Google has just updated its popular Fitbit Ace LTE with a new family communication feature that makes it more useful than ever.
The Fitbit Ace LTE is a cheap kids' smartwatch designed to keep the whole family connected without the need to spend big on one of the best smartphones for your kids.
Now, the Fitbit Ace LTE is receiving a big upgrade that makes it even more useful as a family communication device. Announced November 13, Google's new Family chat feature means you can have a whole family conversation across your Google smartwatch ecosystem. Messages sent via the Ace app or from your device now reach everyone in your Google family, so you can all stay connected throughout the day.
There's also new support for direct messages between siblings, so they can argue err send each other messages, or call each other via their Fitbit Ace LTEs.
Fitbit Ace gets new Family Quests (Image credit: Google)Fitbit Ace now also includes new Family Quests, which are fun ways to help get your family more active. There are new challenges and rewards for kids, and the more your family moves and hits its goals, the more tickets your kids will get to spend on eejie items.
If you're in the market for your first Fitbit Ace LTE, Google is planning a Black Friday sale where you can save $50 on the Fitbit Ace LTE from November 21 through December 4. So it's likely worth waiting a few days if you want to score one.
If you're after your own Fitbit, the best Black Friday Fitbit deals are a great starting point to save you big on some of Fitbit's top fitness trackers and smartwatches, including the Versa 4 and Sense 2, which Google is sunsetting in favor of its own Pixel line.
You may also likeThe Samsung Galaxy S25 series could land very soon, with leaks pointing to a January launch – so hopefully you’ve been saving, as these are sure to be expensive phones.
Exactly how expensive remains to be seen, but based on a mix of leaks and past form, we’ve predicted the approximate prices we think you’ll have to pay.
Below then, you’ll find price predictions for the Samsung Galaxy S25 itself, along with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and even the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim.
Samsung Galaxy S25 price predictions The Samsung Galaxy S24 (Image credit: Future | Roland Moore-Colyer)To figure out how much the Samsung Galaxy S25 might cost, it’s helpful to first look at the price of the Samsung Galaxy S24.
You can see prices for all configurations of that phone in the chart below, but it starts at $799 / £799 / AU$1,399.
So we’d expect the Samsung Galaxy S25 will cost at least that much, but there’s a high chance it will cost more, as most rumors suggest it will have a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and that itself reportedly costs more than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 used by some Galaxy S24 models.
Qualcomm (which makes the chipset) claimed ahead of its launch that the price would probably be higher, and leakers have variously said that the Snapdragon 8 Elite might cost roughly $40 (around £30 / AU$60) more than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, or that it would cost around 20% more than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
It’s likely that Samsung will pass any price rises on to consumers, so we could perhaps see the Samsung Galaxy S25 retail for more like $840 / £840 / AU$1,460 (with the UK price mirroring the US one, as that was the case with the Galaxy S24). With inflation it’s possible that the price could be even higher.
For now, we can’t confidently predict exactly what the Samsung Galaxy S25 will cost, so take the estimate above with a pinch of salt, but we expect it will cost at least slightly more than its predecessor.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus price predictions The Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Image credit: Future)As with the Samsung Galaxy S25, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus will probably cost at least as much as its predecessor, and there’s a high chance it will cost more.
For reference then, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus starts at $999.99 / £999 / AU$1,699, and you can see its full pricing for every configuration in the table below.
So the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus might mirror this, and we’d be surprised if it cost less anyway. But with the price of its chipset likely being higher than last year’s (as detailed in the Galaxy S25 price section above), if anything we’d think it might cost a little more.
One leak states that the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset it’s using will cost Samsung roughly $40 (around £30 / AU$60) more, so that sort of amount could be added to the price of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus.
In which case, we might be looking at something like $1,040 / £1,040 / AU$1,760. However, that’s just a rough guess. For now though, expect it to probably cost slightly more than the Galaxy S24 Plus anyway.
Having said that, a price increase would push the price into four digits in the US and UK, which might be something Samsung would want to avoid, so it’s not impossible that the price will remain the same as last year.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra price predictions The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (Image credit: Future | Alex Walker-Todd)The same factors as above are likely to affect the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s pricing, meaning that it will probably cost more than the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.
The current Ultra starts at $1,299.99 / £1,249 / AU$2,199, and you can see complete pricing for that phone in the chart below.
That’s a lot of money then, but with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s chipset possibly costing around $40 (roughly £30 / AU$60) more than its predecessor’s – as detailed above – the price of the phone might increase accordingly.
In that case, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra could start at around $1,340 / £1,280 / AU$2,260. As with the other S25 models we’re not confident of that exact price, but we do think it’s likely the phone will cost more than its predecessor.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim price predictions The Samsung Galaxy S24 (Image credit: Future | Roland Moore-Colyer)One leak suggests the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim could launch at the same time as the rest of the Samsung Galaxy S25 line, so with that possibly coming soon it’s worth considering how much this could cost too.
