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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. And how to push back against the price hikes. Ad-free streaming used to be one of the biggest benefits of cutting the cable TV cord. Now it's become a luxury. Inspired by some new research into the growing price gap between ad-supported and ad-free streaming, I decided to calculate how much the cost to avoid commercials has increased over time.

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PCWorld reports that Peacock has raised prices again, with Premium now at $13 monthly and Premium Plus reaching $20 per month, making cost-saving strategies more important than ever. Bundling options through Walmart+, Instacart+, or Xfinity StreamSaver can significantly reduce costs, with some plans saving subscribers over $30 annually compared to standalone subscriptions. Attempting to cancel your Peacock subscription may trigger discounts as low as $2.99 monthly for six months. Detailed instructions are provided below. Remember back in 2020 when Peacock cost just $5 per month?

Bumble has abandoned its proposition that women make the first move - and is about to ditch the swipe. Bumble has abandoned its proposition that women make the first move - and is about to ditch the swipe. As online dating goes into'salvage mode', can AI solve all its problems? Dating apps such as Bumble forced to adapt as'swipe fatigue' grows B umble was supposed to be different. When it launched in 2014, it offered women a simple proposition: if you matched with a man, you had to make the first move. The rule was meant to make online dating safer and less intimidating, while giving women control over who got to speak first.

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. Follow Go to your personalized feed WHY FOLLOW? Smart Alerts: Get notified about major news as it happens. For every identity that is stereotyped or marginalized in mainstream pop culture, there are thousands, if not millions, of very different people whose individuality gets erased in the process. So what better way to counter decades of representational flattening than with a show whose central characters are young Londoners who share that label but little besides it--and then throw them together in a punk band?

The TV adaptation of the video game Twisted Metal is coming back for a second season on July 31. Just like the first season, this won't be a weekly release. All of the episodes will be available on Peacock on that date. The first season was surprisingly decent, and occasionally hilarious. One thing we didn't see in that batch of episodes, however, was the titular tournament.

Men who have virtual "wives" and neurodiverse people using chatbots to help them navigate relationships are among a growing range of ways in which artificial intelligence is transforming human connection and intimacy. Dozens of readers shared their experiences of using personified AI chatbot apps, engineered to simulate human-like interactions by adaptive learning and personalised responses, in response to a Guardian callout. Many respondents said they used chatbots to help them manage different aspects of their lives, from improving their mental and physical health to advice about existing romantic relationships and experimenting with erotic role play. They can spend between several hours a week to a couple of hours a day interacting with the apps. Worldwide, more than 100 million people use personified chatbots, which include Replika, marketed as "the AI companion who cares" and Nomi, which claims users can "build a meaningful friendship, develop a passionate relationship, or learn from an insightful mentor".

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Your favorite streaming app may soon no longer be just a "streaming app" per se but an overall entertainment app that functions as a cross-medium platform of its own--and a necessity on both your smartphone and smart TV. On Monday, Peacock, the NBCUniversal service that catapulted off a successful 2024 to become one of the most popular streamers in the world, rolled out a bunch of new goodies in its latest mobile update, part of the testing phase for a gradual expansion of platform features. Subscribers will now have access to a significant array of pilot programs: new engines for discovery and for personalized recommendations, bonus clips for beloved shows, and even NBC-themed "mini-games" that will be updated daily to adapt to the latest broadcasts in the sports and reality-TV schedules. "After presenting the Paris Olympics on Peacock and testing interactive features like'Choose Your Reality' for shows like Real Housewives, we've learned that fans want to have options in their viewing experience and dive deeper into their favorite content," John Jelley, senior vice president of product and user experience at Peacock, told me. He added that the platform is "piloting new features" to allow users to interact with sports and TV shows "so they can indulge their obsessions in a way that's fun, super simple, and all in one place."