The ninth installment places the mantle in Rey’s hands.
Source: Wired
Asus is the first to release a Dolby Vision monitor and it’s done so with two of them at the same time. They’re squarely aimed at professionals but should look gorgeous no matter what they’re displaying.
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When the author interviewed the WikiLeaks cofounder in 2010, what happened online still seemed remote and relatively unthreatening. Today it’s deadly serious.
Source: Wired
Investors seem to think that Disney is on the right track with its plans for the new streaming service, Disney+.
On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of the streaming service’s November 12 launch date and slate of programming, Disney’s stock price is currently up 9% to $127.23 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Ending months of speculation about what would and wouldn’t be included in a streaming package from the mouse house, yesterday’s “investor day”, satisfied public market investors that Disney’s run at the current king of streaming video, Netflix, would be credible.
Netflix shares were down slightly in morning trading, around 3.5% — or roughly $13 — to $354.50.
For stock market watchers, the big question was going to be pricing and on that front, Disney’s service didn’t disappoint. Although the streaming offering from Disney’s entertainment juggernaut was more about moving cash out of one pocket instead of another for most American consumers, as Matthew Ball, a media analyst and the former head of strategy at Amazon Studios, pointed out on Twitter.
American households already spend around $2.8 billion per year renting and buying Disney video — averaging around $24 per year for every household or 40 million annual subscriptions, Ball wrote.
While the market may be setting up the new entertainment landscape as a Netflix versus Disney battle there are important differences between the two and both are likely to thrive in the new era of streaming entertainment.
The companies that are most likely to be challenged by the streaming offerings from Netflix and Disney are AT&T’s Warner Media and CBS/Viacom .
Within Warner Media, layoffs and restructuring in the wake of the company’s acquisition by AT&T, along with the end of the network’s mega-hit “Game of Thrones”, could have serious consequences on its ability to compete as the company rolls out its own (partially ad-supported) streaming service.
Meanwhile, CBS and Viacom are still reeling from the scandal that brought down chief executive Les Moonves — although Viacom’s acquisition of PlutoTV gives the company some breathing room with a free streaming video and on demand option.
As paid services proliferate, the walls around intellectual property will only grow higher. Entertainment companies are all going to vie for more exclusive offerings and that means artists and creators will win as these companies pay more for quality entertainment that they can make exclusively to lock in subscribers. It’ll be a delicate dance between monetizing intellectual property on other platforms and keeping things behind a gate to bring in customers.
Especially as deep-pocketed companies like Apple and Amazon have their own designs on streaming entertainment.
Right now, investors and consumers seem to think that a Disney+ subscription is definitely worth the price of admission. How many other tickets consumers are willing to pay for is another question.
Source: TechCrunch
This year’s Star Wars fan convention in Chicago is sure to be full of surprises—and a first look at *Episode IX*.
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It’s part of a plan to position the US ahead of global rivals, says Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai.
Source: CNET
Holy schnikes, Chevrolet is finally debuting this long-awaited monster.
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J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy are expected to reveal the title and trailer at the convention.
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Earlier this week, Amazon confirmed that it would be acquiring Canvas, a little known Colorado based startup that creates autonomous driving systems for warehouse fulfillment. It’s the latest in a long line of moves that finds the company looking seriously at automation for the future of retail plans.
Last year, the company announced the launch of Amazon Future Engineer, a program designed facilitate STEM education in classrooms. To help launch the program, Amazon is with STEM non-profit FIRST to create a series of robotics grants specifically targeted underrepresented populations.
The plan kicks off with 100 schools in 21 states, starting in fall of this year. The program features support for FIRST robotics teams and teacher education, along with an additional $10,0000 in funding and a tour of local fulfillment centers. The company says it currently has more than 100,000 robots deployed across its warehouses.
“Amazon is helping FIRST in our goal to make robotics teams and programs available in every school,” FIRST founder Dean Kamen said in a release tied to the news. “In FIRST, every kid on every team can go pro. They gain a hands-on learning pathway in technology, computer science and engineering that propels them forward and inspires innovation.”
Earlier this year, the company announced that would be be investing in New York area classrooms, ahead of the (since abandoned) launch of its HQ2.
Source: TechCrunch
The eighth-generation Corvette will make its debut in July.
Source: CNET