AT&T makes it more expensive to cancel DirecTV or Internet service

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich) AT&T will start charging customers for the full month after they cancel TV or Internet service, ending its customer-friendly practice of providing a prorated credit for the final month. Even if you cancel on the first day of a new billing period, you’ll be charged for the full month […]

A24 Films Streaming on Kanopy: How to Get Access to the Best Free Streaming Service You’ve Never Heard Of

Good news: the full A24 collection is now streaming on Kanopy! And right about now, I can practically hear all of you asking: “What the heck is Kanopy?” Kanopy is one of the best streaming services you probably don’t know about. What makes it so great? It’s not just the selection – although that’s very […]

Amazon closes its restaurant delivery service in the UK

Remember Amazon’s takeout and delivery service? The e-retailer’s UberEats and GrubHub rival is reportedly set to close in London following competition from local counterpart Deliveroo roughly two years after its launch in the UK capital. Amazon confirmed the closure to the Evening Standard and has reportedly been emailing customers saying “you will no longer be […]

US service member killed in Afghanistan – NATO

A US service member has been killed in Afghanistan, NATO-led Resolute Support mission has confirmed. The person has become the eighth American combat fatality this year, according to Reuters. The identity of the victim has not been immediately disclosed and will be shared after the required military procedures are complete. More than 2,400 US troops have […]

An executive at a luxury concierge service says they once flew In-N-Out burgers from the West Coast to NYC in a private jet

Shutterstock/IM_Photo An executive at a New York City luxury concierge service says they once fulfilled a last-minute request to fly In-N-Out burgers from the west coast to NYC in a private jet. “It was just their food traveling,” Skie Ocasio, vice president of operations at Luxury Attaché, told Business Insider. But he says their requests are not usually […]

Disney’s Streaming Service is Called Disney+, Here’s How It Will Be Different From Netflix

The Disney streaming service will make its splashy debut sometime in 2019, and now it has a new name: Disney+. CEO Bob Iger had previously referred to it as “Disney Play,” but on an investor call earlier today, Iger revealed the official name of the streaming service which will be home to new Star Wars […]

Kevin Feige Says Marvel Studios Will Bring Longform Narratives to Disney’s Streaming Service

While fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are rabid with curiosity about what Avengers 4 will bring to the big screen next summer, they’re also wondering about the growing slate of Marvel Studios programming that is being developed for Disney’s upcoming streaming service. Thankfully, Kevin Feige has provided a little bit of insight, albeit cryptically […]

Cadillac pauses its $1,800-per-month car subscription service

Just one year after launching it, Cadillac is temporarily ending its expensive car subscription service, the Wall Street Journal reported. Book by Cadillac, which charged drivers $ 1,800 to be behind the wheel of one of the company’s cars, will be paused started December 1st. Subscribers will have 30 days to turn in the vehicles […]

Electronic Arts is getting in on the next big thing in video games with ‘Project Atlas,’ a cloud gaming service to take on Google and Microsoft (EA, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT)

EA DICE Electronic Arts, the largest video game developer in the world, is the latest company to reveal plans for a cloud gaming platform. EA’s Chief Technology Officer Ken Moss announced the new platform, Project Atlas, in a blog post on Medium. With a stable internet connection, Project Atlas will be able to stream full […]