However, it’s a lot harder to predict than with the rest of the Galaxy S25 series, since there aren’t any previous ‘Slim’ models to compare it to.
But based on leaked model numbers for the Galaxy S25 line, it’s likely that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim would be positioned between the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.
In which case, it will probably cost more than the $999.99 / £999 / AU$1,699 starting price of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus, but less than the $1,299.99 / £1,249 / AU$2,199 starting price of the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.
You might also likeDays after a database containing the personally identifiable information (PII) of millions of jobseekers was uncovered, another half million may have been exposed by a different company.
The unprotected files were found by Cybernews researchers, and contain the PII of over 500,000 job applicants, including resumes, scans of passports, and copies of identification documents.
The files were left exposed by AI-powered HR tech company Xobin, and despite numerous alerts to the public database, remained open and accessible for almost three months.
Xobin responsible for some big namesThe researchers say Xobin counts Toyota, Ericsson, the University of Toronto, and Domino’s as some of its clients, among many other companies and organizations.
It isn’t known how long the database was left exposed before discovery, but Cybernews first discovered the database on August 5 and issued an immediate alert, with the database only being taken down on November 4.
The files were stored in a misconfigured Google Cloud Storage bucket. In total, 18,000 CSV and XLSX files were uncovered which included the job applications of 523,074 people, with each application including full names, phone numbers, and email addresses.
Moreover, 3,129 copies of passports and IDs with Permanent Account Numbers - the Indian equivalent of US social security numbers.
18,629 resumes were found, each containing further details on each applicant. If the database was accessed by malicious actors, it could be used along with other PII for social engineering, spearphishing attacks, extortion, financial fraud, and account takeover, particularly if an individual is known to be seeking or earning a high wage.
“You can name all the cyber threats: identity theft, spear phishing, doxxing, social engineering, and many other forms of fraud. The leaked personal information includes sensitive details, and job seekers are particularly vulnerable. Scammers can impersonate legitimate recruiting agencies, offer enticing fraudulent jobs, and perform other targeted fraudulent activities leading to potentially devastating financial and personal repercussions,” Cybernews researchers said.
You might also likeHolidays are coming… but this time Coca-Cola has opted to strip the soul out of its iconic 1995 UK TV ad and use generative AI to recreate it.
The 16-second ad, which is set to run in the UK instead of the beloved original, has been entirely created using AI without any human input. The ad shows the famous Coca-Cola truck driving through a snow-covered landscape and arriving in a town, and Santa’s hand passing out bottles of the fizzy drink to happy people excited at the thought of the taste of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.
Coca-Cola’s European CMO Javier Meza told Marketing Week, “We didn’t start by saying: ‘OK, we need to do this with AI'. The brief was, we want to bring Holidays Are Coming into the present, and then we explored AI as a solution to that.”
Interestingly, and unlike the original ad, Coca-Cola’s new AI version omits Santa’s face entirely. Whether this was intentional, or because AI’s recreation of Santa Claus was deemed too eerie, we’re not quite sure.
Meza added that Coca-Cola tested the AI-generated ad with consumers prior to release, and said they "loved" it, leading the multi-billion dollar company to push on with the idea.
Festive spirit generated by AIThe advert was generated using Coca-Cola’s own Real Magic AI, which was launched last year in collaboration with Bain & Company and OpenAI. The AI model combines the capabilities of OpenAI's GPT-4 and Dall-E, and learns from Coca-Cola’s creative assets created over the brand’s 138-year history.
The 'Create Real Magic' campaign from last year invited digital artists to use the AI model to create digital billboards for the brand, with the winners appearing in New York’s Times Square and London’s Piccadilly Circus. At the time, I don’t think anyone expected Coca-Cola to use the same technology for a TV ad, but then a lot has changed since March 2023, and now Coca-Cola wants to show that it’s evolving with the times.
AI can be incredibly useful and often magical, but many people – myself included – will feel that some things, like Coca-Cola’s cozy and magical holiday ad, should remain untouched by technology.
you might also likeXbox has launched a new advertising campaign titled ‘This is an Xbox’ that showcases the many devices that players can use to enjoy Xbox games.
Among them is both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, plus more unconventional choices like a Samsung Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, mobile phone, the Meta Quest 3 VR headset, and more. A few humorous additions including a bento box and cat litter box are thrown in there too.
According to the company, the campaign “invites people to play with Xbox across multiple devices and screens” and “showcases the evolution of Xbox as a platform that extends across devices, with bold, iconic, fun visuals and a light-hearted tone.”
Xbox has also partnered with several brands for amusing crossovers, aiming to “bring the campaign to life in unexpected and entertaining ways.” As part of this, Samsung Smart TV owners will be able to see some ‘This is an Xbox’ branding on their home screens. An advertisement showing a Samsung Smart TV will also be featured in Times Square.
