Data shows UK subscriptions to streaming services are shrinking. What’s the cause and will adjusted pricing help? U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that LinkedIn cannot stop its competitor hiQ Labs from scraping publicly available data off user pages. The Wall Street Journal reports that the much anticipated shift of consumers to online shopping because of the pandemic didn’t happen.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos
Are there too many shows? Rather, are there too many shows RETURNING? A new “peak TV” problem? Plus, HBO Max admits they rushed and IMDbTV gets a new name. All that and more on Cordkillers!
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The US Ninth Circuit of Appeals affirms web scraping is legal, WhatsApp delays Communities rollout in Brazil until post-election, and Microsoft increased bug bounties.
Microsoft is building a program to let brands advertise within free-to-play Xbox games, with ads appearing as early as Q3 2022. Protocol reports that Classroom Technologies is working with Intel to incorporate an algorithm that would attempt to identify what emotions students look like they’re feeling, including bored, distracted or confused. Netflix is developing a show based on the card game “Exploding Kittens”. A mobile game developed along with the show will launch this May, along with two new cards for the game with the show releasing in 2023.
Starring Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos