Monthly Archives: July 2022

Netflix ad-funded tier will omit content as 1 million subscribers lost

The much-vaunted Netflix ad-funded tier won’t grant access to all of the company’s content library, it’s been revealed, as it posted another massive subscriber loss. Company co-CEO Ted Sarandos admitted during the company’s Q2 2022 earnings call that while “the vast majority of what people watch on Netflix, we can include in the ad-supported tier”,…

American internet giants seek changes to India’s proposed new IT rules

An industry group representing several tech giants has requested the Indian government to make a series of changes to the proposed amendments to the country’s new IT rules, warning those amendments “negate” the government’s commitment to ease of doing business. India last month proposed a number of changes to the IT rules including creation of…

Methanol found in the blood of all 21 teenagers who mysteriously died at a South African bar, officials say

A mourner walks past empty coffins used in a symbolic mass memorial service Africa, for the 21 teenagers who were found dead in a South African bar last month. PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images Methanol has been found in the bodies of the teens who died mysteriously in South Africa last month. Authorities are still…

Trump just endorsed a QAnon supporter for Arizona secretary of state. He’s part of a GOP coalition that wants to put MAGA loyalists in charge of elections.

Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem speaks at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 9, 2021. Rachel Mummey/REUTERS Donald Trump endorsed Arizona state representative Mark Finchem on Tuesday. Finchem is known to be linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory movement and spoke at a QAnon event. He’s also in a coalition of MAGA loyalists…

Not all Netflix shows will be streamable on the ad-supported tier

When Netflix’s cheaper ad-supported tier launches next year, subscribers may find themselves unable to access some of the service’s titles available on its regular plan. As Deadline notes, Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos has admitted during the company’s most recent earnings call that the upcoming subscription option will not include all of…