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  • Welcome Back, Pixar: Inside Out 2 Leads Disney's Strategic Theatrical and Streaming Success

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/welcome-back-pixar-inside-out-2-leads-disneys-strategic-theatrical-and-streaming-success.


    Read this post to understand how Disney is figuring out the interplay between offline and online movies.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #disney, #video-streaming, #disney+, #disney-pixar, #inside-out-2, #disney-summer-movies, #disney-marketing-strategy, #inside-out-2-box-office, and more.


    This story was written by: @davidjdeal. Learn more about this writer by checking @davidjdeal's about page,
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    Pixar's "Inside Out 2" [enjoyed the second-highest opening weekend for an animated movie. Disney continues to recover from a major pandemic misfire and learning how to master the distribution of movies in theaters and online -- a lesson all studios are learning.

    5 min
  • How to Leverage Social Media for E-commerce Success

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-leverage-social-media-for-e-commerce-success.


    Here's how you can leverage social media for your eCommerce business
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    You can also check exclusive content about #social-media-marketing, #ecommerce, #social-media, #customer-engagement, #digital-marketing, #advertising, #ecommerce-success, #social-media-engagement, and more.


    This story was written by: @syedbalkhi. Learn more about this writer by checking @syedbalkhi's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Social media isn't just for sharing photos and catching up with friends. It's also about engaging, informing, and converting your audience into loyal customers. The average person spends 2 hours and 27 minutes daily on social platforms. People are more likely to engage with content that feels authentic and offers value.

    7 min
  • The Markup: Winner of Two SND Best of News Design Awards

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-markup-winner-of-two-snd-best-of-news-design-awards.


    The Markup won multiple awards in the Society for News Design’s Best of News Design Creative Competition.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #journalism, #best-of-design-awards, #journalism-investigations, #journalism-awards, #visual-storytelling, #impact-tracker, #the-markup, #the-markup-awards, and more.


    This story was written by: @TheMarkup. Learn more about this writer by checking @TheMarkup's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    The Markup won multiple awards in the Society for News Design’s Best of News Design Creative Competition. The investigation “[Dollars to Megabits, You May Be Paying 400 Times As Much As Your Neighbor for Internet Service]” has won a bronze medal in the investigative infographics category. The Markup”s impact tracker and privacy-first link shortener, Smol Links, won an award of excellence in the internal storytelling tools for journalists category.

    3 min
  • Empirical Success in Prebunking

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/empirical-success-in-prebunking.


    Optimally delivering prebunks minimizes misinformation spread. Algorithm 3 outperforms baselines in simulations, though real-world deviations exist.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #social-media-misinformation, #prebunking, #news-on-social-networks, #countering-misinformation, #social-media-censorship, #rumor-propagation, #automated-fact-checking, #prebunking-algorithms, and more.


    This story was written by: @editorialist. Learn more about this writer by checking @editorialist's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    The study defines optimal prebunking as a minimax optimization problem. Algorithm 3, validated through simulations on Chung-Lu models, outperforms baseline methods but faces limitations in network structure assumptions and real-world deviations. Future work aims to extend prebunking optimization to entire social networks.

    12 min
  • Effective Methods for Combating Fake News: Censorship, Debunking, and Prebunking

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/effective-methods-for-combating-fake-news-censorship-debunking-and-prebunking.


    Explore effective methods like prebunking, debunking, and censorship to counter misinformation on social media using epidemic models.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #social-media-misinformation, #prebunking, #debunking-fake-news, #news-on-social-networks, #countering-misinformation, #social-media-censorship, #automated-fact-checking, #hackernoon-top-story, and more.


    This story was written by: @editorialist. Learn more about this writer by checking @editorialist's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    This paper classifies misinformation countering methods into censorship, debunking, prebunking, and identification. It focuses on optimizing prebunking using epidemic models to deliver factual information before misinformation spreads, minimizing user disruption.

    5 min
  • Anime Cartoons Are Sucking Our Children Into A Fantasy World

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/anime-cartoons-are-sucking-our-children-into-a-fantasy-world.


    "Anime Cartoons Are Sucking Our Children Into A Fantasy World" explores the concern surrounding the influence of anime on children's perception of reality
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    You can also check exclusive content about #anime, #cartoons, #mental-health, #fantasy, #children-safety, #affect-of-anime-on-children, #future-of-our-children, #media-consumption, and more.


    This story was written by: @technologynews. Learn more about this writer by checking @technologynews's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Anime is sucking children into a fantasy world. Depression, anxiety, and even suicidal thoughts are becoming all too common among young anime enthusiasts. Kids are losing touch with real-life experiences, real emotions, and real relationships because they're too busy living vicariously through pointless animated characters.

    12 min
  • Ways for Influencers to Maximize Summer Sales

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/ways-for-influencers-to-maximize-summer-sales.


    Maximize summer sales with strategic seasonal promotions, real-time marketing, multi-platform strategies, and engaging video content for optimal results.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #influencer-marketing, #affiliate-marketing, #influencers, #real-time-marketing, #user-generated-content, #ai, #ai-generated-content, #community-building, and more.


    This story was written by: @kse. Learn more about this writer by checking @kse's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Maximize summer sales with strategic seasonal promotions, real-time marketing, multi-platform strategies, and engaging video content for optimal results.

    7 min
  • Toward Accurate, Realistic Virtual Try-on Through Shape Matching: Related Work

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/toward-accurate-realistic-virtual-try-on-through-shape-matching-related-work.


    Researchers improve virtual try-on methods by using a new dataset to choose target models and train specialized warpers, enhancing realism and accuracy.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #fashion, #fashion-tech, #fashion-industry, #virtual-try-on, #image-generation, #image-warping, #garment-simulation, #warping-methods, and more.


    This story was written by: @polyframe. Learn more about this writer by checking @polyframe's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Researchers improve virtual try-on methods by using a new dataset to choose target models and train specialized warpers, enhancing realism and accuracy.

    7 min
  • Solos: A Dataset for Audio-Visual Music Analysis - Experiments

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/solos-a-dataset-for-audio-visual-music-analysis-experiments.


    In this paper, researchers introduce Solos, a clean dataset of solo musical performances for training machine learning models on various audio-visual tasks.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #audio-visual, #dataset, #multimodal, #music, #solos, #music-performance-dataset, #audio-visual-machine-learning, #instrumental-recordings, and more.


    This story was written by: @kinetograph. Learn more about this writer by checking @kinetograph's about page,
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    In this paper, researchers introduce Solos, a clean dataset of solo musical performances for training machine learning models on various audio-visual tasks.

    8 min
  • M.E.M.E. - Manipulating Encoded Media's Expression

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/meme-manipulating-encoded-medias-expression.


    How memes influence us. Are they only a form of fun or a way to manipulate the masses.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #memes, #writing, #encoding, #psychology, #media, #social-media, #public-opinion-manipulation, #online-communities, and more.


    This story was written by: @tadome. Learn more about this writer by checking @tadome's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    A year ago, there was a famous meme with a futuristic girl holding corn with the text, “This meme is from the future. You don’t get it yet.”*** Back then, we all saw it as just another template for making more memes. But today I saw context, that alone means nothing, but it connected with other things. A lot of memes nowadays are about low self-esteem or depression. It shows us the wrong side of the world, etc.

    5 min

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