Sources: China-linked “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign breached networks of US ISPs like Verizon and AT&T, potentially gaining access to US wiretap systems
AT&T, Verizon are among broadband providers breached in China-linked ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack Mastodon: @fj@mastodon.social , @adamgurri@mastodon.social , @HackyScientress@chaos.social , and @dymaxion@info...
Antenna: 6.3% of US customers cancelled major streaming services in November 2023, up from 5.1% YoY; 24% canceled three or more services over the past two years
Ballots, courts collide for Trump Tim Peterson / Digiday : Future of TV Briefing: The top trends and developments that will shape the future of TV in 2024 Om Malik / On my Om : Canceled Streams — Su...
Netflix plans to ship its last red DVD envelopes in September 2023, after 25 years of mailing shows and movies to subscribers and paving the way for streaming
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Netflix Q4: revenue up 1.9% YoY to $7.85B, $55M net income, down from $607M YoY, 231M paid memberships, adding 7.66M subscribers vs. 4.57M est.; stock is up 8%+
January 19, 2023 Fellow shareholders, Summary: ● Q4'22 revenue … Todd Spangler / Variety : Netflix Execs Talk Early Ad-Tier Results, ‘Glass Onion’ and Expected ‘Cancel Reaction’ From Paid Password-Sha...
Antenna: 9% of Netflix's US sign-ups in November were for its ad tier; 57% of subscribers to the plan were re-joining or new signups, while 43% downgraded
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Bob Iger returns to a more competitive and challenging streaming landscape and should steer Disney+ to profitability without cannibalizing Disney's other units
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Antenna: 19% of US streaming users canceled 3+ subscriptions from June 2020-June 2022; average monthly customer defections were 5.46% in July, up from 4.46% YoY
what used to be called rational economic behavior. https://www.wsj.com/... Amol Sharma / @asharma : Nearly one-fifth of streaming subscribers are “serial” cancelers, a big problem for Netflix, HBO Max...
Report details Apple's early ATT debates, with Craig Federighi pushing for user privacy changes while Eddy Cue and Phil Schiller argued for more cautious action
and destroyed — IDFA Rida Imran / iThinkDifferent : For ATT privacy feature on iOS, Apple executives had to find a common ground Allison McDaniel / 9to5Mac : How Apple's privacy endeavors aim to disma...
Sources: Google is working on Big Moments, a Search feature that contextualizes and highlights the most authoritative facts about major events in real time
Google is trying to learn a tough job that news editors around the world do everyday: curating information about breaking news. Tweets: @bysarahkrouse and @tomgara Tweets: Sarah Krouse / @bysarahkrous...
Sources: Google is in talks with ByteDance and Facebook to index and rank TikTok and Instagram videos
If you've ever tried searching on Google for one of those TikTok or Instagram videos all your friends are gushing about—such as sea shanties or the Renegade dance—you'll notice something. Tweets: @bys...