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Disney Might Be Planning A Free Disney+ Tier

Nearly every other streamer has an ad-supported plan, but they usually aren’t free. Hamara/Shutterstock Like most streaming services, Disney+ keeps getting more expensive, and it certainly wouldn’t be wise to rule out yet another price hike somewhere down…

Disney Plus is reportedly looking into a free streaming tier

Disney Plus is considering making some of its content free to watch, according to a report from Business Insider. A source tells the outlet that Adam Smith, Disney’s chief product and technology officer, mentioned a free streaming tier during the…

After Apple, India’s smartphone manufacturing boom enters new phase with Vivo JV

India on Thursday approved a manufacturing joint venture between China’s Vivo and local manufacturer Dixon Technologies, a move that could mark the next phase of the country’s smartphone manufacturing boom after Apple helped turn India into a global smartphone production…

How to Share Your Location on an iPhone or Android Phone (2026)

ScreenshotCourtesy of Simon Hill ScreenshotCourtesy of Simon Hill ScreenshotCourtesy of Simon Hill You can stop sharing your location on the same People tab by tapping on the relevant person and choosing Stop Sharing My Location. You can quickly stop sharing…

The sneaky maths trick for solving problems without answering them

How do you prove a proof? Sometimes, you don’t Lucidio Studio, Inc./Getty Images A mathematician opens her office door to find a small fire. Without panicking, she looks around the room and spots a fire extinguisher. “Ah, a solution exists!”…

9 new features Apple added to iPhones

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Days After Announcing Mass Layoffs, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Tapped To Advise The Federal Reserve On Jobs

Pabradyphoto/Getty Images The US Federal Reserve has announced the industry leaders who will head up its various task forces guiding monetary policies. The country’s central bank has made some baffling appointments to its productivity and jobs team, which…

Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year

Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, the report states that Microsoft’s carbon emissions increased 25 percent in 2025, totalling 34 million metric…

OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter

Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft was replacing some of OpenAI’s software with its own in-house models in an effort to cut costs. Those in-house models, known as MAI, were increasingly being used to power apps like Word and…

Thousands of ‘Pokémon Go’ Players Descend on Times Square to Defeat Mewtwo

Invites were sent out to 2,000 Pokémon Go players across the five boroughs of New York City through community ambassadors. (The event was made an invitation-only affair to avoid overcrowding in what is already one of the busiest places on…