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YouTube TV’s looking more like a cable package every day

Apr11
by on April 11, 2019 at 12:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Google today announced the price of YouTube TV was going up from $40 to $50, in return for 8 more channels. The service, one of many which bills itself as an alternative to cable packages, is starting to look very similar to those same packages — and, like all tv streaming services, the prices are going to keep going up if it wants to offer more channels. As the trade-off for a $10 price increase, Google is offering a new suite of Discovery channels. These will include the OG Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Food Network, the Travel Channel, Motortrend,…

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Google takes a break from being evil to announce AI Platform

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 11:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Google


Weather alert: be on the lookout for flying pigs. Google‘s new AI Platform looks to make good on the company’s promise to democratize machine learning. Between developing weapons platforms for the military and censored search engines for China, we forgot it was even capable of doing things that were good for humanity. At its Google Next event today the Mountain View company announced AI Platform, its new cloud-based end-to-end solution for building, training, and running machine learning models. This is for enterprise, so it’s mostly aimed at data scientists. We like it because it seems like AI Platform was built…

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Coinbase launches cryptocurrency debit card in the UK

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 11:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Long-serving exchange Coinbase has announced the launch of a cryptocurrency debit card for its UK customers. The company says it’s also looking to launch its debit card in other markets over the coming months, but did not to provide a specific timeline. “The UK is a great first market for the Coinbase card with its thriving fintech ecosystem and consumer willingness to try new ideas. The Coinbase Card will initially be available in the UK with a view to going live, in the coming months, across all European markets in which Coinbase operates,” Zeeshan Feroz, Coinbase UK CEO, told Hard Fork. Unlike other existing cards,…

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Teenagers are killing GameStop

Apr10
by on April 10, 2019 at 6:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


A new survey of American teenagers reveals they’re turning more and more to digital stores for their games. Gone is the era of kids forking cash over countertops — now they’re increasingly turning to their parents’ credit cards in the Epic Games Store. The survey comes from Piper Jaffray’s annual Taking Stock With Teens survey, in which 8,000 teens detailed their spending habits and their online lives, including which brands they prefer, what social media they’re likely to turn to, and, of course, how and where they buy their video games. Among the teenage boys who responded, Piper Jaffray found…

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