Fox sets price for its Fox One direct-to-consumer streaming service

Fox sets price for its Fox One direct-to-consumer streaming service

Fox Corporation’s direct-to-consumer streaming service carrying the company’s news, sports and entertainment programming will be available for $19.99 a month, the company announced Tuesday. Fox Corp. Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch told Wall Street analysts the offering, called Fox One, will launch Aug. 21 and target consumers who may want the company’s content but no longer…

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India revokes order for smartphone makers to install government security app amid uproar over privacy

India revokes order for smartphone makers to install government security app amid uproar over privacy

New Delhi β€”Β India’s government revoked an order on Wednesday that had directed smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung to install a state-developed and owned security app on all new devices. The move came after two days of criticism from opposition politicians and privacy organizations that the “Sanchar Saathi” app was an effort to snoop…

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New Jeff Buckley doc unearths the late rock star’s unsung Latino roots

New Jeff Buckley doc unearths the late rock star’s unsung Latino roots

Buckley’s mother, Mary Guibert, appears in new documentary β€˜It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley,’ and reflects on raising the singer-songwriter in a Panamanian household. MamΓ‘ … you got some fβ€”ing cojones, baby. These were some of the last words that legendary singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley left for his mother on an answering machine β€” not long before…

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