In this issue

As Netflix looks for new ways to slow its hemorrhaging subscriber base and younger entrants like Disney+ and Apple TV+ experiment with new strategies to drive engagement, the streaming wars are heating up, and 2023 shows no signs of slowing down.

HOW (AND WHERE) TO WATCH OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMS ONLINE

Replete with spellbinding multiverses, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” topped the 95th Academy Awards nominations with 11 nods.

8 mins

AI TOOLS CAN CREATE NEW IMAGES, BUT WHO IS THE REAL ARTIST?

Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889.

5 mins

SPOTIFY LATEST TECH NAME TO CUT JOBS, AXES 6% OF WORKFORCE

Music streaming service Spotify said it’s cutting 6% of its global workforce, or about 600 jobs, becoming yet another tech company forced to rethink its pandemic-era expansion as the economic outlook weakens.

2 mins

CRYPTO FIRMS ACTED LIKE BANKS, THEN COLLAPSED LIKE DOMINOES

Over the past few years, a number of companies have attempted to act as the cryptocurrency equivalent of a bank, promising lucrative returns to customers who deposited their bitcoin or other digital assets.

3 mins

Netflix

Digital entertainment: The ever-evolving streaming wars

6 mins

GOOGLE AXES 12.000 JOBS AS LAYOFFS SPREAD ACROSS TECH SECTOR

Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs.

3 mins

JUSTICE DEPT.SUES GOOGLE OVER DIGITAL ADVERTISING DOMINANCE

The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government.

4 mins

LEARNING TO LIE: AI TOOLS ADEPT AT CREATING DISINFORMATION

Artificial intelligence is writing fiction, making images inspired by Van Gogh and fighting wildfires. Now it’s competing in another endeavor once limited to humans — creating propaganda and disinformation.

2 mins

MICROSOFT INVESTS BILLIONS IN CHATGPT-MAKER OPENAL

Microsoft says it is making a “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can write readable text and generate new images.

2 mins

AMAZON LAUNCHES A SUBSCRIPTION PRESCRIPTION DRUG SERVICE

Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing healthcare business.

2 mins

ELON MUSK: TWEETS ABOUT TAKING TESLA PRIVATE WEREN'T FRAUD

Elon Musk returned to federal court Monday in San Francisco, testifying that he believed he had locked up financial backing to take Tesla private during 2018 meetings with representatives from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund — although no specific funding amount or price was discussed.

2 mins

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LATEST TO BAN TIKTOK

The University of Wisconsin System has joined a number of universities across the nation that have banned the popular socail media app TikTok on school-owned devices.

2 mins

PROMISING GENE THERAPY DELIVERS TREATMENT DIRECTLY TO BRAIN

When Rylae-Ann Poulin was a year old, she didn’t crawl or babble like other kids her age. A rare genetic disorder kept her from even lifting her head. Her parents took turns holding her upright at night just so she could breathe comfortably and sleep.

4 mins

ANNA KENDRICK IN THE CHILLING 'ALICE, DARLING'

Emotional abuse rarely gets the subtle, sensitive treatment on screen as it does in Mary Nighy’s thoughtful if uneven drama “Alice, Darling,” starring Anna Kendrick.

2 mins

OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD CAR? A TRAFFIC CAMERA MIGHT BE LISTENING

After the relative quiet of the pandemic, New York City has come roaring back. Just listen: Jackhammers. Honking cars and trucks. Rumbling subway trains. Sirens. Shouting.

4 mins

MONEY: REKINDLE FIZZLING FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS

Save more, spend less and pay off debt are popular New Year’s resolutions — and perhaps the ones most likely to fall by the wayside a few weeks into the year when reality sets in and expenses derail plans.

3 mins

TWITTER FACES LAWSUITS OVER UNPAID RENT FOR US HQ UK OFFICE

More landlords are taking Twitter to court over unpaid rent, this time at the social media company’s headquarters in San Francisco and its British offices — the latest sign that owner Elon Musk’s extreme cost-cutting strategy includes simply not paying the bills.

2 mins

CHINA KEEPING 1 HOUR DAILY LIMIT ON KIDS' ONLINE GAMES

As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draw near with promises of feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash, children have another thing to look forward to –- one extra hour of online games each day.

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