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Research: 56m US households are cord-cutters
Parks Associates’ latest research from its Video Services Consumer Insights Dashboard reports that 56 million (46 per cent) of US internet households are cord cutters, which highlights the dominance of streaming video services. Additionally, 12 per cent of US internet households are cord-nevers, who have never subscribed to any sort of traditional pay-TV. The Dashboard…
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Fox launching streaming service this year
Fox Corp has revealed it is planning to launch a subscription streaming service by the end of 2025. The direct-to-consumer service, which will offer news and sport content, won’t serve to upend Fox’s place in the traditional cable bundle, CEO Lachlan Murdoch advised on the company’s quarterly earnings call – without offering much further detail.…
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Your phone buzzes with a news alert. But what if AI wrote it – and it’s not true? | Archie Bland
The BBC said Apple Intelligence’s weirdly wrong output sullied its reputation. Apple eventually paused the tool – but its reaction was deeply worrying My first mistake at the Guardian came, agonisingly enough, in my first article as a member of staff, and remains memorialised on the internet to this day. My subject was not a…
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Sky announces TV, broadband price hikes
Sky has announced that, from April, its TV and broadband package prices will increase by an average of 6.2 per cent, which it says is “either in line with or lower than other providers”. “Over the last four years, our prices have broadly increased in line with inflation, reflecting our ongoing commitment to fair and…
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Research: 26% Brit teens likely to be lured by scam texts
Virgin Media O2 is urging parents and guardians to speak to teens about the risks of scam texts, as new research reveals a quarter (26 per cent) of 13-to-16-year-olds are likely to be lured in by a scam text. It comes as Virgin Media O2 blocked 168 million suspected fraudulent text messages over the past…
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Your phone buzzes with a news alert. But what if AI wrote it – and it’s not true? | Archie Bland
The BBC said Apple Intelligence’s weirdly wrong output sullied its reputation. Apple eventually paused the tool – but its reaction was deeply worrying My first mistake at the Guardian came, agonisingly enough, in my first article as a member of staff, and remains memorialised on the internet to this day. My subject was not a…
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Your phone buzzes with a news alert. But what if AI wrote it – and it’s not true? | Archie Bland
The BBC said Apple Intelligence’s weirdly wrong output sullied its reputation. Apple eventually paused the tool – but its reaction was deeply worrying My first mistake at the Guardian came, agonisingly enough, in my first article as a member of staff, and remains memorialised on the internet to this day. My subject was not a…
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Fox launching streaming service this year
Fox Corp has revealed is is planning to launch a subscription streaming service by the end of 2025. The direct-to-consumer service, which will offer news and sport content, won’t serve to upend Fox’s place in the traditional cable bundle, CEO Lachlan Murdoch advised on the company’s quarterly earnings call – without offering much further…
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Your phone buzzes with a news alert. But what if AI wrote it – and it’s not true? | Archie Bland
The BBC said Apple Intelligence’s weirdly wrong output sullied its reputation. Apple eventually paused the tool – but its reaction was deeply worrying My first mistake at the Guardian came, agonisingly enough, in my first article as a member of staff, and remains memorialised on the internet to this day. My subject was not a…
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Things worth reading: 5th February 2025
Things we’re reading today include … Elon Musk’s Portfolio and its Impact on Cryptocurrency Trading Bill Gates criticizes cryptocurrency: ‘High IQs fooled themselves’ US Congress to form cryptocurrency working group Cryptocurrency Prices Plummet Amid U.S. Regulatory Concerns Coinbase Pushes US to Pave Way for Bank-Crypto Partnerships Solaris secures €140m Series G funding, SBI Group becomes……