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Streaming keeps getting more expensive: all the latest price hikes

Death. Taxes. All your streaming services getting a little more expensive all the time. These are the new certainties in life, it seems. Netflix has raised the cost of its subscription repeatedly in recent years. Disney Plus, Prime Video, HBO Max, Paramount Plus, Peacock — practically any service you can name — charges more per […]

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Netflix is raising prices again

Netflix’s prices just went up, with its cheapest, ad-supported tier now reaching $8.99 / month (up from $7.99), according to an updated support page spotted earlier by Android Authority. The standard and premium plans are also getting a hike, going from $17.99 to $19.99 / month and $24.99 to $26.99 / month, respectively. The streaming […]

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Xbox’s latest games showcase had Hades 2, The Expanse, and Bluey

It’s a weird time for Xbox, with a big leadership shakeup that has many wondering what the future of the platform looks like, and what exactly it stands for. In the meantime, though, Microsoft is forging ahead with announcements, and it just wrapped up its latest Partner Preview event, focused on upcoming titles from third-party […]

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Webtoon is adding AI localization tools to its comics platform

Canvas, Webtoon’s platform for user-uploaded comics, is about to get a major overhaul that’s designed to help creators make more money and share their art with a wider audience. Today, Webtoon announced its plans to roll out a number of new features for Canvas that will make it easier for artists to build global followings […]

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Spotify is letting artists manually approve releases to combat AI fakes

Spotify is beta-testing a new feature called Artist Profile Protection that lets artists review releases before they go live. Sometimes songs end up on the wrong artist pages because of metadata mixups or shared names. But increasingly, artists have been targeted by impostors and AI-generated fakes. Profile Protection offers a buffer against bad actors. Everyone […]

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The surprise hit Nex Playground is the latest console to get a price hike

Everything about video games is getting more expensive, and soon that will include a budget-friendly console. The Nex Playground – a Kinect-like device aimed at families that made headlines by outselling the Xbox over the holidays last year – will cost $299 starting on April 1st, a $50 bump. In a statement on the Nex […]

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Disney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so well

Less than a week into his tenure as Disney’s newly-appointed CEO, Josh D’Amaro is already dealing with two separate crises that have cast a shadow over the company’s future plans. OpenAI is shutting down its Sora image-generation program just months after Disney announced a $1 billion dollar collaboration to bake the tech into Disney Plus. […]

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Nintendo is going to charge less for digital Switch 2 games

Nintendo is planning to charge less for digital titles exclusive to the Switch 2 starting in May, the company announced on Wednesday. The new pricing is already in effect for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, which costs $59.99 to preorder a digital copy and $69.99 for the physical version. In its announcement, Nintendo says both […]

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Cox Communications not liable for pirated music, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in a lengthy copyright battle between Cox Communications and major record labels, determining that the cable and internet service provider isn’t responsible for illegally downloaded music, as reported earlier by the Associated Press. The unanimous decision says Cox “neither induced its users’ infringement nor provided a service tailored […]

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Google Lyria 3 Pro makes longer AI songs

Google is expanding the capabilities of its Lyria 3 music-making AI, enabling it to create tracks up to three minutes long and from within multiple other Google Products. Until now, Lyria had been limited to 30-second clips. Lyria 3 Pro not only increases the maximum length sixfold, it also allows the user to prompt for […]

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