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Report: Amazon may be looking to buy longtime Hollywood film and TV studio MGM

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The report cites a person familiar with ongoing discussions between the tech giant and the historic film and television studio, but says the status of any deal is unclear.

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Amazon reportedly close to deal to acquire Hollywood studio MGM for almost $9B

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Amazon is already an active player in film and television with content it creates and acquires through Amazon Studios and that it broadcasts through its streaming service, Prime Video. Amazon also owns IMDb.com. A privately held company, MGM was valued around $5.5 billion, including debt, last December, according to the WSJ.

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Amazon will acquire MGM for $8.5B in tech giant’s second-largest deal to boost Bezos’ media empire

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Amazon is already an active player in film and television with content it creates and acquires through Amazon Studios and that it broadcasts through its streaming service, Prime Video. MGM would provide Amazon with more than 4,000 films and 17,000 TV shows that have collectively won more than 180 Academy Awards and 100 Emmys.

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The box is open: AWS Center for Quantum Computing is definitely alive at Caltech

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” The center will bring together AWS developers and academic researchers, not just from Caltech but from other institutions around the country, to solve problems standing in the way of a quantum computing revolution. ” An AWS engineer checks a wafer using an ellipsometer to determine film thickness. AWS Photo). AWS Photo).

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Tech Moves: Longtime Amazon HR leader joins Snap; Tableau CFO departs; and more

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Adam Selipsky, Tableau’s CEO for the past four years, returned to Amazon Web Services on May 17 where he will take over as CEO of the tech giant’s cloud business unit. Arnold previously was head of sales and business development for Amazon Pay. Corvallis, Ore.-based based startup CardTapp.

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Amazon to kick off fifth season of NFL streaming — here’s what’s new and how to watch

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New this season is player tracking, an AI-driven feature that highlights and follows the ballcarrier throughout the play, showing fans how the action developed in real time. X-Ray is available for fans streaming ‘TNF’ on web, Android, iOS, and Fire TV. Both shows are available via the Twitch Sports channel.

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Remini AI headshot generator is not your only option

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Remini, created by artificial intelligence, is accessible as a web service and a mobile app for both Android and iOS smartphones. This resulted in the development of a variety of viral trends, including the aforementioned #ReminiBaby and #ReminiPregnant trends. Featured image credit: Remini