Category: Entertainment

Apple renames Beats 1 and launches two new radio stations

[ad_1] Say goodbye to Apple Music’s Beats 1 — at least in name. Today, Apple announced it was rebranding its flagship radio station from Beats 1 to Apple Music 1. It’s a logical move, given that “Beats 1” was the only place Beats branding showed up in the Apple Music service. But on the other […]

FT: Oracle joins Microsoft as a possible bidder for TikTok

[ad_1] For a couple of weeks, Microsoft had been the only name publicly attached as a potential buyer for TikTok, and it has about a month left before the announced September 15th deadline to make a deal. Since then, Twitter was reported as a company in “preliminary talks” to acquire the video sharing app, and […]

‘The Goes Wrong Show’ gets funnier while things get worse

[ad_1] Each Goes Wrong story is set in the fictional Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, a bunch of amateur actors and technicians. To fit the six-episode, half-hour format, the society has been chosen to front Play of the Week, a new anthology series for BBC One. Each week, an obscure play is taken from the archives […]

A ‘Firewatch’ movie is in the works, again

[ad_1] In a match made in indie heaven, the independent production house behind movies like Blindspotting and Little Monsters has acquired the movie and TV rights to 2016’s Firewatch (via The Hollywood Reporter). This is the second time there’s been news of a possible Firewatch film adaption. In 2016, developer Campo Santo announced a deal with Good Universe (Last Vegas, Desperados) to make a film based […]

Apple TV+ offers subscribers Showtime and CBS All Access for $10 monthly

[ad_1] Last week, Bloomberg reported that Apple would launch its first content bundle for its streaming platform. Now, Apple has confirmed the move with a new deal that combines CBS All Access (normally $9.99.month for the ad-free tier) with Showtime (normally $10.99/month) for just $9.99 a month in the Apple TV app. The bundle will […]

Google says its free services are ‘at risk’ over Australia’s proposed law

[ad_1] Google’s YouTube blog pits large publishers like News Corp against individual creators. “Under this law, big news businesses can seek access to data about viewers’ use of our products,” it wrote. “They could use [that data to] try to appear higher in rankings on YouTube, disadvantaging all other creators.” The company added that the […]

DC Universe content is ‘migrating’ to HBO Max

[ad_1] Over the last week, a WarnerMedia shake up at the executive level was followed by significant layoffs, affecting a “majority” of the people working for the DC Universe streaming service. Former Hulu exec and now WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar explained that as a part of AT&T, the plan is to focus on its HBO […]

These AI-generated tennis matches are both eerie and impressive

[ad_1] The model does this by taking into account common tennis strategies and the tendencies of each player. Through its training, it knows, for instance, that Djokovic likes to hit the ball toward his opponent’s weak side. Similarly, the model also considers how players tend to position themselves while waiting for their opponent to return […]

Apple may offer half-off CBS All Access and Showtime bundle for TV+

[ad_1] If this launches on Monday, it will be the first Apple TV+ content bundle. Just yesterday, we learned that Apple is also considering an “Apple One” subscription bundle, which would package services like Apple Music and Apple TV+, plus add-ons like Apple Arcade, Apple News+ and iCloud storage. Apple bundling its own services makes […]