The campaign follows a wave of efforts to make Xbox titles playable on a wide range of platforms. Xbox Cloud Gaming is available on most PCs, while the Xbox TV app and Game Pass Ultimate were made accessible via Amazon Fire TV Sticks earlier this year.
What’s an Xbox now?Reception to the ads has certainly been a little mixed so far, with some online commentors feeling like it strays too far from the brand’s core identity. “The downfall of the Xbox brand and its identity is so depressing,” responded one user on X / Twitter. “Surely this is the Xbox team now saying ‘we give up’,” replied another.
Other reactions have been more positive, though, with one online poster saying that “this is good Xbox marketing” and that it has “a nostalgic mid 2000's vibe.”
All things considered, I think that it’s a pretty effective campaign. The Xbox brand has been drifting towards a more software focused business model for some time, driven partially by a move to release more Xbox games on other platforms.
The option to jump into the latest Xbox games via a low-cost piece of hardware like a Fire TV Stick could be hugely enticing to more casual gamers. It also helps reduce the financial barriers associated with needing to purchase a full console, which can only be a good thing.
You might also likeBusinesses in both the private and public sector have been leaking personally identifiable information (PII) on millions of people due to a fault with a Microsoft website builder platform.
Experts from AppOmni revealed the leak stems from misconfigurations in Microsoft’s Power Pages, a low-code platform within the Microsoft Power Platform suite that allows users to build websites without needing to be expert coders.
However, due to misconfigured access controls - namely excessive permissions granted to the Anonymous role - many websites were leaking “significant amounts of data”. That information included full names, email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses.
NHS among those affectedPower Pages is especially geared toward business users and developers who need to build sites that integrate with business data from sources like Microsoft Dataverse, and apparently has more than 250 million monthly users.
“During my research, I’ve uncovered several million records of sensitive data being exposed to the public internet from authorized testing alone,” the researcher said, suggesting that the leak is probably even bigger (since this was found from “authorized testing alone”). The primary nature of this data are internal organization files and sensitive PII belonging to both internal organization users and other users registered on the website.
Among the leaksters was the NHS - UK’s National Health Service - which allegedly leaked sensitive information belonging to more than 1.1 million employees. The healthcare giant has since plugged the hole. The researchers did not want to name any other organizations leaking the data, possibly because the holes have not yet been plugged.
Misconfigured databases are one of the main causes of data leaks. Over the years, there were many instances of organizations keeping large archives of sensitive customer files without even a weak password, let alone a strong one.
You might also likeIf you’ve bought an M4 MacBook Pro and get the feeling its display looks even better than it did on previous models, you’d be right. Apple has kept very quiet about it, but there seems to be a new technology at work inside the laptop’s screen, and it could be providing a handful of worthwhile benefits.
The discovery was made by well-known display industry expert Ross Young, who has a strong track record when it comes to Apple leaks and rumors. Posting on X, Young said that the new MacBook Pro is using quantum dot tech that is “very efficient” and provides “as good or better color gamut and better motion performance” compared to the previous technology used in MacBook displays.
Despite this performance increase, Apple didn’t mention the quantum dot upgrade when it revealed the M4 MacBook Pro in October. However, there was one clue that something might have changed: the maximum screen brightness for SDR content was increased from 600 nits all the way up to 1,000 nits – a significant improvement.
In our 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro review, we described the display as “gorgeous” and noted that its increased SDR brightness made it “quite effective at remaining viewable and usable in direct sunlight.” At the time, though, we had no idea about Apple’s quantum dot treatment, which has remained well hidden until now.
Getting the green light (Image credit: Future / Lance Ulanoff)Back in 2015, Apple said that it considered quantum dot technology for its screens, but ultimately rejected it because it involved using the toxic element cadmium. Apple has long made environmentalism a key part of its product strategy, and that likely wouldn’t have jived with the inclusion of a harmful element in the display.
However, the new quantum dot tech used in the M4 MacBook Pro can be achieved without the use of cadmium, Young explains. This, alongside its improved efficiency, presumably gave it the green light from Apple, allowing the company to enhance its MacBook Pro displays without the environmental concerns.
The next question is whether quantum dot screens will make their way to other devices. Apple sometimes shares technology between the MacBook Pro and the iPad Pro, so it’s possible that Apple’s flagship tablet might follow its laptop in the future.
Whether Apple will actually go ahead with this move – or bring quantum dot panels to some of its other products – remains to be seen.
You might also likeYes, there is an official organization in charge of emojis, called the Unicode Consortium – and it's just put forward its annual proposal for the new graphics we might be seeing on the best iPhones and best Android phones in the next year or two.
There are plenty of interesting additions in the list (via Emojipedia). We've got a bulging, slightly overwhelmed smiley ("distorted face", above) that we can imagine getting used a lot on social media; there's also a Bigfoot-inspired one called "hairy creature" (above right).
For the times when your friends or family are scrapping in a digital space – perfect for group chats, then – we have "fight cloud" (above left), which looks like the usual cartoon depiction of a brawl, with everything hidden with smoke and stars.
