Cross Border
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Netflix Zombies: Direct-to-video is now making a comeback
Once a career kiss of death, the model has been revived by Adam Sandler and other actors marketing directly to their hard-core fans through streaming
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The Weeknd rakes in $92 million as music goes freemium
Physical album sales and digital downloads are down. But more people are listening to more music than ever
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Streaming is now the dominant platform for music consumption
Aggregate earnings of the Celebrity 100 directly related to streaming has surged to $387 million from $177 million last year
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MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe's second act
His pioneering social media company did not become Facebook. But Chris DeWolfe is now seeking permanence in the ephemeral sphere of mobile games with Jam City
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Midea banks on robotics business to stay relevant
The world's largest appliance company makes more refrigerators, ACs and other household items than any firm. Now, with the advantage of its low-cost Chinese labour disappearing, it's entered the robotics business
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For Baidu, AI means more than frontier research
Baidu veers from its core business to gamble on artificial intelligence
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Wall Street's robocop
Tim Estes's insights into language and meaning are helping detect terrorists, human traffickers and market manipulators—and making him rich
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China's AI advantage
Veteran researcher and investor Kai-Fu Lee believes that the US is destined to lose its lead in the Artificial Intelligence race
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Meet the secretive billionaire who makes the cheese for Pizza Hut
From Pizza Hut and Domino's to Little Caesars and Papa John's, the vast majority of pizzas in America feature mozzarella from one company. And the elusive James Leprino leads it
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This $ 52-million startup spotted a bright opportunity in LED lighting
It took a trip to China for the founders of Green Creative to spot an LED-bulb niche in the US
