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A Show HN submission introduces a free online library collecting 45 internal memos, leaked handbooks, and out-of-print books from people who worked at companies including Apple, Intel, Google, Netflix and Facebook. The site lets visitors read or borrow each document at no cost.
Netflix will release 'The Altruists,' an eight-episode miniseries dramatizing the rise and collapse of crypto exchange FTX, on November 19, and has released a trailer starring Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison. The series depicts the pair's relationship and their shared belief in 'effective altruism' as FTX and Alameda Research grew before FTX's 2022 collapse revealed $8 billion in missing customer funds.
Netflix has released the first trailer for its upcoming miniseries 'The Altruists,' which dramatizes the rise and collapse of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his former partner Caroline Ellison. The series covers the events that led to the implosion of the crypto exchange and the subsequent fallout.
Netflix released a trailer for 'The Altruists,' a scripted series dramatizing the collapse of FTX, starring Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison. The show premieres November 19, and co-showrunner Graham Moore said he was drawn to the real-life stories of both central figures.
Actor Ben Affleck appeared on GQ's 'One More Question' series discussing AI concepts including neural networks, transformers, tensors, and GPUs, explaining how he writes basic Python scripts. Affleck, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix for a reported $587 million earlier this year, described how machine learning has long been part of visual effects workflows and detailed technical concepts like convolutional neural networks to the interviewer.
Netflix announced an upcoming anime titled 'Go With the Clouds, North-by-Northwest,' centered on a 17-year-old detective who solves cases in Iceland by communicating with cars. The series is slated to stream on Netflix in 2027.
Paramount Skydance has officially closed its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, beating out a rival Netflix bid, and now controls HBO, CBS, CNN, TNT Sports and franchises like Harry Potter and Star Trek. The deal, backed partly by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, pushes Skydance's debt close to $80 billion, and executives say the combined company plans to eventually merge HBO Max, Paramount+ and Discovery+ into one service.
Netflix is launching The Conjuring: Unspoken, an interactive paranormal investigation playable through its TV app using a phone as controller. Players take on the role of demonologist Francesca Noakes, exploring England's reportedly haunted Red Lion Inn with tools like an EMF reader, infrared camera and spirit box, making dialogue choices that shape the story.
Paramount has completed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a new company called Skydance that consolidates major film studios, networks, and brands like HBO, CBS News, and CNN. The deal, which faced legal and political hurdles, was finalized after settling antitrust concerns with 12 states and includes commitments to produce a set number of films and increase US production spending.
Disney has struck a licensing agreement allowing Netflix to stream a batch of its content, including the Ice Age franchise and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, alongside other Disney and Pixar titles. The deal lets these properties appear on Netflix for a period of time under the terms of the agreement.
At a Bloomberg conference in Los Angeles, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said global engagement grew just 2% in the company's most recent reporting period, even as revenue kept growing at double-digit rates across every region. He said Netflix is responding by investing about $1 billion, roughly 5% of its $20 billion annual content budget, in live programming such as sports, wrestling, comedy and major cultural events.
Netflix confirmed its six-year production partnership with David Fincher has concluded, ending an arrangement first signed in 2020 that gave the streamer exclusive rights to his films, including Mank and The Killer. The move follows similar endings to deals with other high-profile directors like Shawn Levy.