72 posts tagged ‘amazon’
Amazon Will Inject Ads Into Prime Video Starting Jan. 29th
Gizmodo,
The last major ad-free streaming service is going away. Starting Jan. 29th, Amazon users will start seeing advertisements appear on movies and TV shows for Prime Video, according to an email sent to subscribers on Tuesday. To keep Prime Video ad-free, you’ll need to pay an additional $3 a month, on top of the $139 a… Read more...
17 Last-Minute Gifts Because It’s Somehow Almost Christmas
Jezebel,
Well look at you, you did it again. Even though the holiday season was technically one week longer this year (November 23 was early for Thanksgiving), you still managed to save all your Christmas shopping until the last minute. Same! I live for that sweet rush of adrenaline and the threatening cloud of failure… Read more...
Author Loses Book Deal After Blaming Star Wars Fans for Bizarre Review-Bombing Scheme [Update]
Update: Late Monday evening, Corrain confirmed that she’d been review bombing POC authors, attributing it to past struggles with mental health. As she explained on Twitter, she had a mental breakdown earlier this month, which resulted in her creating the Goodreads accounts to boost A Crown of Starlight’s rating and… Read more...
Updates From Deadpool 3, Doctor Who, and More
James Wan wants to return to horror again after Aquaman 2. Jennifer Love Hewitt would be down for more I Know What You Did Last Summer. Plus, what’s coming on Rick & Morty’s season finale, and the last episode of Archer. To me, my spoilers! Read more...
Freewrite Alpha Review: Can This Minimalistic E-Typewriter Cure My Writer’s Block?
The curse of all writing is not necessarily a distraction, but the anxiety stemming from creating something you know is awful. Writing is undoubtedly a painful, twisted joy until you read your work and wonder if you ever had a bare ounce of creativity. Read more...
Amazon Employees Returning to Offices
mjtsai,
Jane Thier (via Hacker News): Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, reportedly told members in an internal meeting that when it comes to returning to the office, “it’s time to disagree and commit. We’re here, we’re back—it’s working,” he said. “I don’t have data to back it up, but I […]
Amazon’s 'Q' Is Less AI Conspiracy, More Corporate Chatbot
Amazon is throwing its e-commerce bulk into the AI game like an enormous capybara stampeding into the outside lane of the ongoing AI rat race. The company finally shared details of its new AI chatbot assistant dubbed “Q” at its AWS re:Invent event on Tuesday. Just as can be expected from the starched suits at Amazon,… Read more...
Google Is Sending Its 'Animal of the Day' Assistant Feature to a Farm Upstate
Google’s latest on its list of merciless murders is the Assistant’s “animal of the day” feature. While it’s not likely that the individual command product will make the Killed by Google Graveyard anytime soon, once it’s officially phased out by the end of the month, it will mark the end of an era for the Google… Read more...