On the fighting theme, another proposed emoji features two people wrestling (see below). For nature lovers, a new emoji called "orca" would add to the number of marine-themed emojis you've got to pick from.
Emoji approval It'll be a while before you can use these emojis on your phone (Image credit: Unicode)Rounding out the Unicode 17.0 proposals we've got an apple core, a trombone, a treasure chest, and a depiction of a landslide – so if you're about to be hit by falling rocks and don't have time to type out a full message, you can send an emoji instead.
There are actually 164 new emojis in the proposal, but we've covered the main icons – all of the others are skin tone variations on the ones mentioned above (in case you want wrestlers with two different skin tones, for example).
The procedure this year is the same as it is every year: the Unicode Consortium will continue to consult on these graphics and tweak their designs, before final approval on the official new emojis is given in September 2025.
After that, it's down to Apple, Google, and everyone else (from Microsoft to Meta) to do their own takes on these emojis and add them to their various software platforms. In the meantime, you'll need to rely on a sticker or GIF for "distorted face".
You Might Also LikeGmail could offer the ability for users to create temporary email addresses, for signing up to online accounts or services they may be unsure about, allowing people to hide their real email address and avoid being spammed in the future (or perhaps worse dangers than that).
Android Authority got the scoop on this after digging around in the inner workings of the new 24.45.33 release of the Google Play Services APK, which contains references to ‘Shielded Email’ and a bunch of clues as to how this feature will work.
You’ll be able to create a shielded email – a temporary (Google-generated) email address different from your actual Gmail address, the mail to which gets forwarded to your Gmail inbox – when you’re forced to enter an email to sign up for an app, for example, or a website.
In these cases, with an unknown or less trustworthy firm, if you enter your real email address, you might then be spammed repeatedly by the company or website you’ve signed up with. When that inevitably happens, you can simply turn off that secondary email address – just bin it – and voila, no more spam emails.
As one of the strings of text in the hidden bits of code puts it: “To control spam, you can turn off forwarding at any time in your Google Account.”
Getting out of that bind is obviously not as simple as that if you’ve provided the company with your real email address.
(Image credit: Dell) Analysis: Security benefitsWhat’s also important to note is that this could be a real lifesaver of a security feature in some ways. By which we mean if you gave your real email address to a company that had lax security, and that outfit then suffered a data breach in which your email was compromised – that’s obviously very bad news. If you used a shielded, temporary email, and that’s leaked instead, then that’s no big deal – just bin it, as noted above, and the problem is solved.
This is a pretty cool addition for Gmail then – assuming it happens, of course. Right now, all we have is some code hanging around in the background, which might ultimately come to nothing. The good news is that Android Authority has also noticed a mention of shielded emails appearing in Google’s Autofill settings menu on Android, so that’s a positive glimmer of hope this is really happening.
And for those of you thinking – this sort of one-off or temporary email feature is nothing new, and you can get it from a variety of sources – well, yes, that’s true. However, having the functionality right there, integrated into Gmail, would be a considerable boon in terms of seamless access to temporary emails, with no fuss or messing about.
You might also likeThe PS5 Pro has gotten off to a strong start in Japan - its first week on sale going better than most probably would have expected.
That's according to renowned Japanese outlet Famitsu's weekly sales report (via Gematsu) which shows the PS5 Pro topping the hardware sales charts in the region with 78,086 units sold. The Nintendo Switch OLED comes in at a distant second this week with 42,297 consoles shifted.
Despite being priced significantly higher than the base PS5 console at $699.99 / £699.99, there still seems to be plenty of appetite for the mid-gen upgrade in Japan. This follows what was, according to Sony, a strong pre-order performance for the PS5 Pro, which Sony Group President Hiroki Totoki described as "slightly stronger" than the PS4 Pro. Furthermore, Totoki said at the time that the PS5 Pro's high price tag was not “adversely affecting the product's sales plan."
While an expensive, arguably enthusiast purchase, the appeal of the PS5 Pro is clear. The mission statement is to offer the best of both worlds in terms of fidelity and performance. As a result, PS5 Pro enhanced games can offer things like 4K resolution at a smooth 60 frames per second. Several games, including Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and Stellar Blade have all been updated with Pro-exclusive performance modes, too.
The jury is still out on the console's long-term success. We're certainly not expecting to see any discounts for the Pro over the upcoming Black Friday PS5 Pro deals period, but we'd definitely welcome some tempting bundles. Potentially ones that include the disc drive and vertical stand which are otherwise (and frustratingly) sold separately.
You might also like...Way back in the 1960s, Bose introduced a musical legend. The 1968 Bose 901 speakers are famous in audiophile circles, with some reviewers claiming that they were among the best speakers of all time. As one reviewer, Julian Hirsch, wrote: "I have never heard a speaker system in my own home which could surpass, or even equal, the Bose 901 for overall realism of sound."
And now they're back.
