A lose-lose dilemma exists. Others lose money by distributing it on their own networks, while some streamers lose money by paying to have material on their platforms. The outcome? price increases The cost of streaming services just keeps rising. This year, pricing increases were announced by Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, …

According to a recent report by the China Game Industry Group Committee, which was covered by state media outlets, the “gaming addiction” that supposedly engulfed China’s youth has been definitively resolved by strict gaming restrictions. The report, which was made public on the official WeChat account of data provider CNG, …

Some firms used alternate strategies to make sure they received exactly what they wanted from employees as the pandemic kept everyone indoors and a record number of individuals started working from home. On workplace computers, some employees installed “spyware,” which tracked users and revealed what they were doing online. Some …

Ironically, creating such AI faces a significant scalability issue. Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to assist, and perhaps even replace, humans in carrying out routine jobs and solving challenges that humans have been unable to address. It has to source and absorb ever-larger data troves because it is only as good …

TechCrunch has verified and confirmed that VerSe Innovation, the $5 billion Indian startup that created the news aggregator Dailyhunt, the short-video platform Josh, and the hyperlocal video tool PublicVibe, has laid off 150 employees, or 5% of its 3,000-person workforce. People with knowledge of the situation told TechCrunch that the …

In March 2021, Bionaut Labs, which was established in 2017, came out of hiding with the intention of commercializing years of medication delivery robot research. The Los Angeles-based business today announced a $43.2 million Series B investment round as a follow-up to its first $20 million funding announcement, bringing its …

The crypto lending marketplace BlockFi has had a busy year, and today was no exception as the business released an announcement that it had voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. The cryptocurrency network tweeted on November 10 that …

Your persona may continue to exist after death in the form of data. This is particularly true if you use social media frequently (and let’s face it, most of us do), as your personal information leaves a digital trail that endures long after death. By 2060, it’s possible that the …

The eight billionth person in the world was symbolically born on November 15, 2022, to a baby girl named Vinice Mabansag at Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, the Philippines. 60 percent of those 8 billion people reside in towns or cities. Cities will house 85% of the estimated …

What you need to know Snapchat has historically avoided the Windows platform like the plague, with no official apps or support. Years after the demise of Windows phones, Snapchat is finally making an appearance in the Microsoft Store. This is a Progressive Web App (PWA) that runs through Microsoft Edge …