Feverish interest in the first "Game of Thrones" spinoff "House of the Dragon" crashed the HBO Max app for thousands of people in the U.S. on Sunday night.
Why it matters: Downtime on series release days has become commonplace as people now spend more time streaming TV content than watching it through cable.
Negative reviews of the new Saints Row video game are hitting at an awkward time for Swedish gaming giant Embracer Group, as it tries to prove itself a powerful player in the industry.
Driving the news: Critical drubbings of the game commenced at 10am ET today. The stock price for Embracer Group AB dove right after.
Amazon is among the reportedbidders for Signify Health, a Dallas-based health tech company whose market cap has climbed to nearly $5 billion.
Why it matters: This reflects Amazon's emergence as a major player in health care M&A, having recently bested CVS for One Medical. It also may open a new front for antitrust regulators.
Americans' conception of privacy itself, as much as a deadlocked Congress, stands in the way of the U.S. adopting a national digital privacy law, experts tell Axios.
The big picture: U.S. citizens, uniquely among global populations, think of privacy as the right to decide who enters their space.
Apple is beginning to build its own ad empire just as its iPhone privacy crackdown weakens key ad-supported rivals.
The big picture: In the middle of a broader downturn in the online ad market, Apple’s move to limit the way apps track user behavior kneecapped competitors like Meta, even as users embraced it.
