Category Archives: Business

Enemy number one is Netflix: The monster that’s eating Hollywood

Tara Flynn, a rising star at a TV production unit of 21st Century Fox, walked into her boss’s office last August and told him she was quitting and joining streaming-video giant Netflix Inc. The news was not well-received. “Netflix is public enemy No. 1,” said Bert Salke, the head of Fox 21 Television Studios, where Ms. Flynn was […]

SoftBank’s self-driving bus project push for 2020 commercialization

SoftBank is doubling down on its self-driving bus project in Japan. SB Drive, an entity created last year to develop autonomous vehicle technology for public transport, just got a cash windfall after Yahoo Japan led a 510 million JPY ($4.6 million) investment. Yahoo Japan, the Yahoo affiliate which is one of Japan’s most influential tech […]

Paris Hilton Shines in SodaStream’s April Fools’ Prank

Among the many branded April Fools’ Day pranks that have already rolled out this year, SodaStream’s campaign with Paris Hilton deserves a special shoutout. Hilton stars in the fake video below for something called the NanoDrop, a fictitious sparkling-water product that claims to be 5,000 times more hydrating than regular water. Paris, who is very […]

Yeah, yeah, we’ll work on the nasty stuff about bombs -but we ain’t doing no backdoors

Big Tech has told the UK government it will do more to remove extremist content from their networks, but has refused to offer concessions on encryption. Following a meeting between Britain’s Home Secretary Amber Rudd and communication service providers, called in the aftermath of the murders in Westminster, senior executives from Facebook, Google, Microsoft and […]