Month: December 2020
Disney prepares to reveal more about its streaming plans post-‘Mulan’
Back in October, Disney announced a “strategic reorganization” that gave higher priority to streaming, it said we’d find out more at an investor’s meeting on December 10th. Today is the day, with the four-hour event scheduled to begin at 4:30 PM ET…. Source
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Google search panels launch to counter vaccine misinformation
Google is launching new vaccine information panels in its search results to counter misinformation and educate people about what’s available in their location, the company announced today. The panels are rolling out starting in the United Kingdom, where the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine is approved and is being administered, and will be…
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Google and IAB adtech targeted with more RTB privacy complaints
Another batch of complaints has been filed with European Union data protection agencies urging enforcement action against the adtech industry’s abuse of Internet users’ information to target ads. The complaints argue that behavioural ads are both harmful and unlawful. Earlier complaints over the same Real-Time Bidding (RTB) programmatic advertising issue…
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Papercup, the UK startup using AI for realistic-sounding voice translation, raises £8M funding
Papercup, the U.K.-based AI startup that has developed speech technology that translates people’s voices into other languages and is already being used in the video and television industry, has raised £8 million in funding. The round was led by LocalGlobe and Sands Capital Ventures, alongside Sky, GMG Ventures, Entrepreneur First…
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2020 was the biggest year for YouTube Gaming, confirms company YouTube Gaming Look Back 2020
The year 2020 has been big for gaming and nothing proves that better than the stats shared by YouTube Gaming. As a headliner it announces that 2020 has been its biggest year with 100 billion watch time hours and more than 40 million active gaming channels. Though before we do…
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SoftBank has reportedly sold Boston Dynamics to Hyundai
Hyundai Motors is acquiring Boston Dynamics, according to The Korea Economic Daily. The publication says Softbank has agreed to sell the robot maker for 1 trillion won (US$917 million) and that the acquisition will be finalized at a board meeting tod… Source
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