People who received the brand new Apple TV 4k today saw some strange error messages as soon as they opened the YouTube app. As the first units arrived, the app was initially only showing a black screen with a QR code and an error message saying “YouTube is not yet available on this device.” In […]
At Skydance’s first employee town hall after it acquired Warner Bros. Discovery in October, CEO David Ellison told staff that the company behind Paramount Plus and HBO Max was competing for people’s attention with some of the world’s biggest tech companies. Months earlier, he’d singled out a way to get viewers to spend more time […]
The Walt Disney Company has teamed up with Adobe to develop proprietary “artist-led” generative AI models to support Disney’s production pipeline. The multiyear partnership was announced today at Adobe’s MAX conference, and it will see Adobe providing Disney with early access to its latest technologies for everything from Disney’s theme parks and cruise line to […]
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 151, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get psyched because it’s officially Bad Holiday Movie Season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Andrew Garfield and GTA […]
Following the Melania documentary movie that premiered earlier this year, Amazon is now planning to release a two-part Prime Video series focusing on the first lady. The show, Melania: The Series, is set to debut on November 20th. “MELANIA, The Series reveals never-before-told stories, offering unprecedented insight into Melania Trump’s life, including the extraordinary days […]
Fox has officially closed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku, the companies announced on Friday. With Roku under its umbrella, Fox now controls a major streaming platform that reaches more than 100 million households in the US. First announced in June, the deal will allow Fox to bring Fox Sports, news content, and local stations […]
Netflix isn’t done with Hawkins, Indiana just yet. The streamer just announced a live-action spinoff of Stranger Things which is expected to debut in 2028. It’s called Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure. There aren’t a lot of details, but the show will be going back in time quite a bit. According to Netflix, Other […]
Netflix’s TV app is getting a new “AI Discover” tab where the company will show experimental, AI-powered features to help you find new shows and movies to watch. The first of these experiments surfaces content based around themes, like “Something Light,” “Family Movie Night,” or “Quick Watches.” When you pick a theme, Netflix will show […]
Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says it has now dismantled the backdoor and “cut ties” with the manufacturer, the Shenzhen, China-based Videostrong Technology Co., which has been banned from building or selling certified Android devices or […]
Today, I’m talking with Matt Strauss, who is now chairman of the NBCUniversal Media Group. This is Matt’s second time joining me on the show, and there’s been a whole lot of organizational and structural change at NBCU since the last time he and I spoke just two years ago — pure Decoder bait. First, […]