Another month, another cord-cutter price hike. Sony has increased the price of its live TV streaming service called PlayStation Vue by $5 per month. The new $50 price for the base package matches those of competitors including YouTube TV and DirecTV Now. In a July 1 FAQ entry, Sony said that in light of “costs rising each …
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It’s beyond frustrating when that new Billie Eilish song isn’t loading on YouTube fast enough and the quality on latest alpaca video from The Dodo seems iffy. The curse of YouTube (other than my addiction to it) seems to be that the display quality isn’t always equal among videos. Fortunately, you can change the display settings on YouTube that can …
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A US senator and a pair of consumer privacy groups sent letters Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission expressing concern over YouTube‘s practices surrounding kids content. They called on the agency to take action against the Google-owned video site for any wrongdoing. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, urged the FTC to “hold YouTube accountable for any illegal activity affecting children that …
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Part three of the BTS soundtrack, All Night, released early on Friday morning — just in time for summer. The K-pop sensation’s previous song, Boy with Luv, broke records, and we’re expecting All Night to do the same. The boy band teamed up with Juice Wrld to create a hip-hop-meets-pop single. A new BTS mobile game, BTS World, is set …
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With its recent price drop to $6, basic Hulu is one of the best deals in streaming. It offers gobs of current and past TV shows and movies for the price of a salted caramel mocha. Sadly, upgrading your subscription to Hulu with Live TV renders it a poor bargain. At $45 per month, or $55 if you want a DVR that …
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There’s a new horse in the stable of Amazon Fire TV edition televisions by Toshiba, one that adds support for the Dolby Vision high dynamic range format. Available today in a 55-inch size for $450, and coming soon in 50-inch ($380) and 43-inch ($330) sizes, the new Fire TV sets compete against other budget models from TCL and Vizio, many …
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YouTube‘s comments section can be a mix between no man’s land in a war zone and the Wild West. Translation: The place can be dangerous. So instead of making you read what the New Statesman called “the worst of the internet,” YouTube is working on a new feature that would hide comments by default. YouTube didn’t immediately respond to a …
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Amazon Music launched Thursday on its first pay TV service. Joining Comcast’s Xfinity X1 high-end pay TV service as well as its Xfinity Flex bundle of streaming apps, Amazon Music can now stream tunes through Comcast customers’ TVs. Subscribers to Amazon Music, the e-commerce giant’s competitor to Spotify, will have access to its full music library on Comcast as the partnership rolls out to set-top boxes over …
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YouTube may face fines from a late-stage investigation by the US government into the video giant’s handling of children’s videos, according to a Wednesday report by The Washington Post, which cites unnamed people familiar with the probe. The investigation at the Federal Trade Commission has propelled YouTube to reconsider some of its most fundamental elements, like its influential algorithm that …
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The 119th US Open golf tournament is underway at the iconic Pebble Beach course along the California coast. After the first two rounds Thursday and Friday, plenty of big names are still in it. And yes, that includes Tiger Woods, who won earlier this year at The Masters in incredible fashion, but a mediocre performance in the first two rounds of the …
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