Month: May 2021
SiriusXM partners with TikTok on a new music channel, Pandora Playlists, and more
SiriusXM is leaning into TikTok. The satellite radio company and Pandora parent today announced a partnership with the social video platform to power several new initiatives, including a TikTok channel on SiriusXM, hosted TikTok playlists on Pandora, and re-airings of Pandora LIVE events on TikTok. The hosted playlists on Pandora…
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Money Heist season 5 gets official release date – and Netflix promises war is coming Money Heist
Netflix has announced the release date for Money Heist season 5 – and it’ll be arriving in two parts. The next 10 episodes of the acclaimed Spanish drama, officially titled La Casa De Papel, will be released in two volumes on September 3 and December 3, 2021, respectively. Álex Pina,…
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Microsoft has turned the Surface Duo into a handheld Xbox
Microsoft teased the potential for an Xbox handheld-like experience with the Surface Duo during its unveiling nearly two years ago, and it’s finally appearing today. Microsoft is updating its Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) app for Android, and it includes dual-screen support for the Surface Duo. The app update allows Surface…
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In a YC “power” play, Gridware girds $5.3M to save humanity from weather
You might have thought that with more than 300 companies joining this year’s winter batch of Y Combinator, the investor interest might have thinned. Well, it’s 2021 and investors are hopping around like crazy to invest in ideas that push the boundaries in fields far flung from enterprise SaaS. Case…
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Disney’s next Star Wars show may not end after one season – here’s why Book of Boba Fett
The Book of Boba Fett is set to be the next Star Wars TV show to land on Disney Plus. The spin-off series, which follows the titular character after his supporting role in The Mandalorian, is scheduled to arrive in December – but it might not be a limited series…
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Surfing the decentralized web just got a lot easier Unstoppable Domains
Popular domain registrar Unstoppable Domains and privacy-oriented web browser Brave recently announced a major integration that provides extra-speedy native browser support for thousands of decentralized websites. With the new integration, Unstoppable Domains boasts that anyone can access blockchain domain names, which are gaining popularity because they make it easy to…
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