Free TV’s Chock-Full of Ads Are on the Way
Pluto TV’s co-founder is working to revolutionize the television industry with free ad-supported TV sets which will reportedly be released later this year. Co-founder Ilya Pozin has quietly created the…
All the Best Star Wars Merch You Can Buy on May 4
Image: Lucasfilm Consumer Products This year Lucasfilm is rolling out across the galaxy—er, retailers, with Star Wars merch for every fan. From the prequels to Return of the Jedi’s 40th…
The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in May 2023
Denzel Washington in Virtuosity.Image: Paramount What’s available on Prime Video May 1? A Beautiful Mind (2002) Babe (1995) Babe: Pig In The City (1998) Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)…
Amazon Plans to Cram More Than 100 Prime Video Originals on Freevee
Amazon’s Freevee is getting a bit of a boost in while promoting more Prime Video content.Photo: rafapress (Shutterstock) Folks who want more streaming content without paying through the nose have…
Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme Fraudster Ordered to Pay $3.4 Billion
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission patted itself on the back for winning one of the largest civil cases against a crypto crook, even if most—or any—of those affected will see…
Netflix Invests Big in South Korean Content
Photo: AP News (AP) Netflix is working to replicate its success with the widely popular series Squid Game in a new partnership with South Korea. The company’s co-chief executive Ted…
Amazon Prime Video Introduces AI-Boosted Dialogue to Select Original Content
Amazon Prime Video announced a new Dialogue Boost feature on Tuesday that will allow viewers to turn up the volume for character dialogue in some movies and TV shows. The…
AMC+ is Jumping on the Ad-Supported Bandwagon
Streaming services are in their struggle season. An increasingly crowded field of offerings seems to have heightened competition and left would-be customers ambivalent and overwhelmed by the many and often…
Apple Allegedly Allowed Fake Baidu AI Apps in the App Store
Image: AP News (AP) Chinese tech giant Baidu is suing Apple and several app developers, claiming the developers created fake copies of the Chinese tech giant’s Ernie AI chatbot and…
The Demise of Genesis Market, Which Sold Stolen Identities, Continues the Dark Web’s Losing Streak
This week, the FBI and a coalition of European police partners took aim at one of the biggest illicit marketplaces on the dark web: Genesis, known for selling stolen data…