Bose's best-known speakers are back for goodIt's Bose's 60th anniversary this year, and the company is bringing the 901s back as part of the celebrations. The new versions are in collaboration with Bose's pals at NYC lifestyle and fashion brand Kith, whose founder and owner-operator Ronnie Fieg announced on Instagram: “If you’re half as meticulous about music and how it sounds as I am, you know the significance of the Bose 901 Speakers. To celebrate the brand’s 60th anniversary, I collaborated with Bose to reimagine the speaker.”
The reimagined 901s have been created with a bit of help from custom furniture designer Mark Jupiter, but so far we don't have any details about their actual specifications – or indeed pricing. Bose has also posted to Instagram but details are sparse.
What we do know is that the new 901s will be limited to just 12 sets, so you can expect a pretty hefty price tag if they're even available to buy; according to Bose, the 12 pairs are "exclusively for our friends and family".
You might also likeAnt, Dec and a whole lot of creepy crawlies are back, as the 24th series of British TV institution I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returns to screens on Sunday. UK viewers can catch episodes live and on demand on the free-to-air ITV and ITVX and you can watch I'm a Celebrity 2024 online from anywhere with a VPN.
As promised, there are no politicians on the show this year. But otherwise, it's business as usual as 12 familiar faces head to the Australian jungle to take part in all manner of stomach-turning Bushtucker Trials. If you somehow haven't seen the show before, expect spiders to be crawled through, snakes to be wrestled and a smorgasbord of kangaroo innards to be eaten.
Among this year's soon-to-be-dirty dozen are Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse, McFly singer Danny Jones, boxing hall-of-famer Barry McGuigan and, after radio presenter Sam Thompson's success last year, DJs Dean McCullough and Melvin Odoom.
The celebrity making most pre-jungle headlines this year, however, is Coleen Rooney. Wife of retired England football star Wayne Rooney, she's been a fixture of tabloid newspapers over the last few years thanks to her involvement in the infamous 'Wagatha Christie' libel case with Rebekah Vardy.
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How to watch I'm a Celebrity 2024 online in the UKBrits can watch I'm a Celebrity 2024 episodes every night of the week at 9pm GMT on ITV1.
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I'm a Celebrity 2024 castAnt, Dec and a whole lot of creepy crawlies are back, as the 24th series of British TV institution I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returns to screens on Sunday. UK viewers can catch episodes live and on demand on the free-to-air ITV and ITVX and you can watch I'm a Celebrity 2024 online from anywhere with a VPN.
As promised, there are no politicians on the show this year. But otherwise, it's business as usual as 12 familiar faces head to the Australian jungle to take part in all manner of stomach-turning Bushtucker Trials. If you somehow haven't seen the show before, expect spiders to be crawled through, snakes to be wrestled and a smorgasbord of kangaroo innards to be eaten.
Among this year's soon-to-be-dirty dozen are Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse, McFly singer Danny Jones, boxing hall-of-famer Barry McGuigan and, after radio presenter Sam Thompson's success last year, DJs Dean McCullough and Melvin Odoom.
The celebrity making most pre-jungle headlines this year, however, is Coleen Rooney. Wife of retired England football star Wayne Rooney, she's been a fixture of tabloid newspapers over the last few years thanks to her involvement in the infamous 'Wagatha Christie' libel case with Rebekah Vardy.
We’ve got all the information on where to watch I'm a Celebrity 2024 online and stream every episode from wherever you are.
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How to watch I'm a Celebrity 2024 online in the UKBrits can watch I'm a Celebrity 2024 episodes every night of the week at 9pm GMT on ITV1.
It will also be available to stream for FREE both live and on demand on the ITVX streaming platform.
Its revamped sister show – I'm a Celebrity... Unpacked – goes out immediately after on ITV2 and will also be available to stream online in the same way on ITVX.
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Can I watch I'm a Celebrity online in the US, Canada or Australia?I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! only airs in the UK, so you won't find it in your TV listings or on streaming services if you're overseas.
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I'm a Celebrity 2024 castThe total number of Disney Plus ad-supported tier users has accidentally been revealed – and none other than Disney chief Bob Iger is behind the leak.
Yesterday (November 14), Disney released its Q4 2024 earnings report before holding its final earnings call of the year. It was during the latter that Iger unintentionally confirmed how many people have signed up to Disney Plus' ads subscription, with Disney's CEO later suggesting he didn't mean to put his foot in it.
Responding to a Wall Street Journal analyst's query about Disney's growth outlook for its primary streaming platform, Iger said (as reported by Deadline) that 37% of US-based Disney Plus' users had signed up to its cheapest subscription tier. In total, around 30% of the streamer's global fanbase currently own an ads-supported account, Iger added.
