Cord Cutting Today: Apple TV Price Hopes Rise as Walmart Challenges Alexa and Media Giants Cut Costs


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Today in Cord Cutting Today for May 5, 2026, we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting including: Roku Faces a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its Roku TVs Breaking.

You can find links to each story we talk about below this video.

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Apple’s Successful Cheap MacBook Neo Could Help Us Finally Get a Cheaper Apple TV https://cordcuttersnews.com/apples-successful-cheap-macbook-neo-could-help-us-finally-get-a-cheaper-apple-tv/

Walmart Wants to Take on Amazon’s Alexa With a New Smart Speaker https://cordcuttersnews.com/walmart-wants-to-take-on-amazons-alexa-with-a-new-smart-speaker/

USA Today Says Online Sales Is Almost 50% of all of Their Revenue https://cordcuttersnews.com/usa-today-says-online-sales-is-almost-50-of-all-of-their-revenue/

BBC News Plans to Cut 2,000 Positions As it Tries to Save £600m https://cordcuttersnews.com/bbc-news-plans-to-cut-2000-positions-as-it-tries-to-save-600m/

GameStop Offers Bold $56 Billion Bid to Buy eBay https://cordcuttersnews.com/gamestop-offers-bold-56-billion-bid-to-buy-ebay/

One Device to Fix Your Streaming Setup — Save 25% on the Google TV Streamer 4K https://cordcuttersnews.com/one-device-to-fix-your-streaming-setup-save-25-on-the-google-tv-streamer-4k/

Prime Video Adds College Basketball in New Landmark Agreement With ACC Powerhouse https://cordcuttersnews.com/prime-video-adds-college-basketball-in-new-landmark-agreement-with-acc-powerhouse/

One Disney employee calls Claude 51,000 times a day. Internal docs reveal how the Mouse House is using AI. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-disney-tech-employees-are-using-ai-claude-cursor-tokens-2026-4

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