

FILM creates slow motion footage from two near duplicate photos. We present a frame interpolation algorithm that synthesizes multiple intermediate frames from two input images with large in-between motion. Recent methods use multiple networks to estimate optical flow or depth and a separate network dedicated to frame synthesis.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Pitch Is Falling Flat

Forget about the devastating reviews from the video game press, the cringe-worthy digital “selfie,” and the notable lack of legs— Mark Zuckerberg wants you to focus on the promise of the metaverse.

Things not available when someone blocks all cookies

I don't use cookies in the app at all, but for sure, when I disabled cookies in Chrome, the app wasn't usable.

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