EA shuts down BioWare, cancels Mass Effect 5 amid layoffs affecting about 400 employees
EA's first major restructuring move since going private closes the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, shifting Star Wars: Battlefront 3 work to Respawn a
Dexerto · +10 outlets
Spotify Q3: 306 million paid subscribers but revenue misses slightly, as Family plan sharing crackdown confirmed
Spotify added 6 million subscribers in the quarter while co-CEO Alex Norstrom confirmed QR code verification to catch Family plan users who do not live together
Variety · +8 outlets
YouTube now gets twice as much US TV watch time as any other platform, Nielsen says
YouTube's share of TV screen viewing keeps climbing as Nielsen's monthly Gauge data shows it far ahead of other media distributors.
Tubefilter · +14 outlets
Netflix fires chief content officer and doubles down on premium originals as stock hits two-year low
Netflix shares have fallen sharply over the past year and slid further after Q3 earnings and lowered profit projections, prompting leadership changes and a cont
Tubefilter · +3 outlets
Getty Images files for bankruptcy amid AI competition and mounting debt
The photography giant seeks a restructuring after its failed merger with Shutterstock, with AI image generation pressuring its core licensing business.
Dexerto · +14 outlets
Etsy announces stricter AI rules to cut down on AI slop listings
Etsy says buyers cannot reliably tell which listings involve AI-generated content, prompting new disclosure and restriction policies.
The Verge
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion after New Mexico court finds Facebook misled users on data privacy
The ruling follows findings that Facebook misrepresented how it collected and protected personal information.
Dexerto · +14 outlets
Global PC shipments fell 21% year over year in Q3 2026 as RAM prices spiked
Counterpoint Research data lines up with earlier IDC and Omdia findings, with memory price hikes suppressing demand for new machines.
The Verge · +14 outlets
US tech stocks drop on AI spending concerns
Investor unease over the scale of AI capital expenditure weighed on major technology shares.
WSJ · +13 outlets
Comcast plans restructuring as domestic broadband subscriber losses continue
The cable and media giant is reorganizing amid persistent declines in its core US broadband business.
WSJ · +14 outlets
FCC begins blocking gadgets containing foreign surveillance chips, first action targets Hivision
The FCC is exercising new authority granted October 13 to bar devices with chips from companies on its national security threat list.
The Verge
Next Xbox projected to cost between $1,200 and $1,800 in 2028, report says
Microsoft insiders cited in a Fortune report point to steep pricing for the next-generation console, raising affordability questions for the platform.
The Verge · +14 outlets
YouTube launches security feature that blocks suspected hacked channels from uploading or streaming
The automatic enforcement aims to stop hijacked channels from being used to broadcast scams before owners can recover them.
Dexerto · +1 outlets
Meta re-enables Muse sharing after researchers found public conversation links were easy to find
Security researchers had located sensitive Muse pages, including internal corporate documents, before the feature was restored.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Meta's updated terms may still let it scrape news sites for AI training, legal experts say
Meta removed language suggesting it could freely train on news sites, but experts argue the changes do not resolve publisher concerns.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Canva launches Craft, its first in-house AI image model with two-stage planning architecture
Canva is competing directly with image generators from OpenAI, Microsoft and Google by planning a design before rendering it.
The Verge · +14 outlets
Disney and Netflix court creators as YouTube plays hardball to keep them
Studios are signing creator deals and pitching creator-driven projects while YouTube defends its role as the primary distribution platform.
The Hollywood Reporter · +1 outlets
Ibai's influencer boxing event La Velada del Año heads to Netflix after Twitch record runs
The move tests whether a creator-driven live spectacle built on Twitch can translate to a mainstream streaming audience.
Tubefilter · +1 outlets