[ad_1] Coachella 2019 review: A festival built for YouTubePaul A. Thompson,Pitchfork For years, Coachella’s opening weekend has been a huge event for YouTube. A weekend’s worth of livestreams don’t deliver all of the acts to your living room, but the site typically offers a lot of the big names so you don’t have to travel […]
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Cracking open the Galaxy Fold
[ad_1] We need a map.Console gaming is at a crossroads This week Microsoft revealed an “all-digital” Xbox One S while Sony promised the PS5 would feature physical media. Which path is the right one? Ours is still going strong.Samsung Galaxy Fold review units are already broken The flexible Galaxy Fold hasn’t even gone on sale […]
SiriusXM’s Essential streaming service doesn’t need car satellite radios
[ad_1] An Essential subscription also gives you access to over 200 channels, including all the network’s musical programming, along with comedy, news and sports shows. However, the plan doesn’t come with Howard Stern’s, the NBA, NHL and NCAA channels. According to Variety, you’ll have to wait for the $13 Premier Streaming plan to come out […]
‘When They See Us’ recreates the story of the Central Park Five
[ad_1] When They See Us is the latest project by Ava DuVernay, who is both the show’s creator and director. You won’t recognize the actors who play the five teens, but you’ll see other familiar faces, including Felicity Huffman, Vera Farmiga, Joshua Jackson, John Leguizamo and Michael Kenneth Williams. The series premieres on Friday, May […]
Bots have invaded Instagram comments
[ad_1] Based on dozens of Instagram pages we reviewed, including those from ESPN, House of Highlights, LeBron James, Travis Scott, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and The Fat Jewish, these types of comments are becoming commonplace. Most of the accounts posting them have similar usernames, usually a name followed by a number (e.g. “cherylmason0” or “delpha_dibbert5”), […]
Netflix experiments with a random play button
[ad_1] While the likes of Friends, standalone episode stories like Black Mirror can probably handle such arbitrary viewing methods, series like Stranger Things or the recent Umbrella Academy would definitely be a struggle. It would make sense for anyone falling asleep to Netflix in the background, perhaps. Anyone, not specifically me. Netflix has tried shaking […]
The Weather Channel got hacked
[ad_1] Storm warning.Ransomware interrupted The Weather Channel’s morning show On Thursday morning, from 6AM to 7:39AM, viewers weren’t able to learn any useful weather information from The Weather Channel. The TV network had to show a taped program instead of airing its morning show AMHQ because it suffered a security breach that took it off […]
Instagram test visualizes hiding ‘Like’ counts from viewers
[ad_1] Everyone has their own opinion about what specifically is wrong with social media, but the currency of likes is a commonly-cited issue. The latest grab bag of Instagram test features dug up by Jane Manchun Wong includes a version that doesn’t let the audience see how many likes a post gets. The person who […]
Netflix will invest up to $100 million in a NYC production hub
[ad_1] The sound stages will also have the capacity for “thousands” of jobs, Cuomo said, although that’s likely to vary widely based on what’s in production at any given time. Not surprisingly, there are financial incentives attached to the move. The state is offering up to $4 million in tax credits over 10 years, although […]
‘Stranger Things’ plagiarism lawsuit heads to trial
[ad_1] Filmmaker Charlie Kessler filed the lawsuit against the Duffer brothers last April, accusing them of stealing the popular Netflix show’s premise — a secret government operation near an abandoned military base — from his 2011 film Montauk. In the lawsuit, Kessler claims that he met the Duffler brothers at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival […]