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- | ===== Why Choosing Something To Watch Feels So Difficult | + | ===== Rainbow armbands are dividing opinion at Euro 2025 ===== |
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- | By Michael Dinich | Wealth of Geeks undefined | + | By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer |
- | Too much of a good thing? Streaming service subscribers report that content overload and hidden fees are leading to frustration and subscription fatigue. | + | Some captains |
- | In fact, the new survey of 2,000 American streaming service subscribers revealed that the average person spends 110 hours per year scrolling through streaming services, struggling to find something worth watching — a stark reminder of the "too much content, too little time" dilemma. | + | Rainbow armbands at the Women' |
- | Commissioned by UserTesting and conducted by Talker Research, | + | UEFA is giving team captains |
- | Many struggled with having larger content libraries (41%) and feeling like there' | + | " |
- | **Watch Recommendations: | + | Both versions have been worn so far at the tournament in Switzerland, |
- | And although 75% appreciate streaming service algorithms serving them accurate recommendations, | + | **What it means** |
- | Nearly half (48%) do not have traditional cable anymore. And those that choose streaming platforms do so because they like the variety (43%), the shows they want to watch are not on cable (34%), and they find streaming more convenient | + | The rainbow armband is intended to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, while it also stands |
- | However, people are generally dissatisfied with the current streaming services available. In fact, 51% would rather have more streaming service options — even if those options included ads. | + | "UEFA is committed to making football a safe and welcoming environment for everybody, independent of who we love, our gender identification or gender expression," |
- | When asked what their " | + | UEFA faced criticism the year before when it nixed Munich' |
- | Further, 52% said a platform' | + | The Germans wanted to protest to a law passed by Hungarian lawmakers the week before that prohibited sharing with minors any content portraying homosexuality |
- | The average person said all of the above should be available for no more than $46 per month — although 11% admitted they'd willingly pay over $100 per month for the service. | + | **Who's wearing |
- | "The streaming landscape has evolved from solving | + | When Germany played France in their quarterfinal on Saturday, |
- | The study also found a number of frustrations streaming subscribers have experienced. | + | Switzerland captain Lia Wälti wore a rainbow armband in her team's quarterfinal against Spain the day before. Her opposite, Irene Paredes, did not. |
- | A substantial 79% expressed frustration with streaming services requiring additional subscription fees for select content. | + | Norway captain Ada Hegerberg wore a rainbow armband, as did Wales captain Angharad James, Iceland' |
- | When encountering those added fees, the majority (59%) are unlikely to pay and would instead look for content on a different platform they subscribe to (73%), give up and watch something else (77%) or consider canceling their subscription altogether (37%). Nearly one in five (19%) would sign up for a free trial of a platform to find a show they want to watch. | + | England defender Lucy Bronze also wore a rainbow wristband during her team's quarterfinal win over Sweden, whose captain, Kosovare Asllani, also wore a rainbow armband. |
- | Respondents also showed disdain | + | Elena Linari became the first to wear a rainbow armband |
- | Over the past year, 69% have opened a streaming service at least once to find the show they were looking for is no longer there. | + | **France chose ' |
- | Forty-four percent said they would likely end their subscription to a streaming service and subscribe to a new one just to continue watching a favorite show, and 56% would cancel that subscription as soon as they finish watching said show. | + | France captain Griedge Mbock Bathy suggested the rainbow armband' |
- | **Challenges in Cancellation** | + | " |
- | But when canceling, nearly a quarter (23%) have experienced difficulties, | + | Mbock said the France team is "so diverse that we cannot highlight just one cause. I think that the armband with the word 'respect' |
- | " | + | When told that nine of the 16 countries participating at Euro 2025 wear the rainbow armband, France coach Laurent Bonadei defended his team's choice not to. |
- | Survey Methodology: | + | "Our one has ' |
- | Talker Research surveyed 2,000 American adults who subscribe | + | **Controversy in Qatar** |
- | ===== Will New Year's Eve be loud or quiet? What are the top 2025 resolutions? | + | |
+ | Swedish player Nilla Fischer, the former Wolfsburg captain, was the first in Germany | ||
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+ | Germany was a strong campaigner for rainbow armbands | ||
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+ | FIFA banned the armbands | ||
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+ | Qatari supporters later hit back by holding pictures of former Germany player Mesut Özil while covering their mouths during Germany' | ||
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+ | Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann called for an end to political statements in 2024, saying they were too distracting for his players. The German men's team ultimately failed to deliver on the field. | ||
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+ | ===== The risks and rewards of tokenization as crypto heavyweights push for it ===== | ||
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+ | By ALAN SUDERMAN AP Business Writer | ||
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+ | As cryptocurrencies become more intertwined with the traditional financial system, industry heavyweights are racing for a long-sought goal of turning real-world assets into digital tokens. | ||
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+ | Advocates say tokenization is the next leap forward in crypto and can help break down walls that have advantaged the wealthy and make trading cheaper, more transparent and more accessible for everyday investors. | ||
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+ | But critics say tokenization threatens to undermine a century' | ||
