Spectrum is now offering a complimentary Amazon Prime subscription, normally priced at $14.99 monthly, to customers enrolled in its Internet Assist program for low-income households and seniors. Eligibility includes recipients of SSI, SNAP, Medicaid or the National School Lunch Program, and both new and existing Spectrum internet customers can claim it regardless of which internet tier they use. The perk arrives shortly after Spectrum reported losing 172,000 internet subscribers in its latest quarterly earnings.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-25
A new Entrepreneur contributor piece argues that YouTube channels typically fail not from a lack of content ideas but from unrealistic workflows that don't account for the true time investment required. The article identifies video editing, optimizing for YouTube's search algorithm, and interpreting analytics as the three biggest time drains for creators. It recommends automating repetitive tasks, batching work, and outsourcing to professionals as ways to reclaim hours lost to these processes.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-08-25
Uber is testing a feature that lets parents or guardians linked to a teen's account view a live video stream from the driver's selfie camera during a trip, showing the back seat area. The feed starts with a push notification and a tap to view, ends when the ride does, and is currently piloted in nine U.S. cities before a wider national rollout.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-25
Uber has introduced a live video streaming option for its teen accounts, letting parents watch their child's ride in real time using the driver's selfie camera. The feature is currently being tested in nine US regions, including Atlanta, Phoenix, and Portland, with a wider national rollout expected soon.
cnet.com
· 2026-08-25
Uber announced a live video streaming feature that lets parents or guardians watch their teen's ride in real time using the driver's selfie camera. The feature, currently live in nine U.S. markets including Atlanta, Cleveland, and Rhode Island, will expand nationwide in coming weeks, and both the driver and teen are alerted whenever a parent starts watching.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-25
Google has confirmed it fixed a YouTube bug on iPad that caused comments, titles, descriptions and other details to vanish after exiting full-screen playback. The fix ships with app version 21.33.6, and users experiencing the issue are advised to update immediately. The same release also updates Android's seek gesture, showing a scrub bar and skipped time when double-tapping to fast-forward or rewind.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-08-24
Apple is eliminating more than 200 positions, including about 100 roles within the Vision Pro division and another 100 across Siri and AI software groups, according to Bloomberg. The cuts come as Apple scales back its costly in-house immersive video production for the headset, shifting more of that work to third-party developers.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-08-24
A CNET writer recalls a 2017 article listing seven improvements he wanted for the Apple TV, noting that Apple has since delivered six of them, including an Amazon Video app and 4K support. The final item, a way to locate a lost remote, arrived in 2023 through tvOS 17's Find My integration, though the writer still prefers Roku's earlier 2015 version of the feature.
cnet.com
· 2026-08-24
According to a New York Times report, Netflix executives have discussed integrating third-party streaming services such as Peacock and Fox One directly into its app. It's not yet clear whether this would mean selling subscriptions to those services or embedding their content, and no deal is currently imminent.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-24
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