Disney Plus has a higher percentage of ad-supporter tier subscribers than Netflix does (Image credit: Shutterstock)Okay, Iger didn't divulge specific numbers as part of his answer. But, using the above percentages and the total number of paid subscribers revealed in Disney's Q4 2024 earnings report, it's easy to work out how many people are signed up to one of the world's best streaming services' most affordable tier. In the US, 56 million use Disney Plus, meaning that around 20.7 million (37% of 56 million) are signed up to its ads tier. Globally, the platform boasts 122.7 million people, which equates to 36.8 million (30% of 122.7 million) total users.
For context, Netflix recently revealed – via Deadline – that 70 million people are signed up to its ads-based tier. However, while that figure is almost twice the size of Disney Plus' ads tier userbase, Netflix's total fanbase sits at 282.7 million. The percentage of users who are signed up to its cheapest program, then, only accounts for around 25% of its global fanbase.
Regardless, Iger's slip-up was a rare faux-pas on his part – and one he wasn't supposed to disclose to the assembled press and investors. Indeed, as the call continued, Deadline quotes Iger – during a hot-mic moment – as saying: "I don’t know if I was supposed to disclose those AVOD [advertising-based video on demand] numbers". Maybe not, Mr. Iger, but we'll take any insight into the inner workings of an entertainment behemoth whenever we can.
The addition of Inside Out 2 in mid-September may have boosted Disney Plus' subscriber figure (Image credit: Disney )Iger's mistake notwithstanding, the three-month period running July to October has been pretty fantastic for Disney as a whole. On the streaming front, the world-famous company added 4.4 million new users to Disney Plus' worldwide fanbase and an extra 900,000 people on its sister streamer Hulu. Meanwhile, Disney secured huge theatrical wins at the global box office, with Deadpool and Wolverine and Inside Out 2 grossing over $1 billion apiece. The powerhouse duo recently joined our new Disney Plus movies guide, too, so you can watch them at home if you missed them on the big screen.
Despite these money-spinning triumphs, Disney isn't getting into the pre-festive season spirit and freezing the price of Disney Plus across the globe. In mid-September, the entertainment titan increased streaming subscription fees across the board, with Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus all receiving price hikes in mid-October.
With Disney Plus' password crackdown in full effect now, too, plus the introduction of a Disney Plus password-sharing fee – essentially, how much it'll cost you to grant access to Disney Plus to someone who doesn't live with you – it's just become more expensive to own a Disney Plus account. Don't be surprised, then, if the percentage of people signing up for an ad-supported subscription has increased significantly when Disney releases it Q1 2025 earnings report early next year.
You might also likeThe total number of Disney Plus ad-supported tier users has accidentally been revealed – and none other than Disney chief Bob Iger is behind the leak.
Yesterday (November 14), Disney released its Q4 2024 earnings report before holding its final earnings call of the year. It was during the latter that Iger unintentionally confirmed how many people have signed up to Disney Plus' ads subscription, with Disney's CEO later suggesting he didn't mean to put his foot in it.
Responding to a Wall Street Journal analyst's query about Disney's growth outlook for its primary streaming platform, Iger said (as reported by Deadline) that 37% of US-based Disney Plus' users had signed up to its cheapest subscription tier. In total, around 30% of the streamer's global fanbase currently own an ads-supported account, Iger added.
Disney Plus has a higher percentage of ad-supporter tier subscribers than Netflix does (Image credit: Shutterstock)Okay, Iger didn't divulge specific numbers as part of his answer. But, using the above percentages and the total number of paid subscribers revealed in Disney's Q4 2024 earnings report, it's easy to work out how many people are signed up to one of the world's best streaming services' most affordable tier. In the US, 56 million use Disney Plus, meaning that around 20.7 million (37% of 56 million) are signed up to its ads tier. Globally, the platform boasts 122.7 million people, which equates to 36.8 million (30% of 122.7 million) total users.
For context, Netflix recently revealed – via Deadline – that 70 million people are signed up to its ads-based tier. However, while that figure is almost twice the size of Disney Plus' ads tier userbase, Netflix's total fanbase sits at 282.7 million. The percentage of users who are signed up to its cheapest program, then, only accounts for around 25% of its global fanbase.
Regardless, Iger's slip-up was a rare faux-pas on his part – and one he wasn't supposed to disclose to the assembled press and investors. Indeed, as the call continued, Deadline quotes Iger – during a hot-mic moment – as saying: "I don’t know if I was supposed to disclose those AVOD [advertising-based video on demand] numbers". Maybe not, Mr. Iger, but we'll take any insight into the inner workings of an entertainment behemoth whenever we can.
The addition of Inside Out 2 in mid-September may have boosted Disney Plus' subscriber figure (Image credit: Disney )Iger's mistake notwithstanding, the three-month period running July to October has been pretty fantastic for Disney as a whole. On the streaming front, the world-famous company added 4.4 million new users to Disney Plus' worldwide fanbase and an extra 900,000 people on its sister streamer Hulu. Meanwhile, Disney secured huge theatrical wins at the global box office, with Deadpool and Wolverine and Inside Out 2 grossing over $1 billion apiece. The powerhouse duo recently joined our new Disney Plus movies guide, too, so you can watch them at home if you missed them on the big screen.
