It’s our weekend helper, telling you what you are able to watch over the two days where you don’t have to be at your job. As you could tell by the picture, “Voltron: Legendary Defender” is a huge component on what will make you love your couch this weekend. The first two seasons were excellent, …
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Netflix is betting that more of us will be watching anime in the future. The company will partner with more studios in Japan to bring original anime titles to its platform either later this year or early next year, Netflix announced at its 2017 Anime Slate event in Tokyo today. This is in addition to already announced titles such as …
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Now playing: Watch this: What’s new on Australian streaming in August 2:04 Stan has announced its lineup for the second half of 2017, and it’s a cracker of Aussie-made shows and cult classics. We’ve seen some hectic competition build in streaming over the past year or so, and as the small players drop off and the big guys get bigger, …
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Get ready to watch even more video, er “TV,” on Facebook. The social media and advertising giant will reportedly debut its first Facebook TV episodes this August. The initial examples will consist of cheaper short-form programs, according to a Bloomberg report. Higher-end shows will come later. The new programs will be displayed outside of a user’s default news feed in …
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The newest Marvel show hits Netflix in August with “The Defenders.” CNET’s Caitlin Petrakovitz says “The Defenders” is worth watching and she’s usually right about things like this. The newest season of “Voltron: Legendary Defender,” arrives on August 4. So far the previous two seasons have been a lot of fun with plenty of easter eggs for fans of the …
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The public is fired up about net neutrality. More than 10 million comments have been filed at the Federal Communications Commission on a proposal to roll back net neutrality regulations. That’s more than twice as many comments as were filed two years ago when the FCC was considering the current rules. The Republican-led FCC introduced a proposal in May to roll …
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There’s nothing worse than having your laptop shut down in the middle of a big meeting, while writing an important email or halfway through streaming the latest binge-worthy Netflix series. Fortunately, battery life for laptops, tablets and hybrids continues to show steady improvement, with systems regularly hitting the 10-hour mark and beyond. Improvements to Intel’s Core i-series CPUs, as well …
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Netflix has something else to crow about beyond its 91 Emmy nominations. The streaming video service on Monday said it added 5.2 million new customers in the second quarter, up from 1.7 last year. In the US, the company added 1.07 million customers, up from 160,000 a year ago. While the US is still its core market, this quarter marked …
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One of my favorite things about my TV setup at home is the ability to say “Alexa, turn on the TV” and have the TV fire up, my AV receiver switch to the right input and my TiVo ready for action — er, vegetation. To do all that, I use a Harmony universal remote. That’s because Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant …
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Your internet experience may look a little different today. That’s because Netflix, OkCupid, Airbnb, Reddit and dozens of other popular websites are greeting visitors on Wednesday with messages urging them to protect the free and open internet. It’s all part of a massive campaign called the “Day of Action,” an online protest that’s meant to stir up grassroots support for …
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