Amazon Freevee to get 23 free ad-supported TV channels, including ‘Cake Boss,’ ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ and more

June 12, 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and MGM have reached a deal with Amazon Freevee (formerly IMDb TV) to bring 23 free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels to the streaming service, the companies announced Monday. The new agreement will help Amazon reach its goal of growing Freevee’s slate of FAST channels by 75% in 2023. There are currently […]

Amazon Freevee to get 23 free ad-supported TV channels, including ‘Cake Boss,’ ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ and more by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

EV charger networks are turning to Tesla standard as support accelerates

June 12, 2023

Support for Tesla’s charging connector and charge port — called the North American Charging Standard — has accelerated in the days since Ford and GM announced plans to integrate the technology into its next-generation of EVs and sell adapters for current EV owners to gain access. More than a dozen third-party charging networks and hardware […]

EV charger networks are turning to Tesla standard as support accelerates by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Apple M2 Ultra Mac Studio: Same shell, more firepower

June 12, 2023

“This completes the transition to Apple silicon,” Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus noted during last week’s WWDC keynote. Apple never promised the process would happen overnight. At the 2020 event, CEO Tim Cook promised a two-year transitionary period. The company missed the deadline by a year, but a lot has happened during […]

Apple M2 Ultra Mac Studio: Same shell, more firepower by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Hyper raises $3.6M from Amazon and more for its iPhone-based, VTuber-friendly avatar platform

June 12, 2023

VTubers — online personalities who use motion-capture-powered manga- and anime-inspired avatars to interact with the world alongside games, over YouTube, and in other places — have become big business, with the most popular of them collectively racking up hundreds of millions of hours of viewership in a month, along with loyal fan bases, lucrative sponsorships […]

Hyper raises $3.6M from Amazon and more for its iPhone-based, VTuber-friendly avatar platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch