Hacker News with Generative AI: Disney

Imagineers defend new Walt Disney robot (yahoo.com)
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." That's one of Walt Disney's most popular quotes, often used in the context of the theme park marvels imagined by the company he created.

Disney, Robotics, Entertainment, Technology

51 points by rmason 17 days ago | 40 comments

Disney's Got a Star Wars Droid to Sell You for $3k (gizmodo.com)
Star Wars Day means new merch to buy, and if Jar-Jar and new Lego sets weren’t enough for you, Disney’s got a little droid up for sale.

Star Wars, Consumer Products, Disney, Merchandise

5 points by ulrischa 20 days ago | 1 comments

Disney worker who hacked menus gets 3 years in prison (nytimes.com)
A former employee of Walt Disney World who hacked into menus used by its restaurants and edited them — changing prices, adding profanity and altering listed allergens — was sentenced to three years in prison by a federal judge in Florida this week.

Cybersecurity, Disney, Crime

24 points by jseip 26 days ago | 13 comments

Former Disney employee who hacked Disney World menus sentenced to 3 years (databreaches.net)
When a former Disney World employee was accused of changing the menus at Disney World restaurants, it made headlines. And in January, when he admitted to changing the menus — including information about allergy information that could have created serious health risks for diners — that also made headlines. Now Michael Scheuer, who faced 10 years in prison for fraud and an additional subsequent two years in prison for aggravated identity theft, has been sentenced.

Cybersecurity, Crime, Disney, Entertainment

55 points by aa_is_op 26 days ago | 43 comments

A Dead Pixel on a Monitor Set Release of Goofy Movie Back by 1 Year (polygon.com)
Disney Plus’ documentary Not Just a Goof reveals a fun (and for the filmmakers, horrifying) production detail

Disney, Film Production, Goofy Movie, Documentary, Entertainment

9 points by coloneltcb 45 days ago | 1 comments

IMDb Shuts Down 'Snow White' User Rating After 2.3/10 Score (worldofreel.com)
People are acting totally normal in reaction to Disney’s live-action “Snow White.” To all the review aggregate sites, I wish you good luck this coming weekend.

Movies, Reviews, Disney, Social Media

15 points by xnhbx 62 days ago | 1 comments

FiveThirtyEight Gets the Ax as ABC News Slashes Jobs in Major Shakeup (mediaite.com)
ABC News is shutting down FiveThirtyEight as part of sweeping layoffs at the network as parent company Disney continues broader restructuring and looks to cut about 200 positions, or 6 percent of its workforce.

Media, News, Layoffs, Business, Disney

63 points by gscott 78 days ago | 42 comments

Disney steals art and sells it in their gift shops (youtube.com)

Disney, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Art, Business

11 points by alsoforgotmypwd 83 days ago | 0 comments

Disney+ Ad Policy Change (rossmanngroup.com)
In January 2025, Disney+ updated its Subscriber Agreement to include provisions allowing advertisements in content across all subscription tiers, including those marketed as "no ads" or "ad free."

Streaming Services, Advertising, Disney, Consumer Rights

27 points by instagib 103 days ago | 3 comments

Disney+ loses 700k subscribers following price increase (macrumors.com)
Disney+ lost 700,000 subscribers worldwide in recent months, according to Disney's earnings results for the first quarter of 2025.

Streaming, Disney, Business, Price Increases

75 points by mgh2 106 days ago | 77 comments

The History of Toontown’s SpeedChat (2007) (habitatchronicles.com)
In 1992, I co-founded a company with Chip Morningstar and Douglas Crockford named Electric Communities. We initially did a lot of consulting for various media companies that were looking to leverage the emerging online gaming industry. One of those companies was Disney.

Online Gaming, History, Disney

102 points by thunderbong 117 days ago | 30 comments

Mufasa's 'Bye Bye' shows how Disney villain songs went wrong (polygon.com)
Every day, Disney strays further from the wishing star’s light. And there’s one big reason for that: a staggering lack of animated villains. The studio has only produced a handful of movies with actual villains over the last 15 years, and as Disney fans frequently note, that means we’ve lost a glorious entertainment staple in the Disney villain song.

Disney, Animation, Music, Criticism

31 points by hyperific 143 days ago | 30 comments

Fired Disney employee hacked menu to falsely claim foods did not contain peanuts (nbcnews.com)
A disgruntled former Disney employee is being accused of hacking into menu-creating software used by the company's restaurants to falsely indicate that certain food items did not contain peanuts.

Cybersecurity, Food Safety, Disney, Employee Misconduct

8 points by ceejayoz 204 days ago | 0 comments

Disney Plus and Hulu won't let you sign up through Apple anymore (theverge.com)
If you want to subscribe to Disney Plus or Hulu on your iPhone, you can’t do that anymore.

Streaming Services, Apple, Disney, Hulu

21 points by athousandsteps 213 days ago | 31 comments

Is Disney Bad at Star Wars? An Analysis (hollywoodreporter.com)
High budgets, scrapped projects, fan backlash. It’s been 12 years since Disney bought 'Star Wars' and its galaxy far, far away arguably has too many broken toys.

Star Wars, Disney, Movies, Entertainment, Analysis

3 points by presbrey 227 days ago | 2 comments

Disney ditching Slack after massive July data breach (bleepingcomputer.com)

Data Security, Cybersecurity, Disney, Slack, Business

11 points by el_duderino 244 days ago | 3 comments

Inside-Out 2 Was the Hit Pixar Needed, but the Laid-Off Employees Are Hurting (ign.com)
From the outside, Pixar’s narrative is a clear story of redemption: after an undeniably tough few years – battered by COVID-19 theater shutdowns, two Hollywood strikes, and a couple of box office disappointments – the studio needed a win, and that win was Inside Out 2.

Animation, Disney, Business, Film Industry, Labor Issues

5 points by tetraodonpuffer 248 days ago | 1 comments

Paraguay Loves Mickey, the Cartoon Mouse. Disney Doesn't (nytimes.com)
One is a colossus spanning theme parks, merchandise and movies, with 150 Academy Awards, 225,000 employees and annual revenue of nearly $90 billion.

Paraguay, Disney, Entertainment, Culture, Business

177 points by howard941 249 days ago | 129 comments

Why Disney Hates Star Wars Fans [video] (youtube.com)

Disney, Star Wars, Entertainment, Fandom

3 points by Rinzler89 259 days ago | 0 comments

DirecTV Says Will Fight "As Long as It Needs to" in Carriage Dispute with Disney (hollywoodreporter.com)

Television, Disney, Lawsuits, Media

9 points by rntn 261 days ago | 0 comments

DirecTV Users Lose Access to Disney Networks Including ESPN and ABC (wsj.com)

DirecTV, Streaming Services, Disney, Television, Sports

3 points by bookofjoe 263 days ago | 2 comments

Families Are Going into Debt for Disney Vacations (nytimes.com)