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Amazon’s new Kids Tablets let parents manage access to the Google Play store

Alongside its new collection of Alexa Tablets that run Android with full access to the Google Play store, Amazon is introducing kid versions with similar functionality but the ability for parents to limit what software and content they have access to. The Amazon Kids Tablets also come with two different styles of colorful cases featuring […]

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Amazon’s Alexa Tablets are coming for the iPad

Amazon is launching a new lineup of tablets that bear almost no resemblance to any tablet Amazon has ever launched before. They're not even called Fire, the name Amazon has used for its tablets for the last 15 years. They're called Alexa Tablets, and they're designed to do two things: bring Alexa Plus to the […]

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Joe Rogan and Spotify renew massive podcast deal

Spotify has renewed its licensing agreement with Joe Rogan, whose podcast remains the number one show on the platform - and in the world. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the multi-year agreement is valued at around $250 million, allowing new episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience to appear on Spotify and across other […]

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Xbox is launching a new film and TV division

Xbox is launching a new division, called "XP," that's dedicated to Xbox experiences that aren't video games, including films and TV adaptations, consumer products, live events, and partnerships with creators and brands. Different teams at Xbox already do this work, but it will all now fall under the centralized XP division. XP formalizes four "investment […]

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Cupertino might be made for your mom, but it’s a good take on tech

Cupertino brings the tech backlash to the CBS procedural - an initially awkward combination, but with rewarding results. The show starts off just slightly unsure, but quickly figures out what to do with these strange times, creating fictionalized dupes of the Zizians, Polymarket, Jeff Bezos' looksmaxxing obsession, OpenAI stealing Scarlett Johansson's voice, and the fight […]