All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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Netflix Reportedly Plans Another Price Hike When This Strike Business Is Over
Yet another price hike is on the horizon shortly after Netflix promoted its cheaper ad-free offering and killed the Basic subscription.
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Spotify Is Playing Around With AI-Generated Playlists From a Prompt
Spotify is going full-steam ahead with artificial intelligence. After releasing an AI-powered DJ earlier this year, the streaming service is now testing ways to automatically generate playlists with a user prompt. The source of the discovery comes from some code noticed by product designer and hashtag inventor Chris Messina. Messina posted screenshots to Threads of…
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October’s Huge List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books
The days may be getting shorter, but October’s list of new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books is as long as ever, with a seasonally appropriate emphasis on “horror.” There are witches, haunted houses, monsters, and more—plus celebrity cameos, like Star Trek icon Patrick Stewart, and a host of new anthologies, including an eerie collection edited…
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Apple Claims Overheating iPhone 15 Caused by iOS and App Bugs
After a few weeks of user complaints, Apple now claims the 100+-degree iPhone 15s are due to a round of glitches in iOS 17 and in a few specific apps. The company is still emphasizing it’s not some sort of hardware hangup caused by the new titanium frame or 3nm processor in the Pro and…