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Disney isn't focused on making its namesake streamer into a hub for park tickets and merch, a top exec said. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images; Illustration by Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images Disney isn't currently building a "super app" beyond streaming, a top exec said. "There is nothing on the road map about bringing either cruises or the parks into this," he said. Instead, he said Disney is focused on integrating Hulu into Disney+. Disney isn't building a "super app" tying together all its businesses — at least not yet. Adam Smith, the chief product and technology officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, told employees at a town hall last week that the company isn't planning to turn Disney+ into a hub for buying tickets to parks and cruises. "At the moment, I can definitively say there is nothing on the road map about bringing either cruises or the parks into this," Smith said in the meeting, according to a recording obtained...

A security researcher said a flaw in FIFA’s online platforms allowed her to access several internal systems, including one that could have allowed her to take control of the TV stream of every World Cup match. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/5y2JmHs via IFTTT

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch is making a major acquisition that will boost his company's streaming presence. Bloomberg/Getty Images Fox is pushing further into free, ad-supported streaming by buying Roku. Acquiring Roku's free streamer will give Fox a larger US TV viewership share than Netflix. Netflix is still far more valuable than a Fox-Roku combo because of its paid subscription business. Fox mostly sat out the streaming wars, but it could soon surpass Netflix in US TV viewership anyway. Buying Roku would make Fox the third-largest TV distributor in the US by monthly viewership, according to Nielsen's March data (or fourth-largest if Paramount Skydance secures control of Warner Bros. Discovery). How did that happen? It mostly comes down to viewership growth in the free streaming business, which both Fox and Roku have focused on. Fox would have a 10% US TV viewership share across its broadcast network, cable channels like Fox News and Fox Business, its free streamer Tubi , a...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai was careful with his language during his graduation speech at Stanford University. Bloomberg/Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave the commencement address at Stanford on Sunday. He avoided any real mention of AI. Instead, he focused on "optimism." Students have booed recent graduation speakers who talked about the promise of AI. Google is one of the companies leading the AI revolution. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, however, made no mention of that during his commencement speech to Stanford University graduates on Sunday — and for good reason. Students relentlessly booed one of Pichai's predecessors, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt , when he praised the promise of AI during his own commencement speech at the University of Arizona last month. Students also booed Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta when he talked about AI at Middle Tennessee State University. "I know today is about giving you all advice," Pichai told the graduates. ...

The author takes her kids on solo dates to connect with them. Courtesy of the author I created "special time" to spend one-on-one time with each of my sons. The tradition helps me stay connected as they grow older and more independent. I hope these small outings become the foundation of lifelong relationships. "When's my turn for special time, mama?" The question I love to hear most in the world from my three sons is asking when they can go out for a walk or cake and coffee with me. It's become a tradition, almost a haphazard one, but I'd never let it slip away. These times one-on-one with each of my children, which they have coined as "special time," have been and I hope will continue to be one of the ways I connect with each of them as they age. It started small It started soon after my oldest was 3. His younger brother had just turned 1 and needed my constant care and attention to keep him from the destruction of the toddler era . I knew th...

The U.K. seems to be following Australia's lead in banning a wide swath of social media for teens. from TechCrunch https://ift.tt/fNXeupw via IFTTT