LG’s evolution into a smart life solutions company
Subscription services, advertising, and free TV content are two pivots for increasing turnover. LG is changing and abandoning its tech footprint to become a smart life solutions company. The announcement…
Actors decry ‘existential crisis’ over AI-generated ‘synthetic’ actors
By Dawn Chmielewski AI-generated: (Reuters) – Filmmakers have put monsters on screen for more than a century. In 2023, the real bogeyman looks just like us. Since June, Hollywood studios…
Netflix falls as benefits from password-sharing crackdown to take time
By Samrhitha A (Reuters) – Shares of Netflix tumbled more than 8% on Thursday after the video-streaming pioneer’s lackluster revenue rise sparked concerns of a longer road to growth from…
Black Mirror: Actors and Hollywood battle over AI digital doubles
By Dawn Chmielewski Black Mirror: (Reuters) – Like a plot from the anthology television series “Black Mirror,” the Screen Actors Guild says it is battling the studios for control over…
How to make the most out of Amazon Prime Day
It’s Amazon Prime Day time! Hundreds of thousands of discounted products unleash a buying rush. It looks like the scene is triggered when there are sales in shopping malls; it…
TikTok COO Pappas quits after five years in the role
By Samrhitha Arunasalam, Dawn Chmielewski, and Sheila Dang (Reuters) – TikTok Chief Operating Officer V. Pappas is stepping down after five years with the short-video company owned by China’s ByteDance,…
Apple Vision Pro, the beginning of a long journey toward spatial computing
Tim Cook’s “one more thing” during the keynote that opened WWDC 2023 was Apple Vision Pro, the mixed reality headset that will mark the Cupertino company’s future. Whether it will be a success, opening a new era…
Free TV in exchange for advertising and privacy
Telly’s experiment sounds absurd, but it is not A free 55-inch 4k TV in your home. Possibly, as long as you agree to watch a good dose of advertisements every…
Star Wars Day, the worldwide tribute to an unparalleled saga
Of famous films, the history of cinema is rich; there are only so many films capable of launching trends and remaining popular for more than 40 years. To the second category belongs Star…
Canadian Senate passes bill to compel local content on streaming giants
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed the government’s online streaming legislation after a 10-month debate over a law that will force firms like Netflix and…