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As Disney approaches its third round of expected layoffs and deals with production delays due to the ongoing writers strike, the company delivered more bad news to investors. Its flagship streaming service, Disney+, lost a whopping four million subscribers in Q2 2023, bringing the total to 157.8 million subscribers, compared to 161.8 million subs in […]

Disney+ loses subscribers for second quarter in a row, drops 4M subs by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Google announced Wednesday at its I/O event that all cars with Google built-in will have YouTube available, starting with Polestar vehicles in the coming weeks. The expansion of YouTube’s availability comes as more new vehicles today feature high-tech infotainment systems that promise to add new levels of convenience and entertainment to the lives of drivers and […]

Google is bringing YouTube to more cars, starting with Polestar by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Google announced Wednesday that it’s working with Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom to bring conferencing into vehicles via Android Auto — a feature that may just keep folks from attempting to drive while balancing their phone on their lap with a video conferencing app open. Yes, we see you drivers. The new conferencing feature, which will […]

Google adding Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom (audio) conferencing to Android Auto by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

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 on several cameras to capture speakers from all angles. This time out, however, the system […]

Google’s latest Project Starline prototype uses AI to make 3D images of people by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch