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Freak Pulse
Category: Arts & Entertainment News
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Software and Tool Updates, RealityScan 2 2 Widens GPU Support, and more.
Software and Tool Updates this week: Epic Games’ RealityScan 2.2 expands GPU hardware support to include AMD Radeon and Radeon PRO cards, enabling mixed; and Reallusion has replaced its 30-day iClone trial with a free, perpetual…
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Gear, Tools, and Industry Trends, E-commerce EU Withdrawal Button, and more.
Gear, Tools, and Industry Trends this week: A TecnoTur advisory clarifies operational steps for digital merchants, particularly authors selling audiobooks and; and A 2026 Amazon Prime Day roundup highlights discounts on established…
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AI’s Impact on Marketing and, Four Advertising Myths That Won t Survive AI, and more.
AI’s Impact on Marketing and Advertising this week: Basis CMO Katie McAdams argues that the impending automation of media buying via autonomous agents will scale and; and ZeroGPU is commercializing small language models (SLMs) for…
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Major Events and Brand Activations, Grand Ex 2026 Google Cloud Opus Agency Gramercy, and more.
Major Events and Brand Activations this week: Google Cloud’s Tech Immersion training program, executed by Opus Agency and Gramercy Tech, won the 2026 Grand Ex; and The 2026 Cannes Lions festival saw major technology and media companies…
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Design & Architecture Highlights, Material crafted plant waste, and more.
Design & Architecture Highlights this week: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has showcased a series of design projects, including a material; and Snøhetta has released plans for a mixed-use building in Miami’s Design…
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Museum News & Major Art Projects, Crystal Bridges Museum Appoints, and more.
Museum News & Major Art Projects this week: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and its satellite, the Momentary, have appointed Courtenay Finn as chief; and Archaeologists at the Casas del Turuñuelo site in Spain have uncovered the…
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A24 Will Survive the AI Backlash, but Some Are Convinced the Company Has ‘Sold Its Soul’
Film and TV Development this week: A24 has entered a $75 million research partnership with Google DeepMind to develop AI workflows for filmmaking; and A first-time feature director details the development and production of his debut film…
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Stargate’s Cast and Crew React To Amazon’s Cancellation Shocker
Science Fiction this week: Amazon MGM Studios has canceled its planned Stargate revival series for Prime Video, despite the show having; and Stargate fans have launched the #SaveStargate campaign to reverse Amazon MGM Studios’…
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Wednesday: Mr. X VFX supervisor Mark O. Hammond
Visual Effects and CGI this week: Mr. X VFX supervisor Mark O. Hammond details the studio’s work on Season 2 of Netflix’s *Wednesday*, focusing on; and MTI Film has acquired Mango NewEdit, a Burbank-based dailies and Avid editorial…
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Interactive Light, Sound &, Still Sound Clyfford Still Museum has launched ‘Still, and more.
Interactive Light, Sound & Environmental Installations this week: The Clyfford Still Museum has launched ‘Still in Sound,’ a multi-year exhibition where five sound artists created; and Fabien Léaustic’s ‘Hello World’ light installation…