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Crunchyroll Makes Spooky Anime Titles Free During October
Crunchyroll is ready to celebrate Halloween. Starting October 1, the anime streaming service will remove the paywall on select shows for the entire month. To watch the free episodes starting this weekend, you’ll need to create a free user account with Crunchyroll. Multiple streaming services give their apps a ghoulish refresh for the Halloween season.…
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FilmRise Just Bought BuzzFeed’s Entire TV Library
BuzzFeed on Friday said it sold its entire library, representing 1,200 hours of content, to digital streamer FilmRise. BuzzFeed, the parent company of Complex Networks and HuffPost, has produced viral and award-winning shows like Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime, BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural, and Hot Ones. FilmRise is behind a number of well-known television shows like Gordon…
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Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro Customers Say Their Devices Are Overheating
Is it hot in here or is it just your iPhone? Customers who purchased Apple’s new iPhone 15 Pro are reporting the device is overheating. In some cases, the iPhone has reportedly become too hot to hold with temperatures reaching up to 116 degrees Fahrenheit, according to 9to5Mac. “[My] iPhone 15 Pro Max is almost…
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Google Might Be Working on an “All-in-One” Subscription Combining Nest Aware and Google One
Google might be working on a new comprehensive subscription like Apple’s Apple One bundle. The Android package files, or APK, for version 3.7 of the Google Home app included code hinting at a possible “all-in-one” plan, 9to5 Google reported earlier this week. Bundling plans can be attractive to customers looking for an easier way to…
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Comcast and DIRECTV To Keep Bally Sports, but the Channel’s Future Is Still Uncertain
Yesterday, The New York Post reported that a deal had been reached between Comcast and DIRECTV to extend Bally Sports’ contracts with the pay-TV providers. Cord Cutters News has since independently confirmed the news. Despite the contract extension, Bally Sports’ future is still in jeopardy and the company might not survive bankruptcy, according to the Post,…
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Max’s New “House of Halloween” Section Offers Thrills and Chills for Spooky Season
To celebrate its first Halloween, Max, formerly HBO Max, has launched a new “House of Halloween” section in its app. The collection is organized by “scare level” so it’s easy to find age-appropriate content for the whole family. October is right around the corner, and watching Halloween movies — horror or otherwise — is a…
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AMC+ Has Revealed the Price for Its Ad-Supported Tier
AMC Networks has started to roll out the ad-supported version of its streaming service AMC+. The new tier will cost $4.99 a month and include a “light ad load” of fewer than five minutes of commercials per hour. Streaming services and customers alike have been adapting to rising inflation over the last year. A combination…
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AT&T Quietly Changed its Smartphone Unlock Policy
AT&T has updated its unlock policy for paid-in-full devices without many people noticing. Instead of being able to purchase a smartphone in full from the carrier and moving to another service without waiting, customers now must wait 60 days from the purchase date. While the change happened in late July, they were spotted a few…
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Spotify Will Use AI To Translate Podcasters Using Their Own Voices
You’ll soon be able to listen to your favorite podcast on Spotify in another language “spoken” by the show’s host. Spotify this week unveiled artificial intelligence-powered Voice Translation for podcasts. The pilot feature taps Microsoft Open AI’s new voice generation technology to clone the original speaker’s style and create a “more authentic listening experience” in…
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Nextdoor Rolls Out Localized In-App Alerts From the Weather Channel
Nextdoor is teaming up with The Weather Channel to issue relevant in-app forecast content and weather warning alerts to its users. The feature is currently rolling out. The collaboration aims to provide vital hyper-local details and severity of impending weather events, the alert’s date and time, and a link to The Weather Channel’s forecast page…