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Tech NewsGadgetsAmazon Fixed the Echo Show 10’s Biggest Feature Failure
Amazon’s Echo Show 10 is a neat gadget for its ability to move with you while you stream videos and make calls to friends and family. But for a smart display whose entire reason for being its support for these uses, the Echo Show lacked one major app used universally during the pandemic: Zoom. When … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetAmazon Prime Video Is Testing a Shuffle Feature Now, Too
Amazon’s streaming service is currently testing a shuffle tool that could help switch up your binge-watching routine. Prime Video’s shuffle tool will not pull from Amazon’s entire catalog but will instead shuffle episodes within a given series where it’s supported, the company confirmed to Gizmodo. That might make it a useful tool for popular legacy … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetRoku Apparently Has Content Dreams That Are Bigger Than Quibi
After snapping up much of Quibi’s content, it looks like Roku may be exploring the development of its own originals—kind of like every other streaming service around. As seen by Revealera and reported by Protocol, Roku appears to have recently listed a position on LinkedIn for a Lead Production Attorney, though the role is no … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetAmazon’s Channels Platform Will Drop HBO Next Year as Part of HBO Max Deal
Starting next year, you won’t find HBO among Amazon’s Prime Video Channels selection anymore, CNBC reports. That was apparently one of WarnerMedia’s conditions in the months-long negotiations to bring its subscription streaming service, HBO Max, to Amazon Fire TV devices. Once the companies’ current placement deal expires next year, subscribers will have to navigate to … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetA Wife Reviews: Watching Her Husband Watch Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
My knowledge of American pop culture from summer 2006 to fall 2013 is hazy, at best. Those were the years I lived abroad in Tokyo, first as a broke college student and then an underpaid journalist. Illegally torrenting films while dodging Japan’s internet police was my main method of movie-watching, which meant I had to … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaAmerica’s Nice Guy Finally Says ‘Fuck You’ to Trump Supporters on Twitter
Jim Gaffigan, arguably America’s most wholesome comedian, has finally had enough of Donald Trump’s shit. And he’s here to tell you that Trump and his minions are destroying America. Gaffigan sent out a number of angry tweets last night during Trump’s RNC speech at the White House, pointing out the president’s lies and the devastation … Continued
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Tech NewsSea Monsters, Voice-Controlled Faucets, And an Ode to Flypaper: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Because I am, at my core, a basic bitch, I have a sign in my office that says “Today is a good day for a good day” (in garish sparkly gold and white letters naturally). It’s a sentiment that’s been harder to believe in these days, what with the universe apparently going through its rolodex … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon Prime Video Mercifully Rolls Out Individual User Profiles Similar to Netflix
Long-awaited support for individual user profiles has finally arrived on Amazon’s streaming TV service, Prime Video. This means the niche streaming interests of your partner or family members can be saved to their own profiles—meanwhile, you, reader, can continue to binge the original Unsolved Mysteries at your own uninterrupted pace. An Amazon spokesperson told Gizmodo … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon Prime Adds Watch Party for Co-Viewing With Up to 100 Friends
Amazon’s streaming service is introducing a co-viewing option to stream movies and TV shows with up to 100 other Prime Video account holders, a nifty feature that’s already officially available on platforms like Hulu and HBO. The native tool is now available to Prime Video subscribers in the U.S. streaming via a desktop browser—an exception … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceAmazon’s Prime Video Is Looking to Buy Its Way Into the Live TV Market
Amazon is “actively pursuing” deals to turn its Prime Video streaming service into something more like Prime TV, an industry source told Protocol on Tuesday. This is backed up by several job listings focused on the project. Adding live and streaming options would immediately distinguish Prime Video from competitors like Netflix and Disney+ that only … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceAmazon Sued for Acting Like Users Own ‘Purchased’ Movies (Spoiler Alert: You Don’t)
The question of whether you own your digital purchases, or whether you’re simply licensing that content from whatever tech giant du jour hosts it, has always been a bit of a black box for consumers. Recently, this lack of transparency has prompted one California user to file a lawsuit against Amazon for saying customers can … Continued
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Tech NewsInternetApple Finally Lets You Buy Amazon Prime Movies on iPhone and Apple TV
Apple appears to be loosening up its policies around in-app purchases that have come under fire from third-party services and antitrust regulators over what’s come to be known as the “Apple tax.” An agreement between Apple and Amazon will now allow users to purchase movies and TV shows from their iPhone or Apple TV—something that … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsHow to Put Limits on Your Binge-Watching and Get Your Life Back
Having more movies and TV shows than you’re ever going to be able to watch in your lifetime all available at the click of a button is quite a treat, you might think. But if you’re starting to regularly see your evenings and weekends get sucked into binge-watching black holes, perhaps it’s time to pull … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon’s Prime Video App Has Gone Missing From the Apple App Store [Update: It’s Back]
Prime Video, the Amazon app that hosts all of its streaming content, disappeared from Apple’s App Store without an explanation from Amazon on Friday. According to an Amazon spokesperson, the issue resulted from a “technical issue,” adding that the app should be restored soon. Users on Twitter began flagging issues they were having locating Prime … Continued
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io9TelevisionTiVo Reportedly Rolling Out Pre-Roll Ads That Play Before Users Can Watch Recorded Video
TiVo is introducing skippable pre-roll ads before customers can watch shows taped on their retail DVRs, Light Reading reported, with a spokesperson telling the site it will be a “permanent part of the service.” According to Light Reading, the spokesperson added that the company expects the tech “to be fully rolled-out to all eligible retail … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceYouTube and Amazon Give Up Their Dumb Dongle Fight
After more than a year, it seems the ridiculous streaming video slap fight between Amazon and Google is now mostly over thanks to the return of the YouTube app on Fire TV devices and support for Amazon Prime Video on Chromecast devices. The fight originally began in late 2017 after Google pulled official support for … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceOh Cool, Amazon Is Peddling Conspiracy Theories Now
Amazon Prime Video, the streaming service you turn to when Netflix doesn’t have what you’re looking for, is best known for shows like Transparent, The Man In the High Castle, and *checks notes* films claiming the government is run by human-reptile hybrids. The Telegraph reported that Amazon’s video streaming service has started promoting content from … Continued
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Amazon Is Raising Prime Prices Again—But Only for Monthly Subscribers
There’s another Amazon Prime price hike coming, but it will only affect certain people. Monthly Prime members will soon see their fee jump from $11 to $13, though they can still cancel at any time without penalties. Meanwhile, students paying for monthly Prime will see an increase from $5.50 to $6.50. That might not seem … Continued
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Thanks to Amazon It’s Now Slightly Less Annoying to Watch Star Trek: Discovery
If you’re in the US, one of the biggest barriers to watching the newest Star Trek show is the fact that Discovery is exclusively available through CBS’s annoying digital service, All Access. Good news: It’s becoming a little easier to, err, access it. Bad news: It’s not exactly what you want it to be. Amazon … Continued
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Amazon Prime Video Finally Lands on Apple TV
While Google and Amazon continue to bicker back and forth about which company’s services will be available for what platforms, it seems Apple is finally getting its act together now that Amazon Prime Video is available on the Apple TV. After years of waiting, Prime Video is available now for free. All you have to … Continued