Xbox and PlayStation have to prove they’re worth their new price tags
…A base console cost $499 at launch, and it has since jumped to $649, while the most expensive model is a whopping $899. That steadily rising price has had a major impact…
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How Netflix made us fall in love with K-dramas
…That brought down licensing costs, and made it possible for these services to buy the overseas rights to Korean TV shows and movies at a bargain. However, DramaFever ultimately was too early…
Skydio CEO Adam Bry on why Silicon Valley shouldn’t draw red lines for drone use
…I think I’m just focused on the cost, right? They were buying $800 consumer drones, not— So on the cost, I think the cost permission for that F10 will be way…
Libby will filter out AI content, kind of
…Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn revealed last month that Kobo rejects nearly half of all self-published books over AI concerns. “We are in front of a firehose,” Tamblyn said. OverDrive doesn’t…
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
…cost that much. She says Brockman is relatively set on an equal equity split. They also, she writes, worry about Musk’s control over the company. In her notes recapping their concerns…
Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
…Data centers have sparked protests across the country over concerns about water consumption, local electricity prices, and noise. In Seattle and the surrounding King County, the issue is coming to a head…
Microsoft could be the next Big Tech antitrust target
…New details obtained by The Verge further reveal the FTC’s interests, suggesting the agency is particularly concerned with potentially exclusionary behavior around Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, as well as its…
Amazon is about to be flooded with AI-generated video ads
…We’ll likely see Amazon retailers utilizing AI-generated video ads in the wild now that the tool is generally available in the US and costs nothing to use — unless the ads…
Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are
…It also prompted recalls for tens of thousands of e-bikes over fire concerns, while issuing a rare warning to immediately stop using batteries found in several Rad Power Bikes models. The…
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space
…That’s all without mentioning the astronomically higher costs that come when humans are being launched as well. It’s much cheaper to do your work on the ground, whether it’s…