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Sling TV’s free streaming comes to Android and Amazon devices

[ad_1] It’ll work on any Android smartphone or Android TV, along with Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire tablet. The free service will let you “experience Sling TV and watch free shows without entering credit card information,” the company said. To use it, you simply download the app on any of those devices and follow the […]

Hulu brings 4K content to the Xbox One

[ad_1] The company has been timid about adopting 4K compared to its rivals. It introduced support in December 2016 with just a few original shows and 20 James Bond movies, only to pull the format later. Amazon, Netflix and other services have either supported 4K for longer or introduced it to a wider selection of […]

Microsoft starts inviting people to try Project xCloud

[ad_1] Proud of the #ProjectxCloud team for launching the public preview – it’s an exciting time at Xbox. Invitations are rolling out now and will continue over the coming weeks. We’re excited for all of you to help shape the future of game streaming. — Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) October 14, 2019 When Microsoft announced the […]

Phonocut will let you make your own vinyl records

[ad_1] The Phonocut sounds relatively simple to use. Place the company’s blank 10-inch disc (about $10 each) on the platter, connect and play a stereo audio source (such as a computer or phone) and hit the start button. The machine will perform real-time EQ and mastering processing while carving grooves in the vinyl. The end […]

The Washington Post hopes you’ll read articles on your TV

[ad_1] Yes, there’s a good chance you won’t care for this app in the slightest. Few people sit down at their TV hoping to read an in-depth report about the latest political scandal. It does offer an alternative if you’d rather not hold your phone or tablet in your hands, though. And if your vision […]

Disney is tweeting everything that’s coming to Disney+

[ad_1] It. Is. Time. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Mandalorian, check out basically everything coming to #DisneyPlus in the U.S. on November 12. Pre-order in the U.S. at https://t.co/wJig4STf4P today: https://t.co/tlWvp23gLF pic.twitter.com/0q3PTuaDWT — Disney+ (@disneyplus) October 14, 2019 It is impressive just how many titles Disney owns, and it’s worth taking […]

Apple offers three-month TV+ trial to ‘Emmy’ magazine subscribers

[ad_1] The standard free trial of the service offered to regular customers is seven days, and Apple will also offer a whole year’s free subscription to customers who purchase a new device such as an iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. Emmy subscribers can get three months’ of service, according to MacRumors, offered in the form […]

Original ‘Fortnite’ map vanishes in a cataclysmic event

[ad_1] The leaks were on the mark — Fortnite‘s original map is no more, at least as far as anyone can tell. The battle royale title’s hyped-up The End event saw a missile launch into the sky and trigger a massive amount of rifts, culminating in a meteor strike that appeared to wipe out the […]

Here’s how Alexa learned to speak Spanish without your help

[ad_1] The first tool studies a handful of “golden utterances” (that is, reference commands suggested by the developers) to learn general syntax and semantics patterns. After that, it produces “rewrite expressions” that themselves create thousands of new yet similar sentences to work from. The system works quickly — you could move from 50 utterances to […]