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+ | **What is tokenization? | ||
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+ | The basic idea behind tokenization: | ||
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+ | The massive growth of stablecoins, | ||
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+ | She said tokenization will upend investing in ways similar to how streamers radically changed how people watch television. | ||
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+ | "You used to have to sit there on a Thursday night and watch Seinfeld," | ||
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+ | **Growing momentum** | ||
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+ | Robinhood began offering tokenized stock trading of major U.S. public companies for its European customers earlier this month and gave away tokens to some customers meant to represent shares in OpenAI and SpaceX, two highly valued private companies. | ||
- | By MARK KENNEDY | + | Several other firms are diving in. Crypto exchange Kraken also allows customers outside the U.S. to trade tokenized stocks while Coinbase has petitioned regulators to open the market to its U.S. customers. Wall Street giants BlackRock |
- | NEW YORK (AP) — If you're planning on ringing in the new year quietly at home, you're not alone. | + | **Crypto's golden age** |
- | A majority of U.S adults intend to celebrate New Year's Eve at home, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. | + | The push for tokenization comes at a heady time in crypto, an industry that's seen enormous growth from the creation and early development of bitcoin more than 15 years ago by libertarian-leaning computer enthusiasts to a growing acceptance in mainstream finance. |
- | "As I've gotten older over the last few years, it' | + | The world's most popular cryptocurrency is now regularly setting all-time highs — more than $123,000 on Monday — while other forms of crypto |
- | Nearly 2 in 10 will be celebrating at a friend or family member' | + | Lee Reiners, a lecturing fellow at Duke University, said the biggest winners |
- | But many U.S. adults will celebrate | + | "Which is kind of ironic given the origins of crypto, which was to bypass intermediaries," |
- | There' | + | **Trump bump** |
- | **Relaxed New Year's Eve plans for many** | + | Interest in tokenization has also gotten a boost thanks to the election of President Donald Trump, who has made enacting more crypto-friendly regulations a top priority of his administration and signed a new law regulating stablecoins on Friday. |
- | Kourtney Kershaw, a 32-year-old bartender in Chicago, often fields questions from customers | + | " |
- | "A majority of who I've spoken to in my age range, they want to go out, but they don't know what they' | + | **Is it legal?** |
- | As expected, younger people are more interested | + | Securities law can be complex and even defining what is a security can be a hotly debated question, particularly |
- | Anthony Tremblay, 35, from Pittsburgh, doesn' | + | Under Trump, the SEC has taken a much less expansive view than the previous administration |
- | "I don't do anything too crazy for New Year's, usually. So this is definitely | + | Hilary Allen, a professor at the American University Washington College of Law, said crypto companies have been emboldened by Trump' |
- | Woods will be working New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. She answers calls on The Iowa Warmline, | + | "The most pressing risk is (tokenization) being used as a regulatory arbitrage play as a way of getting around the rules," she said. |
- | " | + | However, the SEC has struck a cautionary tone when it comes to tokens. Shortly after Robinhood's announcement, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who has been an outspoken crypto supporter, issued a statement saying companies issuing tokenized stock should consider |
- | **Younger Americans are more likely | + | "As powerful as blockchain technology is, it does not have magical abilities |
- | Every New Year's also triggers the eternal debate about resolutions. A majority of U.S. adults say they intend to make a New Year's resolution of some type, but millennials and Gen Z are especially likely to be on board — about two-thirds expect to do so, compared to about half of older adults. Women are also more likely than men to say they will set a goal for 2025. | + | **All eyes on private companies** |
- | Tremblay hopes to lose some weight and focus more on self-care — more sleep, meditation and breathing exercises. "It's probably a good year to focus on mental health," | + | One of the most closely watched areas of tokenization involves private companies, which aren't subject |
- | Many others agree. About 3 in 10 adults choose resolutions involving exercise or eating healthier. About one-quarter said they'll make a resolution involving losing weight | + | Many hot startups are not going public as often as they used to and instead are increasingly relying on wealthy and institutional investors |
- | Woods' | + | That's unfair |
- | Kershaw, the bartender, says weight loss and better health | + | " |
- | She prefers more goal-oriented resolutions and, this time, it's to do more traveling and see more of the world: | + | **"Please be careful"** |
- | And how will she welcome the arrival | + | But Robinhood' |
- | This die-hard sports fan will be at Wrigley Field on Tuesday watching the Chicago Blackhawks take on the St. Louis Blues. "Hockey' | + | "Any transfer of OpenAI equity requires our approval—we did not approve any transfer," |
+ | Public companies have strict public reporting requirements about their financial health that private companies don't have to produce. Such reporting requirements have helped protect investors and give a legitimacy to the U.S. financial system, said Allen, who said the push for tokenized sales of shares in private companies is " | ||
- | The AP-NORC poll of 1,251 adults was conducted Dec. 5-9, 2024, using a sample drawn from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 3.7 percentage points. | + | "Where we're headed is where we were in the 1920s," she said. "Door-to-door salesmen offering stocks and bonds, half of it had nothing behind it, people losing their life savings betting on stuff they didn't understand." |
- | Sanders reported from Washington. | ||
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