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Netflix lands global streaming deal for ‘The Walking Dead’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: the walking dead, netflix, amc

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Xbox tech boss says 'unacceptable' outage should not have affected disc games (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-30 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: xbox, playstation, licensing

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Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped physical games from working (techspot.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rob Thubron | tags: xbox, microsoft, licensing service

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Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped some physical games from working (techspot.com)

2026-07-30 | by Rob Thubron | tags: xbox, microsoft, licensing service

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Xbox says game discs should have worked during its outage (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Anna Washenko | tags: xbox, game discs, licensing service

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Xbox outage shouldn’t have affected games on disc, Microsoft confirms (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: xbox, microsoft, xbox outage

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Xbox explains what caused this week's 'unacceptable' major outage (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Kris Holt | tags: xbox, scott van vliet, licensing service

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Microsoft explains what caused the Xbox outage and how it plans to prevent it from happening again (techspot.com)

2026-07-28 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: xbox outage, microsoft, xbox network

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16-hour Xbox outage even stopped physical games from working — company blames licensing issue for incident that prohibited gaming across three generations of console (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Luke James | tags: xbox, microsoft, xbox 360

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IBM CEO Says Company Culture Was Too Slow to Change (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-23 | tags: ibm, arvind krishna, enterprise tech

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X and music publishers quietly settle opposing lawsuits (engadget.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jackson Chen | tags: music publishers, nmpa, copyright infringement

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Apple Music and Apple One prices rise for the first time in years (engadget.com)

2026-07-17 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: apple music, apple one, licensing costs

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Sony Deletes a Bunch More Movies from the Accounts of People Who 'Bought' Them (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | by Timothy Geigner | tags: bought, licensing, playstation

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The zero-cost fallacy: open-source software in the agentic era (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-10 | by Chris Ford | tags: free, license, licensing

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Sony Erases Digital Content From Libraries, a Reminder That You Don’t Own What You Buy (wired.com)

2026-07-03 | by Scharon Harding | tags: playstation, studiocanal, funimation

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Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-01 | get PlayStation Digital Store Gift Card → | tags: playstation store, sony digital audio disc corporation, physical discs

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Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-01 | by Sarah Perez | get Cloudflare Workers Developer Kit → | tags: cloudflare, ai companies, google search

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Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-01 | by Cindy Harper | get Sony PlayStation Plus Subscription → | tags: sony, playstation, studiocanal

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PlayStation is removing over 500 movies from UK customers' accounts with no refunds — Iconic films like Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now, and Mulholland Drive are getting deleted (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-28 | by Hassam Nasir | get PlayStation Plus Subscription → | tags: playstation, studiocanal, terminator 2

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Here's your daily reminder that you don't own digital content (engadget.com)

2026-06-27 | by Cheyenne Macdonald | get Digital Content Ownership Guide → | tags: playstation store, studio canal, sony

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Enterprise-grade AI image generation in 2 seconds is here: Krea 2 Raw and Turbo available as open weights under custom license (venturebeat.com)

2026-06-23 | get Krea 2 Raw and Turbo → | tags: krea, huggging face, ai image generation

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Your next TV might claim HDMI 2.2, but read the fine print before you pay up (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-18 | get HDMI 2.2 Cable → | tags: hdmi 2.2, hdmi licensing, frl2 silicon

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Eli Lilly, Ascidian Sign $1.9 Billion Kidney-Disease Treatment Deal (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-03 | get Kidney Disease Research Kit → | tags: eli lilly, ascidian therapeutics, kidney-disease

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Publishers in UK can opt out of Google AI search results (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-03 | get Google AI Search Opt-Out Guide → | tags: google ai, uk publishers, cma

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AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | by It'S Foss | get AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU → | tags: amd, vivado, fpga

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AMD leaves Linux FPGA users in the lurch with controversial Vivado licensing update — new tier model restricts future free versions to Windows (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-26 | by Zak Killian | get AMD FPGA Development Kit → | tags: amd, vivado, fpga

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Spotify, UMG To Let Fans Make Their Own Music With AI (slashdot.org)

2026-05-22 | get AI Music Creation Kit → | tags: spotify, umg, generative ai

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Lenovo G02 retro handheld allegedly comes preloaded with thousands of copyrighted games, including Nintendo ROMs — company confirms that it’s an officially white-labeled device meant for the Chinese market (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-21 | by Jowi Morales | get Retro Handheld Gaming Console → | tags: lenovo g02, retro handheld, nintendo roms

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This sketchy Lenovo-branded pirate handheld is actually legit (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-21 | get Lenovo Legion Gaming Handheld → | tags: lenovo, linux handheld, china market

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George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new ‘Human Consent Standard’ for AI licensing (theverge.com)

2026-05-12 | by Emma Roth | get AI Ethics and Consent Book → | tags: human consent standard, ai licensing, rsl media