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Disney goes for a head shot to create a Mickey Mouse universe
Published in Gaming


Building skills, one ramp at a time

Mickey Mouse outfit Disney is splashing out €1.3 billion for a stake in Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, as part of a wider deal to create a new Disney gaming world.

Musk pins hopes on SMEs
Published in News
Tuesday, 05 December 2023 11:45

Musk pins hopes on SMEs


Please give me all your money

After losing key advertisers like Apple, IBM and Disney with his superior management skills, Elon [look at me] Musk is trying to interest small to medium-sized businesses to advertise in his social notworking business X.

Social media will allow fake news during the elections
Published in News


Not even worth trying

Big Tech is rolling back all the censorship and policies to curb misinformation ahead of the 2024 election cycle.

Metaverse is already contracting
Published in News
Tuesday, 28 March 2023 12:00

Metaverse is already contracting


Was not the big bang everyone hoped for

As we have predicted, Mark Zuckerberg’s hopes that the “metaverse” will be a big thing are being dashed.

Cop admits using Disney’s copyright trolls
Published in News
Wednesday, 13 April 2022 12:44

Cop admits using Disney’s copyright trolls


To stop people videoing him

A US cop in Santa Ana, California came up with a wizard wheeze to stop people videoing him and putting up his arrests on YouTube – he played Disney songs on his squad car to make sure that the Enchanted Kingdom’s briefs would issue take down notices.

Big Tech’s fake climate shame
Published in News
Monday, 04 October 2021 12:15

Big Tech’s fake climate shame

 

Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney back groups opposed to climate change


While their customers believe that they are as green as Greta Thunberg, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney, are backing business groups that are fighting climate legislation.

Disney looks to blockchain to defeat pirates
Published in News


Chains didn't do the British much good against the Dutch navy

Disney added a new anti-piracy patent to its arsenal: a blockchain-based distribution system that aims to make it harder for pirates to intercept films being distributed to movie theatres.

Nestle and Disney pull YouTube adverts
Published in News
Thursday, 21 February 2019 12:19

Nestle and Disney pull YouTube adverts


Kiddy porn crisis

Walt Disney and Nestle have pulled advertising spending from YouTube after a blogger detailed how comments on Google’s video site were being used to facilitate a “soft-core paedophilia ring”.

Disney sued for collecting kids data
Published in News
Thursday, 10 August 2017 11:48

Disney sued for collecting kids data


Mobile apps facilitate "commercial exploitation" of children


Mickey Mouse outfit Walt Disney has been secretly collecting personal information on children which it shares illegally with advertisers without parental consent, according to a federal lawsuit filed late last week in California.

Disney walks away from Netflix
Published in News
Wednesday, 09 August 2017 06:00

Disney walks away from Netflix


Starts its own mickey mouse outfit 

Disney announced today that it will end its distribution deal with Netflix and launch its own streaming service in 2019.