‘Breaking Bad’ creator wants to change the world with ‘Pluribus’

He’s the creator of two of the most influential and critically-acclaimed TV dramas of the 21st Century. But when NME speaks over Zoom to showrunner Vince Gilligan, he has a caveat about his new show. “Pluribus is not Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul,” he says, in that rich, Virginia accent of his. “Even though – and I know it’s confusing – it’s shot in Albuquerque. Even though it stars a very important actor from the Breaking Bad universe, Rhea Seehorn. It is not in any way, shape or form either of those shows.”

Källa: ‘Breaking Bad’ creator wants to change the world with ‘Pluribus’

Firefox will soon show search results directly in the address bar

Displaying real-time search suggestions in the address bar is the default behavior for all major browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, and Safari. Firefox is now taking this a step further, showing search results directly in the address bar for select queries instead of redirecting users to their default search provider’s website.

According to Mozilla, the new feature will only display inline search results when Firefox has ”high confidence” that they are relevant to the user’s query. In each case, only the top result will appear alongside traditional search suggestions. Firefox will also show sponsored results (ads) if they are deemed ”highly relevant.”

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Amazon cuts its workforce by 14,000 in further embrace of AI

Amazon has announced an approximately 14,000 person reduction in its corporate workforce. The news follows an earlier report from Reuters that up to 30,000 people could be let go. Amazon has confirmed to Engadget that the 14,000 roles were eliminated today.

Amazon declined to comment on which departments are impacted, but Bloomberg reports that layoffs occurred within teams such as video games, logistics, payments and cloud-computing.

Källa: Amazon cuts its workforce by 14,000 in further embrace of AI

Apple testar nya proffsappar för iPad – fyra klassiska Mac-program på gång

Apple testar nya proffsappar för iPad – fyra klassiska Mac-program på gång

Digital konstnärlig illustration av en keramikvas, skapad på dator, med digitala verktyg och konstnärsprocesser i fokus.

Apple ser ut att förbereda iPad-versioner av flera professionella appar som hittills bara funnits på Mac: Pixelmator Pro, Compressor, Motion och MainStage. Uppgifterna kommer från nya App Store-ID:n som upptäckts av MacRumors-skribenten Aaron Perris.

De fyra apparna fyller varsin viktig roll i Apples kreativa ekosystem:

  • Pixelmator Pro är ett professionellt bildredigeringsprogram som Apple köpte tidigare i år.
  • Compressor används som tillägg till Final Cut Pro för att komprimera ljud- och videofiler.
  • Motion fungerar som ett verktyg för att skapa 2D- och 3D-titlar, övergångar och visuella effekter till Final Cut Pro.
  • MainStage är ett scenanpassat komplement till Logic Pro, utvecklat för livemusik och uppträdanden.

Det finns redan en enklare version av Pixelmator för iPad och iPhone, men de mer avancerade programmen har hittills varit exklusiva för Mac. Sedan maj 2023 finns däremot både Final Cut Pro och Logic Pro tillgängliga på utvalda iPad-modeller, mot en prenumerationsavgift.

Oklart

I USA kostar iPad-versionerna av Final Cut Pro och Logic Pro 4,99 dollar per månad eller 49 dollar per år. På Mac säljs Pixelmator Pro, Compressor, Motion och MainStage som engångsköp, med priser mellan 29,99 och 49,99 dollar. Det är ännu oklart om Apple planerar att införa ett prenumerationssystem även för iPad-versionerna.

Det finns heller ingen information om när apparna kan komma att lanseras. Normalt hålls Apples årliga Final Cut Pro Creative Summit i november, och företaget brukar ibland tajma liknande nyheter med den konferensen. Nästa upplaga är dock uppskjuten till våren 2026, vilket innebär att en eventuell lansering kan ske vid ett helt annat tillfälle.

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Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirm relationship with first public appearance together in Paris

Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have confirmed their relationship with their first public appearance together in Paris this weekend.

Details of a romance were rumoured all summer, then earlier this month (October 11), the Daily Mail published photographs of the pair embracing and kissing on the upper deck of a yacht. It reported was captured off the coast of Santa Barbara, California in late September.

Källa: Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirm relationship with first public appearance together in Paris

Taylor Sheridan’s Manifest Destiny Is NBCUniversal, But Paramount Keeps the (Dutton) Ranch

It was written when, in 2020, Paramount Global (then ViacomCBS) licensed the Yellowstone streaming rights to Peacock.

Taylor Sheridan, an actor turned western-writing juggernaut, is bailing from the plains of Paramount (comma, a Skydance Corporation!) for the (money-)greener pastures of NBCUniversal. Sheridan has inked a film deal with NBCU, the home to studios like Universal Pictures and Focus Features, that begins in 2026. His current television contract will keep him with Paramount through 2028, which is when he will take his TV talents to the Comcast subsidiary as well.

Källa: Taylor Sheridan’s Manifest Destiny Is NBCUniversal, But Paramount Keeps the (Dutton) Ranch