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Janko Roettgers

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The tech to build the holodeck

Gaussian splatting, a new way of capturing 3D content, is taking the AR / VR industry by storm — and could one day allow anyone to create photorealistic 3D worlds.

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Why Redbox has been powering down

The bankruptcy of Redbox’s parent company came after months of chaos, cash crunch, and corporate upheaval.

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Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding

How cutting-edge codecs and obsessive tweaks have helped Netflix to stay ahead of the curve — until now.

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The high tech behind Netflix’s old-school DVD service

The disc-by-mail service, which is shutting down this Friday, owed its success to lots of behind-the-scenes innovation.

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