The metaverse is a concern because it will encourage more screen time and damage human connections, the producer of the Abba Voyage show told MPs. Svana Gisla told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee the technology “scares” her and does not represent an obvious improvement on digital experiences. She told MPs Abba Voyage, a […]
Almost a quarter of teenagers and young adults could be putting their hearing at risk by listening to excessively loud music through earphones, ear buds or headphones, a study has suggested. An international team of researchers estimated that 24% of 12 to 34-year-olds are listening to music on personal listening devices at an “unsafe level”. […]
Virgin Media O2 has reported a record network traffic peak on its network, with data consumption spiking last Wednesday as football games streamed matches on Amazon Prime Video and gamers downloaded the newest Call Of Duty. The operator said network traffic peaked at 9.20 pm on Wednesday October 19 at a level 40% higher than […]
Netflix has reversed its recent subscriber losses with a summertime gain – ahead of its launch of a cheaper version of the video streaming service which will include ads for the first time. It picked up 2.4 million subscribers during the July-September period, the US firm said on Tuesday, marking a comeback from a loss […]
Kanye West has begun the process of buying alternative messaging platform Parler after his Twitter and Instagram accounts were locked. A statement from parent company Parlement Technologies said it has entered into an agreement in principle for the rapper, who has legally changed his name to Ye, to acquire the site. It said the acquisition […]
Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-tier football division in the United States, is to stream every game from the league through Apple TV as part of a new 10-year deal with the tech giant. From 2023, all MLS games will be exclusively available on a new subscription-based MLS streaming service that will only be available […]
Google said it has struck licensing deals with 300 news publishers in Europe in its latest effort to comply with a recently introduced European Union copyright law. The tech giant signed the agreements with national, local and specialist news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland and said discussions with many others […]
Video games publisher EA Sports has announced it will stop making Fifa branded football games from 2023. The company confirmed it is ending its partnership with the football governing body, but will continue to make football video games which, from 2023, will have a new name – EA Sports FC. Football, meet Future 🤝 We’re […]
The Paramount+ streaming service will launch in Ireland on June 22, the company has confirmed. The US media giant’s platform will feature content from the firm’s range of studios and brands, including Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon. Paramount has not confirmed pricing for Ireland yet but will be available online and the Paramount+ […]
News and score updates from the men’s and women’s tennis tours are to be combined into a single mobile app for the first time as part of efforts to make the sport more “unified”. Currently, the Men’s ATP and Women’s WTA tours have separate apps, but these will be replaced from Wednesday by ATP WTA […]
