Hannah Waddingham Practices Her Evil Laugh in Rakuten’s First Super Bowl Teaser

Hannah Waddingham commands attention on the small screen as Ted Lasso’s boss Rebecca Welton. Her timing and presence earned the British actress a well-deserved Emmy Award. Now Waddingham is stepping up to an even bigger screen as the star of Rakuten’s first Super Bowl spot. Waddingham will play the protagonist, or perhaps the villain, of…

Lizzo Helps Logitech Continue to ‘Defy Logic’

During the first year of the pandemic, the need for work-from-home electronics caused a surge in sales for many manufacturers. As the public health crisis continues, the need for fast, reliable tech is on track to reach unprecedented heights, showing a rapidly changing market. It is with an eye toward how technology will serve the…

NBCU Shifts Peacock Focus From Free to Paid Tier, Finally Reveals Subscriber Count

Peacock is still free, but NBCUniversal really wants you to pay for it. Last quarter, Comcast and NBCUniversal’s top executives dodged specifics when it came to giving investors an update on its streaming service. But during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call today, NBCUniversal broke out its streaming service’s subscriber numbers in greater detail than ever…

Messenger: End-to-End Encryption Fully Rolled Out for Group Chats, Calls

End-to-end encryption for group chats and calls in Messenger is now fully rolled out, and the Meta-owned messaging application added a host of features for those encrypted communications. There are two forms of end-to-end encryption on Messenger: E2EE chats, which the social network introduced in 2016 as Secret Conversations, accessible by toggling the lock icon…

The CW Will Return to Close Out Upfront Week With In-Person Event

The CW has stayed on the sidelines when it came to virtual upfront presentations during the pandemic. But the broadcaster will be returning to its customary position of closing out upfront week with an in-person presentation on the morning of Thursday, May 19, the company said today. The network will return to New York City…

Messenger: How to Use the Lunar New Year Chat Theme

To celebrate Lunar New Year Feb. 1, Messenger released a Lunar New Year chat theme that adds a background inspired by the Chinese zodiac to conversations. When you switch to the Lunar New Year chat theme, the chat’s emoji will automatically be changed to the tiger emoji. In addition, three word effects will be added…