{
  "id": 4671573,
  "title": "VLC crosses 7 billion downloads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/vlc-crosses-7-billion-downloads",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-31T16:07:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/vlc-crosses-7-billion-downloads/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In our world of expensive streaming platforms, the very free and offline VLC media player has crossed 7 billion downloads.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}