Pirate group Anna’s Archive says it has scraped 86 million songs from Spotify
Spotify says it has identified and disabled the user accounts involved in the scraping.
The tooth fairy just got reimagined for the tech-savvy generation
Move over, Santa. Now there’s another magical character for kids to track: the Tooth Fairy. After making a personalized Tooth Fairy video for his nephew, Oliver Finel noticed a gap. While there are plenty of…
Paramount renews bid for Warner Bros, ensuring $40B Larry Ellison backing
It’s the latest attempt by one major Hollywood superpower to acquire another.
Netflix is betting on podcasts to become the new daytime talk show
Netflix is making exclusive deals with podcast studios to compete with YouTube, but podcasters have mixed feelings.
Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me
The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles.
Peripheral Labs taps into self-driving car sensors to bring sports fans right into the game
The startup has raised a $3.6 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures.
YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula
YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard’s access to its music data.
YouTube will stream the Oscars — exclusively — beginning in 2029
The news highlights YouTube’s growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile bid, calls offer ‘illusory’
Warner Bros. Discovery called Paramount’s offer “illusory” and said that the company had misled shareholders about its financing.
WikiFlix shows us what Netflix would have been like 100 years ago
On WikiFlix, a Netflix-inspired archive of public domain films, you can watch movies like “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Nosferatu” for free.