Month: December 2024

It was the second-highest opening ever for a PG-rated December movie, an animated film based on the video game series. Walt Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King”, also opening, underdelivered with a $35
million start.

ByteDance has developed technology that allows humans to have a conversation with a “socially intelligent agent,” based on human traits. The technology is called introverted, intuitive, feeling and
perceiving (INFP). It’s an audio-driven head generation framework for dyadic interaction that can make one image talk with a human or talk with another agent.

The agency will handle all markets except for China. The incumbent was WPP’s Mindshare, which held the account over two decades.

Burger sculptures made out of coins were placed in front of the brand’s competitors, but also close to Smashburgers in NYC, Houston and Denver.

A Harris Poll survey finds that just 48% of workplaces now host regular in-person holiday events. 79% of workers would rather have a bonus than a party.

One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.”

NBA games on ABC, ESPN, and TNT are down 19% so far this season to average 1.4 million viewers.

The media circus came to town last week when the news media and top New York City officials welcomed killer-idol Luigi Mangione to the Big Apple.