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SiriusXM Might Merge With Liberty Media
Audio entertainment company SiriusXM and mass media company Liberty Media Corporation might soon combine Liberty SiriusXM tracking stock group with Sirius XM to create a new company — New SiriusXM. A committee of independent directors from the company’s board received a transaction proposal from Liberty Media, according to a Tuesday release. Liberty Media Corporation owns…
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Tubi Will Let ChatGPT-4’s AI Help You Find New Shows and Movies
Video streaming app Tubi plans to tap ChatGPT to help users discover better movies and TV shows through its Rabbit AI discovery feature, allowing for more specific and unique requests than traditional keyword searches. Tubi said viewers can ask Rabbit AI questions “the same way you’d ask a friend.” The streaming service said you could…
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Starlink Added About One Million Customers in the Last Nine Months
On Saturday, SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet provider said it now has over 2 million active customers. This milestone means that Starlink gained about a million customers in the last nine months. “Starlink is available on all 7 continents, in over 60 countries and many more markets, connecting 2M+ active customers and counting with high-speed internet,”…
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Once-Free Alexa Guard Features Will Now Cost You $6 a Month
Amazon is slapping a price tag on its formerly free security feature for Echo devices. Alexa Guard’s smoke, carbon monoxide alarm detection and glass break sound detection features reportedly moved to Amazon’s new Emergency Assist service, which costs $6 a month, or $59 a year. Alexa Guard’s ability to listen for intruders and household alarms…
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Walmart Marketplace Now Has Over 100,000 Active Sellers As It Goes After Amazon
Walmart’s Marketplace platform has doubled in size over the last year and a half and now boasts 100,000 active sellers, according to Marketplace Pulse research. Over the last year, up to 20,000 sellers joined Walmart Marketplace every month. On average, Walmart approved about 10% to become active each month. This is the latest milestone for…
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Amazon Will Invest Billions in AI Technology
Amazon said it will invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic, as Amazon looks to further solidify its spot in the growing technology sector. The investment will also give Amazon a minority ownership position at the company. Amazon and Anthropic announced their partnership to advance generative AI on Monday, just days after the…
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Amazon Cracks Down on AI Book Spam In The Kindle Book Store
After an influx of suspected artificial intelligence-generated material was listed for sale, Amazon said authors can only self-publish three books on its site in a single day. Where self-publishing was once unlimited, Amazon told The Guardian the cap is now three books per day, but the number could be adjusted “if needed.” On Monday, Amazon…
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Will Disney Sell ABC? Skeptical Insiders Reportedly Don’t See It Becoming Reality
Disney CEO Bob Iger’s talks to sell the ABC Network may be “greatly exaggerated.” That’s according to the New York Post, citing an anonymous investment banker briefed on the talks, who said that “everyone is way ahead of their skis on this story” and that “they don’t know what is happening here.” Over the summer,…
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Cord Cutters Are Cutting Back on Streaming Services As Americans Navigate Inflation
Households are looking for ways to cut back on spending amid current economic uncertainties. Over the last few years, monthly spending on streaming subscriptions has declined 25% from $90 in 2021 to $73 in 2023, according to data from Parks Associates. On the flip side, more households reported using free ad-supported services by the end…
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Apple Releases Emergency Security Patches Just Days After iOS 17 Rolls Out
Apple released emergency security patches for iOS, iPadOS and WatchOS to kill several zero-day security vulnerabilities found in OS 17 just after it was released on Monday. The vulnerabilities might’ve been “actively exploited” in versions of the software prior to iOS 16.7. Zero day vulnerabilities are gaps in security that hackers discovered before Apple did.…