Sky, ITV, and Channel 4 plan to offer their streaming ad spaces in one marketplace, letting advertisers run campaigns across services, to combat Google and Meta
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The UK CMA says Microsoft's revised offer to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69B, which includes selling some gaming rights to Ubisoft, addresses its concerns
new consultation suggests an end to the drawn-out Activision Blizzard acquisition saga Oli Welsh / Polygon : A Ubisoft sale clears the final obstruction for the Microsoft-Activision merger Siôn Geschw...
Sources detail steps Netflix may take to reduce US password sharing, like charging account owners an extra sharing fee at just below the $6.99 ad-supported tier
New Crackdown Starts In 2023 Juli Clover / MacRumors : Netflix to Begin Cracking Down on Password Sharing in Early 2023 Alex Gatewood / KnowTechie : Netflix to put an end to password sharing in early ...
The UK's National Audit Office says a 2% digital services tax on the gross revenue of Amazon, Apple, and other US giants reaped almost £360M in its first year
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Elon Musk says Tesla is working on a humanoid robot that will handle “tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring”, with a prototype “sometime next year”
Join us to build the future of AI → https://www.tesla.com/ai0:00 … Stephen Shankland / CNET : No one knows when Tesla Bot will arrive. Here are robots you can experience now Jackson Ryan / CNET : Elon...
UK's CMA launches an investigation into whether Amazon and Google are doing enough to crack down on fake reviews and deter sellers from manipulating listings
The CMA launches investigation into fake online reviews. — From: — Case type: Martin Peers / The Information : Tech's New Growth Industry: Antitrust Inquiries The Hill : Hillicon Valley: UK watchd...
Ampere: UK streaming subscribers grew 34% YoY in 2020, with a combined 32.4M for Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+, the top three services
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Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video say they will reduce their streaming quality in EU to reduce traffic on the network, as millions are confined at home
for Now Mark Sweney / The Guardian : Amazon Prime Video to slow streaming to fight broadband overload Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : YouTube follows Netflix in limiting streaming quality amid coronavirus o...
Vodafone says data usage on its UK networks has increased by 30%, and by as much as 50% in some European markets
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UK competition agency launches investigation into how Google and Facebook collect and use user data and if they've abused their power to dominate the ad market
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