Rex Grignon Contributor I’ve been very lucky to have been in the animation industry since the mid-1980s, and I have lived through my share of big disruptions — most of them having to do with new technologies. What’s going on today is as significant as anything I’ve seen before, but it’s being driven by a …

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The patch should also help you avoid getting stuck with a badly composed team. You can now use Looking For Group to form teams with your own parameters, such as roles, overall team compositions and Endorsement levels. You can merge with groups, too. If all goes well, this will spare you from playing an ill-suited …

Google’s complex lineup of ad products is getting rebranded. Sridhar Ramaswamy, the senior vice president who leads Google’s ad efforts, explained the rebrand at a press event this morning, where he said the company has been getting “consistent feedback” over the past few years that the plethora of ad products and brands — assembled largely …

Words you don’t want to hear about a $100 million, 10-year scientific study: “significant concerns.” Also bad: “inadequately powered.” Not good either: “These interactions would undermine the perception of study objectivity and would call into question any potential findings.” And especially: “NIH will take necessary steps to arrange for an orderly closeout of the study.” …

Twitter has been under a lot of pressure to fight the problem it has with the spread of malicious content across its microblogging platform. In March, chief executive Jack Dorsey admitted that Twitter had underestimated the far-reaching “negative real world consequences” of having a global conversation on a public forum. And while Twitter has never …

Back in December, the city started requiring anyone who wanted to rent their apartment to register it with city authorities to track compliance with ordinances. They flagged listings from unregistered homes and requested Airbnb take them off the platform, in part to stop subletting without landlord approval. But this deal ropes in building owners (and, …

Anthemis Group, the fintech VC fund based in London, has lost its long-time CEO after Nadeem Shaikh handed in his resignation earlier this week. The Financial Times broke the story yesterday, quoting Shaikh citing a “shift in the company’s strategy.” However, TechCrunch understands from sources that Shaikh’s decision to leave Anthemis came after a formal …