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Aaron Leong - Mon, Jan 13, 2025
Michael Scheuer and his legal team have entered a guilty plea for hacking Disney World's restaurant menu-creation software, altering allergen information, inserting swastikas, and changing wine regions to mass shooting locations. Among...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Aug 15, 2024
While a widower filed a lawsuit against Disney Parks and Resorts for the wrongful death of his wife, Disney wants the case thrown out because the man signed up for a free month of Disney+ in 2019.
The plaintiff, Jeffrey Piccolo, is...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Jun 07, 2024
Club Penguin, an online multiplayer game (MMO) that was in operation for over a decade, has such a dedicated fanbase that they were willing to hack Disney for more information regarding the game. Disney had shut down the MMO in 2018...
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Nathan Ord - Wed, Feb 07, 2024
Over this past weekend, Disney+ updated its subscriber agreement to fall more in line with other streaming service providers. More specifically, Disney+ is cracking down on password sharing. Regardless, it may still come as a blow to those...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Aug 10, 2023
Disney+ looks to join Netflix in combating password sharing as the company announces it will actively explore ways to address account sharing. Along with the pushback against account sharing, both Disney+ and Hulu will be bumping up the...
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Lane Babuder - Tue, Dec 06, 2022
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a superhero? To fly around, have super strength, teleport, or any of the other plethora of supernatural capabilities outlined in fantasy worlds? Well, thanks to a modder, you can step into the...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, May 04, 2021
Today is May 4th, better known as Star Wars Day. With this in mind, Disney dropped a bombshell on us this morning in the form of the first official look at the “real life” lightsaber that it’s been developing in [relative] secret. Although...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Feb 21, 2020
One of the key selling points of the Disney+ streaming service is The Mandalorian, a new series based in the Star Wars universe set 25 years prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is a remarkable epic, and as you might...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 22, 2019
Verizon Wireless is teaming up with The Walt Disney Company to offer subscribers of its unlimited wireless plan a free year of Disney+, the upcoming streaming service that goes live on November 12, 2019. The freebie perk also extends to...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, May 14, 2019
A company that was voted the worst in America in a poll (twice, actually) is ceding control of Hulu, the streaming giant that is on a mission to let the world know it has live sports (I can't watch an NBA playoff game without that message...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Feb 10, 2019
Kids these days have no idea what the web was like in the early days, back when America On-Line trial CDs littered store counters and instead of Googling, you would Ask Jeeves. They can get a taste what online life was like in the dial-up...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, May 23, 2018
Imagine if at the end of a Cirque du Soleil performance the participants took their bows, then ripped off their faces to reveal a robotic skeleton. That would be incredible, right? As farfetched as that scenario sounds, don't be surprised...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 06, 2018
Disney's theme parks are wonderful places to visit, and that it true whether you are a young child who is eager to meet characters like Mickey Mouse, or an adult who just wants to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life for a bit...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Nov 10, 2017
Disney certainly isn't letting its Star Wars IP go to waste, not after purchasing Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and gaining the distribution rights to all subsequent Star Wars movies, in 2012. And to Disney's credit, it has done a phenomenal...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Jul 16, 2017
Every Star Wars fan has dreamed of becoming a Jedi, and every so often we are afforded the opportunity to live out those fantasies in a video game. Advances in technology help make these experiences increasingly realistic, such as using...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 14, 2017
Hardcore geeks are typically split into two factions—Star Trek and Star Wars fans. If you fall into the latter category, we have good news. Disney has released the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which picks up where Star Wars:...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 23, 2017
What was simply known as Episode VIII is now Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Lucasfilm announced the official name for the next Star Wars movie in the ongoing Skywalker saga, though stopped way short of providing any details about the plot or...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Aug 12, 2016
Here we go again folks, there's another Star Wars movie on the horizon and you better buckle up because it looks to be another action packed ride. Disney dropped its second official trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first in...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Jun 05, 2016
Galaxy in Turmoil, the fan made remake of what would have been Battlefront III (had Electronic Arts not cancelled the project) might at one time seemed like a long shot to see the light of day, but now the odds may have tipped in its...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 13, 2016
Researchers at Disney and Carnegie Mellon University have been toying around with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, and we mean that in the literal sense. RFID tags are typically used for high tech inventory management in a...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 07, 2016
It's said that behind every successful man is a great woman, and true to form, we're seeing some fantastic female leads in the new Star Wars movies. Just as Daisy Ridley took the spotlight in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Rey, it looks...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Dec 28, 2015
Not only is the Force strong with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so are box office ticket sales. The newest Star Wars flick kept the momentum going and pulled in an additional $153.5 million on its second weekend in theaters, pushing the...
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