Despite these money-spinning triumphs, Disney isn't getting into the pre-festive season spirit and freezing the price of Disney Plus across the globe. In mid-September, the entertainment titan increased streaming subscription fees across the board, with Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus all receiving price hikes in mid-October.
With Disney Plus' password crackdown in full effect now, too, plus the introduction of a Disney Plus password-sharing fee – essentially, how much it'll cost you to grant access to Disney Plus to someone who doesn't live with you – it's just become more expensive to own a Disney Plus account. Don't be surprised, then, if the percentage of people signing up for an ad-supported subscription has increased significantly when Disney releases it Q1 2025 earnings report early next year.
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Following the likes of Change Healthcare, Henry Schein, CommonSpirit, and many others, AAP appaears to have suffered the classic double whammy - having its sensitive data stolen, and its systems encrypted.
A report from The Register claims the company is yet to make an official statement regarding the attack, having only force-reset passwords for all of its users, and notify them of the change.
Say hi to Embargo"All user passwords associated with both APIRx.com and RxAAP.com have been reset, so existing credentials will no longer be valid to access the sites," the company said in a short announcement. "Please click 'forgot password' on the log in screen and follow the prompts accordingly to reset your password."
At the same time, the group that assumed responsibility for the attack is called Embargo. You can be excused for not hearing about them, as they’re a relatively new group. ESET seems to be the first to spot the new actor, when it used endpoint detection and response (EDR) killing tools to drop its payload, last June. It also observed the group using a Rust-based ransomware kit.
New or not, Embargo claims to have stolen almost 1.5TB of sensitive data. It also claims that AAP paid $1.3 million to have its systems restored, and that it needs to pay an additional $1.3 million to keep the stolen files off the dark web.
We don’t know what kinds of documents Embargo stole from the company, but if the Change Healthcare attack was any indication, they could be highly classified information whose leak could lead to class-action lawsuits and regulatory pressure.
We have reached out to AAP with additional questions and will report if we hear anything back.
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That’s according to Android Authority, who dug through the code of the Prime Video app – specifically v3.0.389 – and found several strings referencing “multiview”. Such as:
Set up your multiview Pause unavailable during multiview Rewind unavailable during multiviewBeyond setting up a multiview it appears that Prime Video's version of the feature won’t let users pause, rewind, or fast forward while it’s active.
What is multiview?While a name alone isn’t much to go on, we can turn to Prime Video competitors to learn what multiview might entail. YouTube TV’s multiview version of the tool allows you to watch four sports live streams at the same time.
The advantage of this is if there are several matches on at the same time that you’re keen to tune into you can do it all on one screen without ever needing to change channel.
In some versions of the tool, you could even throw on an entirely different video feed – perhaps in Prime Video's case a new episode of a show you love – so you can watch that with sports happening in the background. Perfect for when a game gets stale, or if you can’t agree who should control the TV.
All of this is speculation for now. There’s no word yet on when Prime Video will get multiview – assuming it even does at all – and if multiview does arrive we’ll have to see what form it takes. It would make a lot of sense, so hopefully it does land in the near future, but we’ll have to wait and see.
You might also likeAccording to a recently-unearthed bit of code, Fitbit is looking at introducing a new sleep feature soon to Fitbit Premium subscribers. A Sleep Journal functionality would allow users of the best fitbit trackers and smartwatches to log their sleep as usual, and make notes in-app when prompted, about any sleep problems they had via text or even a voice note. The Fitbit app then uses this information to generate more personalized sleep tips.
Discovered by Android Authority during an APK teardown (a process that looks at unfinished app code) the feature is still bare-bones and under construction, but it looks as though the feature will be AI-powered. Fitbit may plan to use generative AI to pick up on key words and phrases in your journal entries, offering you advice based on those key phrases.
The feature was found by Android Authority in the Fitbit app (version 4.30.fitbit-mobile-110146981-694155636), and it allegedly “appears to be early on in development”. The UI is apparently quite basic at the moment, although the development team is clearly keen for Fitbit’s big userbase to engage with the feature - one message suggests “To get deeper insights and more personalized suggestions for better sleep, complete your journal each day.”
If you don’t submit an entry, a reminder pops up saying “Sharing what impacted your sleep helps create more personalized insights and tips”, with an option to go back if you decide not to fill in the Sleep Journal feature.
This is likely to be a Fitbit Premium feature, based on the pricing schemes for other experimental AI services like Oura Advisor. Given that it’s fairly early on in development, we wouldn’t expect it to land until 2025.
Analysis: generative AI is coming to FitbitI imagine this service will be similar to Oura Advisor, the experimental generative AI service used by the Oura Ring companion app, in that it uses text prompts to summon the correct wellness advice, personalized to your needs by cross-referencing your sleep and exercise data. If you sleep poorly and do a lot of exercise, you might be encouraged to dial it back in the evenings. Such is the power of generative AI.
