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Jess Weatherbed

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    Step into the Criterion Closet.

    Developers Oliver and Patrick Evans have made a digitized 3D version of the famous movie closet that lets you explore 1,247 films distributed by The Criterion Collection. So now you can peruse the shelves and pull out titles to learn more about them, just like your favorite celebrities (kinda).

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    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Disney is using Adobe AI for theme park Imagineering.

    The R&D team at Walt Disney Imagineering has embraced Adobe’s Firefly Foundry platform to “accelerate the design and pre-production visualization pipeline” for Disney Parks and Experiences. The partnership will use AI models trained on Disney assets to turn sketches into fully rendered concept art, 2D images into 3D prototypes, and more.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Epic lays out how it uses generative AI in Fortnite.

    In this video detailing the company’s concept and character design process, Epic says that AI tools like Google’s Nano Banana and its own internal GenMedia Bridge, allows “creative control to stay in the hands of the creator.” Given artists also have to fix stuff that AI generates without being asked to, we’ll let you be the judge of that.

    Jess Weatherbed
    Jess Weatherbed
    Natural Cycles now has sleep-tracking features.

    The controversial birth control app is rolling out “Sleep Insights,” allowing users to view key metrics — including sleep duration, efficiency, and timing — alongside their daily fertility status. It requires either an Oura Ring or Natural Cycles Band wearable, and over time, can show how hormonal changes and menstrual phases can impact sleep patterns.

    Examples of sleep data in the Natural Cycles app.
    Users can log how they slept with a morning check-in, with Natural Cycles using that data to provide personalized sleep insights.
    Image: Natural Cycles