Entertainment
A Paramount-Warner Bros. movie slate could rule the 2027 box office, but is it sustainable?
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Hollywood could soon have a new king of the box office. With Paramount Skydance set to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the combined film studios could dominate the theatrical […]
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Amazon to hike price of ad-free Prime Video tier by $2 a month
Future Publishing | Future | Getty Images Amazon is bumping up the price of its ad-free Prime Video offering in the U.S. by $2 a month, the company announced Friday. The service will now cost $4.99 a month, up from $2.99 a month, starting April 10. As part of the price hike, Amazon is rebranding […]
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Nintendo has jumped 18% this week as a surprise Pokémon hit drove hope it could boost Switch 2 sales
A Pikachu Character poses at the Pokemon stand during the Brand Licensing Europe at ExCel on October 04, 2023 in London, England. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nintendo shares have rallied 18% so far this week after a Pokémon game became a surprise viral hit, raising hopes it could drive sales […]
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Google sells partial stake in fiber business, becomes minority owner of new venture
A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber. George Frey | Reuters Google said its fiber internet unit called GFiber is combining with Astound Broadband and forming an independent provider, with Google remaining as a minority shareholder. The new company will be majority owned by investment firm Stonepeak and led by […]
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Microsoft plans to ship prototype of next Xbox console to developers in 2027
Fairgoers play at the Xbox booth at the Cologne Trade Fair Center during the opening day of Gamescom 2025 in Cologne, Germany, on August 20, 2025. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Microsoft said Wednesday that it will send video game developers prototypes of its next-generation Xbox console in 2027, as the company tries […]
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Travelers are turning to AI to plan trips — but hallucinations and trust gaps remain
For many travelers, the process of planning their trips is a grueling slog through endless price comparisons and messy browser tabs. Increasingly, they are outsourcing the task to artificial intelligence. About 91% of global travelers rely on AI travel planners, according to an annual survey of 11,000 global users by travel platform Klook. Travelers use […]
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Lego keeps beating the toy industry. Its secret weapon is not what you’d expect
Lego just put up another banner year — with help from a behind-the-scenes secret weapon. The Danish company on Tuesday reported a 12% jump in revenue to 83.5 billion Danish kroner, or $12.9 billion, for fiscal year 2025. Operating profit rose 18% year over year to 22 billion Danish kroner, or $3.4 billion, the company […]
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Ticketmaster parent Live Nation reaches settlement with Department of Justice over antitrust concerns
Signs are seen at the Live Nation NYC headquarters on May 23, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Live Nation Entertainment has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns surrounding its Ticketmaster platform, a senior DOJ official said Monday. The settlement would see Ticketmaster unwind some […]
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Samsung reveals first details of its AI smart glasses to CNBC
The Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ”A new era of mobile agentic AI” slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung’s upcoming smart glasses will have a camera and be connected to a smartphone, a top executive told CNBC, as the tech giant prepares to make […]
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Amazon online store suffers outage for some users
An Amazon facility on Amazon Prime Day in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Klaus Galiano | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon‘s website and shopping app were down for some users on Thursday, leaving consumers unable to check out, access account information or view product prices. Trouble on the […]
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