Neowin News Feed for: Discovery

44% of UK parents worry their kids lack digital skills past scrolling social media

Paul Hill — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:16:02 +0000

Three has conducted a survey among parents and found that they worry about their children's lack of digital skills. To help address the skills gap, it has launched workshops in 297 stores. Read more...

PlayStation Store users won't lose their Discovery TV shows they bought, at least for now

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:32:01 +0000

Sony has now reached a new licensing agreement with Warner Bros, allowing people who purchased Discovery TV shows on the PlayStation Store to keep them for at least two and a half more years. Read more...

The Sony PlayStation Store will soon block users from watching TV shows they paid for

John Callaham — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 05:12:01 +0000

Sony has revealed that, due to expiring licensing agreements, people who purchased digital TV shows made by Discovery on the PlayStation Store will soon no longer be able to watch them. Read more...

Warner Bros. Discovery sees 1.8 million subscriber loss after Max launch

Omer Dursun — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:16:01 +0000

Warner Bros. Discovery's earnings showed a drop of 1.8 million streaming subscribers after the merger of HBO Max and Discovery+. It also sees a net loss of $1.24 billion while revenues are up 5%. Read more...

That announced HBO Max-Discovery+ merger might not happen after all

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:06:01 +0000

A new report claims Warner Bros Discovery has decided not to merge its HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming services, due to concerns about customers leaving the services because of higher prices. Read more...

HBO Max cuts 36 titles from its catalog

Harryson Sotomayor — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:28:01 +0000

HBO Max cuts 36 titles from its catalog, according to a report from NPR. The company has pulled kid-friendly content from its streaming platform this week in a series of recent cost-cutting moves. Read more...

Unified HBO Max/Discovery+ streaming service to arrive next year with an ad-lite tier

Alap Naik Desai — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 05:16:01 +0000

HBO Max and Discovery+ streaming services are merging. A unified service offering content from both platforms should arrive next year. The new service will have ad-free and ad-lite subscriptions. Read more...

Warner Bros. Discovery is merging Discovery Plus with HBO Max

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:40:01 +0000

Warner Bros. Discovery, which recently got merged with AT&T-owned WarnerMedia, is now merging its streaming platform Discovery Plus with HBO Max as well, as announced by CFO Funnar Wiedenfels. Read more...

WarnerMedia and Discovery are merging to create a unified streaming portfolio

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 17 May 2021 14:40:01 +0000

AT&T and Discovery have announced that WarnerMedia is merging with the latter company to create a unified portfolio of content and and stronger presence in the video streaming market. Read more...

Discovery is launching its own streaming service, discovery+, in January

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:42:01 +0000

Discovery is jumping on the streaming bandwagon with its own service, called discovery+. The service is said to be coming in January, costing $4.99 per month with ads, or $6.99 without them. Read more...

NASA finds water on the Moon's sunlit surface

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:38:01 +0000

NASA has found water on the Moon's sunlit surface using a flying observatory known as SOFIA. It raises questions about how the water is arriving there in the first place and how it's stored. Read more...

Samsung discovers new material for semiconductors

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:22:01 +0000

Samsung has announced the discovery of amorphous boron nitride. It said that the new material is distinct from white graphene and will be used in DRAM and NAND solutions in the future. Read more...

StumbleUpon closing after 16 years, accounts can be migrated to Mix

Paul Hill — Thu, 24 May 2018 12:06:01 +0000

The website discovery service, StumbleUpon, will shut down at the end on June and it's co-founder is encouraging users to migrate their accounts to Mix.com which improves on StumbleUpon. Read more...

Three brings digital literacy programme to Scotland

Paul Hill — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:46:01 +0000

Three has introduced its digital empowerment programme, Discovery, to Scotland. The programme's one-to-one sessions will be accessible to anyone at Three stores in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Read more...

Unsurprisingly, Star Trek: Discovery is being pirated at record rates

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 04:40:02 +0000

Star Trek: Discovery, the latest TV spinoff of the popular sci-fi franchise, was launched as an exclusive for CBS' streaming service. The result has been the show being pirated in record numbers. Read more...

The latest addition to Google Play Music will help users discover new music more easily

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:44:01 +0000

Google has added a new tool to its music streaming service. Called New Release Radio, it seeks to promote discovery of new music by recommending "singles and album releases from the past two weeks". Read more...

Twitter to launch new Music app on Friday (Update)

Max Slater-Robins — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:34:04 +0000

Twitter is expected to launch Twitter Music, a search & discovery app based on a user's follows and interactions with musicians. The service is based on We are Hunted, which Twitter recently acquired. Read more...

ISS Upgrades LAN

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:49:45 +0000

Ethernet LANs have been used everywhere from the data center to the home and even the Starbucks around the corner. But space could very well be the final frontier for the technology. On the Columbus... Read more...

Shuttle Discovery Launches Successfully

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:14:51 +0000

The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launched this morning, marking the first launch since the Columbia disaster nearly 2 1/2 years ago which claimed the lives of its entire crew and set in motion mass overhauls... Read more...

Microsoft Encarta Takes Learning to a New Level of Discovery

Tom Warren — Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:54:13 +0000

In the spirit of continued commitment to the quest for knowledge, Microsoft Corp. today unveils Encarta® Reference Library 2004. With exciting new alliances, compelling features and enhanced tools, the newest version of Encarta provides consumers... Read more...