[ad_1] We’ve asked Airbnb if it can comment, although it recently acknowledged that it produced a documentary, Gay Chorus Deep South, that will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. It’s also involved in a documentary series for Apple TV+, Home. Policy and comms executive Chris Lehane added that the company is considering streaming movies and […]
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Slack is adding email conversations and calendar integrations
[ad_1] The expanded search function is perhaps the most exciting addition. If you’ve ever used Slack — or any chat app, for that matter — you know that it can be a pain to find things that happened days, weeks or months earlier. The universal search bar now displays a list of unread channels and […]
Natalie Portman will narrate a dolphin documentary for Disney+
[ad_1] Another nature flick, Penguins, is due to reach Disney+ in 2020. There’s plenty of pressure on Disney to recruit A-list actors for roles like this. It knows that services like Netflix can attract their own top-tier documentary narrators, and it wouldn’t do if Disney+ arrived with docs that didn’t have a similar cachet. This […]
Amazon asks delivery drivers to verify their identities with selfies
[ad_1] A message in the Amazon Flex app told drivers they had to take a selfie before they could continue working (though it urges them not to take photos while driving). Amazon also informed drivers it may collect their biometric data to occasionally confirm their identity. The selfie obligation could stop Flex drivers from sharing […]
Bots have invaded Instagram comments
[ad_1] Based on dozens of Instagram pages we reviewed, including those from ESPN, House of Highlights, LeBron James, Travis Scott, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and The Fat Jewish, these types of comments are becoming commonplace. Most of the accounts posting them have similar usernames, usually a name followed by a number (e.g. “cherylmason0” or “delpha_dibbert5”), […]
Alexa owners can listen to Amazon Music for free — with ads
[ad_1] Listeners will be able to ask Alexa to play music by creating stations based in a song, artist, era or genre. The voice assistant will also be able to queue up popular global playlists on Amazon Music, including selections like Country Heat and Fuego Latino. The free tier of Amazon music will have a […]
Netflix will invest up to $100 million in a NYC production hub
[ad_1] The sound stages will also have the capacity for “thousands” of jobs, Cuomo said, although that’s likely to vary widely based on what’s in production at any given time. Not surprisingly, there are financial incentives attached to the move. The state is offering up to $4 million in tax credits over 10 years, although […]
LG struggles to deliver on its promise of faster Android updates
[ad_1] Okay, to be fair it’s done something. It did roll out Android Oreo to the LG G6, but only nine months after Google. It’s now been 255 days since Android Pie began rolling out to Pixel devices, and LG’s Software Upgrade Center has yet to update a single one of its devices, with the […]
Facebook ‘unintentionally’ saved contacts of 1.5 million new users
[ad_1] Remember the weird revelation that Facebook was asking some new users for the password to their email account? Tonight Business Insider reports that since May 2016, if users entered their email password then Facebook used it to access their contact list and upload the contents to its servers without asking for permission. In a […]
Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ has Karl Urban fighting superheroes gone bad
[ad_1] The eight-episode season premieres on July 26th. It’s too soon to say if this superhero takedown will succeed, but the ingredients are there for a possible hit. The series also features stars like Simon Pegg and Elisabeth Shue, and it’s created by Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke with the help of producers Seth Rogen and Evan […]