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HBO Max tests vertical video format; online scams cost Americans $150B

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HBO Max is testing a new vertical video format called HBO Max Shorts on select iPhone users in the US. This move by Warner Bros. comes as online scams are estimated to have cost Americans nearly $150 billion last year, a figure seven times higher than officially reported to the FBI. The Consumer Federation of America attributes this surge to an increase in cyber scams. AI

IMPACT HBO Max's vertical video test is a minor product update, while the scam report highlights growing cybersecurity risks.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a product feature test and a report on online scam costs, neither of which rise to the level of frontier release, significant industry move, or research.

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HBO Max tests vertical video format; online scams cost Americans $150B

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    HBO Max Shorts being tested on iPhone users in latest vertical video offensive Warner Bros has announced that it is inflicting testing a new format on select iP

    HBO Max Shorts being tested on iPhone users in latest vertical video offensive Warner Bros has announced that it is inflicting testing a new format on select iPhone users in the US: HBO Max Shorts. As if vertical video weren’t bad enough, the media giant has says that the clips a…

    LINKS 9to5mac.com/…/hbo-max-shorts-being-tested…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) estimates that online scams cost Americans a

    Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) estimates that online scams cost Americans almost $150 billion last year – seven times the amount reported to the FBI. The organization says that the number of cybe…

    LINKS 9to5mac.com/…/online-scams-cost-americans…

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