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Disney’s Hotstar loses 8.4 million subscribers as Ambani’s JioCinema ascends

Disney, the global entertainment conglomerate operating a variety of streaming platforms, suffered a 2% contraction in its total subscriber base for the quarter ending March this year. The decline is largely attributed to one specific streaming service: Hotstar. The Disney+ … Continue reading

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APAC startups: Apply to Startup Battlefield 200

TechCrunch Disrupt is a global event, and the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort reflects the rich geographic genius the world has to offer. Although we’ve never had a startup from Antarctica, that’s probably just a matter of time. Right now, however, … Continue reading

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Daily Crunch: OpenAI, Anthropic and Stability AI receive half of Sound Ventures’ $240M AI fund

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Happy Google Day! There’s been a wall of interesting news coming out of the search-and-everything-else-too giant at … Continue reading

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Disney+ and Hulu content to combine into one streaming app

In a significant move made by Disney, the company announced Wednesday that U.S. customers are getting a new app that combines Disney+ and Hulu content. The company also announced that it is raising the price of the Disney+ ad-free tier … Continue reading

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Google I/O 2023 is a wrap — here’s a list of everything announced

On Google I/O keynote day, the search and internet advertising provider puts forth a rapid-fire stream of announcements during its developer conference, including many unveilings of recent things it’s been working on.  Since we know you don’t always have time … Continue reading

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Google ‘Perspectives’ integrates Reddit, YouTube, TikTok and more in search results

Alongside its work to integrate more AI features into Search, Google today also announced it’s introducing a new “Perspectives” filter will be coming to the top of some of its Search results when the results “would benefit from others’ experiences,” … Continue reading

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Google’s latest Project Starline prototype uses AI to make 3D images of people

Today at I/O, Google announced the latest prototype of Project Starline, its 3D teleconferencing video booth. On the face of it, the biggest difference a dramatic reduction in hardware. The earlier model, which it showed off late last year, relied … Continue reading

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Tinder-inspired Cala dares you to swipe left on useless meetings

Move over, meat market and, um… hello, meet market. A two-person team made some waves this week with Cala, a web app they’re marketing as “Tinder for canceling meetings.” The free service integrates with Google Calendar and borrows the tried-and-tried swipe … Continue reading

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Android is getting generative AI wallpapers you create with suggested prompts

Google is building upon Material You to give users the option to create a more personalized experience on their devices, the company announced at it I/O developer conference today. Most notably, the company announced generative AI wallpapers that will roll … Continue reading

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With Project Tailwind, Google is using AI to make note-taking smarter

Google’s building an AI-powered notebook tool called Project Tailwind, the company revealed at its I/O developer conference. The goal, Google says, is to take a user’s freeform notes and automatically organize and summarize them. To use Tailwind — which is … Continue reading

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