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YouTube Music and Premium Now Has More Than 100 Million Subscribers
More than 100 million people have signed up for YouTube Music and Premium, the video platform said on Thursday. The service is now available in more than 100 countries, said Adam Smith, vice president of product management for YouTube, in a blog post. The milestone underscores the momentum of YouTube, which is the largest streaming…
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Charter CEO Says the 5G Home Internet Threat to Spectrum is ‘Temporary’ as He Throws Shade at Rivals
Spectrum lost 61,000 internet customers in the fourth quarter, even as the wireless carriers boast huge growth in 5G home internet service. But Christopher Winfrey, CEO of Spectrum parent Charter Communications, doesn’t seem too fazed. “We continue to believe the impact from fixed wireless is temporary,” Winfrey told analysts during a Friday call to discuss…
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Amazon Launches AI-Powered Shopping Assistant Named Rufus
Artificial intelligence is all the rage, with every company racing to create new applications from the technology. So it’s no surprise that Amazon is employing AI to power a shopping assistant named Rufus. The company on Thursday unveiled Rufus, which acts as a chatbot able to field questions when shopping on Amazon’s site. Rufus is…
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Apple’s iPhone Sales Offset Weaker Performance From iPads and Wearables
Apple fanboys aren’t buying iPads, AirPods, Apple TV boxes, or Apple Watches at the same rate as before. The company posted results driven largely by increased sales of its iPhone family and services like Apple TV Plus, Apple Music, and iCloud. Sales of iPhones, in particular, rose 6% to $69.7 billion, driven by the debut…
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Amazon Says the Audience for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video Grew 24% As Earnings Surged
Amazon said that the total viewership for NFL Thursday Night Football rose by 24% over the previous season, with the November 30 game between the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys marking a high point with 15.3 million viewers. The numbers came out of Amazon’s fourth-quarter earnings report, in which the company posted a profit of…
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FCC Warns its Program For Cheap Internet May Stop Taking New People As Funding Deadline Looms
The Federal Communications Commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program, which offers subsidies to families to bring down the cost of broadband, will stop taking applications a week from today if Congress doesn’t renew its funding. Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Thursday sent a note to Congress warning them of the potential impact of the shutdown of the program,…
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Verizon’s Total Launches Prepaid 5G Home Internet Across the Nation
Total, one of Verizon’s low-cost prepaid wireless brands, on Thursday launched a new nationwide 5G home internet service riding on its parent wireless network. The prepaid carrier, which is available in hundreds of stores throughout the country or online, will be offering the service, which costs $50 a month, or $45 if you sign up…
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Exclusive: Frontier CEO on How He Killed ’50 Years’ of Time That Would’ve Been Spent on Customer Care Calls
When you ring a customer care service line, you often get sucked into a limbo with unspecified call wait times and annoying hold music. Time has no meaning there, right? One company actually did the math. Internet service provider Frontier Communications Parent calculated the difference between the time spent on customer care calls throughout 2023,…
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Hulu Kicks Off Disney’s Password Sharing Crackdown, Says it Can ‘Terminate’ Your Account at its Discretion
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger warned that it would begin taking measures to crack down on password sharing. It looks like it’s starting to happen with Hulu. Hulu began sending customers emails with an updated subscriber agreement that specifically pointed to new “limitations on sharing your account outside of your household.” The terms also go…
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How T-Mobile is Prepping its Wireless Network for the Super Bowl
The Big Game brings big demand for wireless coverage. T-Mobile on Tuesday broke down how it’s preparing for the Super Bowl next month. The nation’s second-largest wireless carrier said it had added new equipment to Allegiant Stadium, which will host the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs on February 11. It also unveiled improvements…