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Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler

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    Netflix’s chief product officer Eunice Kim is leaving the company.

    Kim, who recently oversaw the launch of its new TV app, became CPO in 2023 when Greg Peters was promoted to co-CEO. Bloomberg reports Netflix didn’t give a reason for her exit; however, CTO Elizabeth Stone will fill the role for now.

    In a statement, she noted the apps’ recent changes:

    We also redesigned the product experience, expanding beyond VOD to support a much broader entertainment offering –including live events, ads, and games.

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    Red Sea cable cuts have affected internet connections in several countries.

    NetBlocks reported connectivity issues in India and Pakistan, and this afternoon, Microsoft said it was updating routing for traffic “traversing through the Middle East originating and or terminating in Asia or Europe regions.”

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    Scott Hanson explains the new ads on NFL RedZone.

    There’s been a backlash to the news that RedZone’s “commercial-free football” promise is coming to an end, but the host explained on X that the new ads shouldn’t be too intrusive with a few points, matching an earlier report by Front Office Sports:

    • The 4 total commercials tomorrow will be :15 seconds and in a double box, in between plays. *none* during the Witching Hour.
    • Adding commercials was not a Disney / espn decision.
    • Opening catch phrase will change - (you & I will have to get used to it together.)
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    Steve Ballmer’s Clippers are being accused of using a fake sponsorship to get around the NBA salary cap.

    Forget toilets, a report by Pablo Torre claims the ex-Microsoft CEO invested $50 million in a fraudulent tree-planting company, Aspiration, passing $28 million to Kawhi Leonard in a fake endorsement deal.

    The Clippers called the accusations “provably false,” while Mark Cuban says he’s “team Ballmer,” and that the team was scammed.

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    Richard Lawler
    Sony rumor says it will reduce PS5 Slim Digital Edition storage space.

    Sony bumped the PS5’s storage from 825GB to 1TB when it introduced the new Slim model. But gaming bargain hunter billbil-kun has info about a revised discless edition spotted in Europe, that would see its SSD drop back to 825, while the disc version remains at 1TB -- is that better than raising the price again?

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    Richard Lawler
    Microsoft has a discount AI deal for the US government too.

    The GSA and Microsoft announced a discount deal on Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure, and other services, promising “potential savings of $3.1 billion in the first year” with free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot for one year.

    OpenAI and Anthropic already offered similar discounts for AI access, but what’s the price in year two?

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    Richard Lawler
    The 1986 vision of a ‘highly intelligent car.’

    The BBC Archive channel on YouTube has a ton of content to draw from, including plenty of reports about what “the future” will be, like this Tomorrow’s World presentation on a concept car with satellite navigation.

    Of course, some of the tech it highlights, like V2X communication, is still mostly a fantasy.