Amazon has announced a new ‘Prime Video Ultra’ streaming plan launching next month that replaces the current ad-free tier and includes more features, but at a higher price. Prime Video Ultra will be the only ad-free streaming option from Amazon and cost $4.99/month If you currently pay Amazon for ad-free Prime Video streaming, the price is about to go up. That’s because there’s a new ‘Prime Video Ultra’ tier debuting next month that will replace the current ad-free option.
Steven Spielberg was asked whether he believes in the real-life existence of aliens in the run up to his new UFO movie Disclosure Day.
The legendary 79-year-old filmmaker was giving a keynote interview at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas on Friday.
“I don’t know any more than any of you do, but I have a very strong suspicion that we are not alone here on Earth right now — and I made a movie about that,” Spielberg said.
Elaborating on his view, the filmmaker noted that when he heard former President Barack Obama’s recent viral comment that aliens are “real,” his first thought was, “Oh, my God, this is so great for Disclosure Day!”
Apple announced late on Thursday it would lower the commission fees collected in its App Store in mainland China. The move follows pressure from regulators in the tech company’s second-largest market, as well as global scrutiny of its payment requirements.
The M5 Pro and M5 Max in the new MacBook Pros are interesting not because they deliver a solid speed increase for Apple’s fastest laptop processors but because they also include substantial under-the-hood changes. And the MacBook Neo is interesting because, while the hardware has limits, it’s quite a capable and high-quality computer for its $599 starting price.
And then there’s the M5 MacBook Air, which was also released this week.
Apple sent us a 16-inch M5 Max MacBook Pro, the MacBook Neo, and a 15-inch MacBook Air to test, and the MacBook Air was the only one without a standard review embargo. As if to say, “we know the other stuff is more interesting—if you want to cover the Air, get to it when you can.”
The cost to stream Amazon‘s Prime Video service without ads is about to get a bit more expensive.
Amazon said Friday that it is rebranding the ad-free tier of Prime Video to “Prime Video Ultra,” adding new features and functionality even as it raises the monthly price from $2.99 per month to $4.99 per month.
Alongside the price hike, Prime Video Ultra subscribers will get exclusive access to 4K/UHD streaming, the ability to have five concurrent streams (up from three), and up to 100 downloads (up from 25). Amazon will also be upping the number of downloads on the standard Prime Video plan to 50, and the number of concurrent streams to 4.
Jimmy Kimmel had some choice words for Donald Trump after the president suggested that the rising gas prices due to the war in Iran will benefit Americans.
“Gas prices have gone up every day for the past 11 days,” Kimmel recounted on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. “But our president, Ex-con Mobile, says there is nothing to worry about.”
