YouTube Premium is getting pricier
… The increase follows price hikes for both Netflix and Amazon Prime Video last month. …
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Amazon Luna axes third-party game purchases
… In line with these changes, Amazon Luna will no longer support EA, Ubisoft, or GOG’s third-party stores. …
Amazon’s new plan for games: James Bond and AI Snoop Dogg
… And Amazon’s involvement with games extends to a live-action Tomb Raider show for Prime Video starring Sophie Turner as Lara Croft. …
TV Shows
… Prime Video Orders Fourth Wing to Series Amazon MGM Studios Jay Peters May 11 The third season of The Rings of Power debuts in November on Prime Video. …
The cost of the smart home is going up
… Amazon has started charging $20 a month for Alexa Plus if you don’t pay for Prime, and Google has put many Gemini for Home features behind a paywall. …
The Stepback
… Andrew Webster May 10 AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it? …
Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
… Meanwhile, rival services like Beehiiv and Ghost offer deeper customization options. …
The future of local TV news has taken a Trumpian turn
… NewsNation hired the pro-Trump Fox News commentator Katie Pavlich and gave her her own primetime show. …
Online Shopping
… The scoring models, which incorporate loan history from buy now, pay later services, like Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay, will exist alongside FICO’s standard credit score. …
The military embraced AI long before Claude
… But today, nearly 10 years later, I’ve reported that Maven Smart System is going to become by the end of September a “program of record” and Palantir is the prime contractor, so in the end, it’s going to be lucrative for them. …