We may be jumping ahead of ourselves (after all, there’s no hard evidence it will be an AI feature) but entering your sleep data into an artificial intelligence owned by Google, a company with a notoriously loose grasp on data privacy, may be a sticking point for some users.
Some, but not all; for others, the convenience will be worth it. A report from the National Institutes of Health found that “sleep diaries are the gold standard for subjective assessment of sleep variables in clinical practice. Digitization of sleep diaries is needed, as paper versions are prone to human error, memory bias, and difficulties monitoring compliance.” This live, responsive version of a sleep diary could be just what the doctor ordered.
You might also like...According to a recent study from J.D Power, which forms part of the 2024 E-Vision Intelligence Report, there will be a 230% spike in returning lease volumes of electric vehicles in 2026, potentially opening the floodgates to a swathe of cheap, second hand EVs.
It goes on to state that nearly 280,000 EV leases will end in the next two years in the United States, but thanks to the falling prices of recently introduced EV models (or those about to be launched) it means that for many, it will make more financial sense to simply lease a new car rather than buying out their current lease vehicle.
According to J.D Power, it would cost the average returning lessee in the electric compact SUV segment $477 per month to buy out the lease, while the average lease payment on a new EV in the same category would be just $457 per month.
This is based on the fact that the average buyout price for most electric compact SUVs is higher than the $25,000 threshold that would qualify for the used EV tax credit.
Although this is potentially good news for those in the market to make the switch to an electric vehicle, seeing as there will be plenty of affordable used stock in two years, it also presents numerous complications for the used car market as a whole.
J.D Power says that uncertainty about whether the federal EV tax incentive will continue and how long high manufacturer incentives will last, concern about long-term battery health, and a shortage of used gas-powered vehicles will complicate the traditional balance of supply and demand.
Analysis: Disastrous depreciation doesn't help (Image credit: Porsche)So far, electric vehicle sales have been skewed towards the premium end, targeting early adopters with deep pockets. For years, they have been seen as overpriced and out of reach for many mainstream buyers.
Although that is now changing, with a slew of more affordable models hitting both the US and Europe, it is already presenting a problem for the used car market.
Put simply, depreciation of some premium EVs has been huge, with models like the $130,000 /£120,000 Porsche Taycan dropping to as little as $35,000 or around £40,000 for three-year-old examples in some markets.
An investigation by Wired earlier this year found that some premium EVs, including the Mercedes-Benz EQE, Audi e-tron GT and Polestar 2, could lose up to half of their value in the first year of ownership.
The reasons for this worrying trend are numerous, from the lingering range-anxiety among buyers to the fact that battery technology is moving at such a rate that older models are being updated or replaced at a much faster pace than their internal combustion engine counterparts.
Rather than a mild mid-life facelift, as was the way with older ICE cars, today's electric vehicles are having battery packs replaced and improved, offering much greater range and improved performance.
It’s potentially putting off private buyers of new electric vehicles, worried that their latest ride will be worth a fraction of the cost that they paid for it in a couple of years.
The world of used EVs is going to create a buyer’s market in the coming years, which is great news for those holding off and waiting to make the switch, but not particularly positive for those struggling automakers, such as Ford and Volkswagen, that so desperately need to sell new cars to stay afloat.
You might also likeIranian state-sponsored hackers have been observed targeting victims in the aerospace industry with fake job offers, which resulted in the deployment of the SnailResin malware, as part of their cyber-espionage campaign.
Cybersecurity researchers at ClearSky revealed how the threat actor, known as TA455, created fake recruitment sites, and fake profiles on social media sites such as LinkedIn. After that, they would approach their targets, and get them to download files as part of the onboarding process.
Among the files was SnailResin, a piece of malware that acts as a loader for the SlugResin backdoor, capable of data exfiltration, command-and-control (C2) communication, and persistence on victim systems.
Iranians? Or North Koreans? Or both?The campaign, dubbed “Dream Job” started in September 2023, if not earlier, ClearSky noted.
TA455 is a well-known cyberespionage group, linked with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and shares similarities with other groups like APT35 and TA453. Besides the aerospace industry, TA455 was seen targeting defense, and government entities, in the Middle East, Europe, and the US. Its goal, for the most part, is cyber-espionage, gathering sensitive information for geopolitical intelligence purposes.
What makes this campaign particularly interesting is the fact that it mimics the style of Lazarus, a North Korean state-sponsored group. Fake job attacks are basically synonymous with Lazarus at this point, as they were used in some of the most destructive campaigns against firms in the crypto industry. At this point, ClearSky doesn’t know if TA455 is mimicking Lazarus, tries to hide behind the group, or is in cooperation with them.
“The similar “Dream Job” lure, attack techniques, and malware files suggest that either Charming Kitten was impersonating Lazarus to hide its activities, or that North Korea shared attack methods and tools with Iran,” they said.
In any case, be careful when getting new job offers, especially if they sound too good to be true.
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