Sources and docs: Amazon has increased Prime Video's ad load to 4-6 minutes per hour, up from 2-3.5 minutes per hour when it introduced ads in January 2024
streaming just got a lot worse David Satin / The Streamable : Prime Video has doubled the number of ads it makes viewers watch Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget : Prime Video reportedly shows almost twic...
Tim Cook posts that “this week” there's “something in the AIR”, likely referring to an M4 MacBook Air launch; a new iPad Air is expected around this spring
iPad Air M3 launch, MacBook Air M4 imminent Roman Loyola / Macworld : Tim Cook teases another surprise Apple release this week Tyler Lee / Android Headlines : Apple CEO confirms new ‘Air’ product(s) c...
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
OpenAI debuts a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging the number via WhatsApp globally
12 Days of OpenAI: Day 10 Kylie Robison / The Verge : You can now call 1-800-CHATGPT … For the 10th day of “ship-mas,” OpenAI rolled … Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : OpenAI brings ChatGPT to your landlin...
OpenAI launches Sora in select countries; ChatGPT Pro offers up to 500 videos per month at up to 1080p, and ChatGPT Plus offers up to 50 videos at up to 720p
OpenAI has officially launched Sora, its text-to-video AI model, as part of its “12 Days of OpenAI” event. Megan Morrone / Axios : OpenAI launches Sora video generator Dwayne Oxford / Al Jazeera : Wha...
Instacart files for a US IPO, reports 2022 revenue up 39% YoY to $2.55B, $428M net income, up from a $73M loss in 2021, and H1 2023 revenue up 31% YoY to $1.48B
Common Stock This is an initial public offering of shares of common stock … Reuters : Instacart reveals IPO filing, disclosing PepsiCo investment, profitability Dan Frommer / The New Consumer : Parade...
Instacart files for a US IPO, reports 2022 revenue up 39% YoY to $2.55B, $428M net income, up from a $73M loss in 2021, and H1 2023 revenue up 31% YoY to $1.48B
Common Stock This is an initial public offering of shares of common stock … Bill Peters / MarketWatch : Instacart files for IPO, joining crowded field of gig-economy names as markets rebound Hayden Fi...
Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute
the ability to block trolls Metro.co.uk : Elon Musk plans to stop letting X (formerly Twitter) users block each other Jorge Aguilar / Android Police : The app formally known as Twitter continues its d...
A profile of New Jersey-based subsea cable company SubCom, which sources say the US military uses exclusively for its undersea internet and surveillance cables
SubCom, a New Jersey company born out of a Cold War spy project, has become a key player in the U.S.-China tech war. Bluesky: @trevor.bsky.social . Twitter: @reuters Bluesky: Trevor Croker / @trevor.b...
Sources: Amazon is expected to win unconditional approval from the European Commission for its $8.5B acquisition of MGM, which was announced in May 2021
Amazon is expected to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $8.5 billion buy of U.S. movie studio MGM, people familiar with the matter said … Tweets: @trevorcroker See also Mediagazer Tweets...