Bose made the consumer friendly move to open source its SoundTouch speakers
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Bose recently announced the pending end of cloud support for its SoundTouch line of home speakers. This will, in effect, turn the smart speakers into dumb speakers as they will no longer have access to many features and any related software updates. Well,…
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Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Spotify users on mobile can now share their listening activity in real time and invite friends into a live listening session.The post Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Back to Top / Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 17598 / 9 stories in 1 month
NVIDIA Announces Major Updates to GeForce NOW: Sim Controllers, Linux and Fire TV Clients
techpowerup - NVIDIA today announced major updates to its GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform that turns practically any screen with a game controller into a powerful gaming platform with graphics akin to PCs. The company brought NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 performance tier …
Back to Top / Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 17538 / 7 stories in 2 months
Amazon is giving Fire TV its biggest update yet
Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - Amazon is completely redesigning the Fire TV user interface to make it easier to use and faster.
Back to Top / Monday, January 5, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 17498 / 8 stories in 2 months
Google Photos Is Coming To Your TV, Starting With Samsung Models
bgr - Samsung is making it easier than ever to share photos and videos with guests by bringing a Google Photos experience to its TVs in 2026.
Back to Top / Monday, December 29, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 17344 / 11 stories in 2 months
Santa Tracker live – come join us following him online!
digitaltrends - It’s Christmas Eve, and as the holidays start to really bed in, it’s a time to come together and find joy in the simple things – and one of those is the constant question of ‘When is Santa coming?’ Well, while this is one of the times when it’s great to n…
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Xbox Cloud Gaming finally comes to Amazon Fire TV smart TVs
Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Microsoft’s partnership with Amazon is expanding further, as it has been announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming will come to the latter’s line of smart TVs. Specifically, the newest models of the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series now feature the…
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 17255 / 7 stories in 2 months
Spotify data breach: 86 million audio files leaked online
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - A pirate activist group extracted Spotify’s entire music catalog and released approximately 300 terabytes of audio files and metadata across peer-to-peer networks. Anna’s Archive documented the leak on Thursday, covering 86 million audio files and 256 mil…
- Hacktivist Preservation: Archiving Spotify's entire music catalog (8)
- Spotify Response: Investigating breach and tightening security (5)
- Technical Details: Massive 300TB backup unveiled (2)
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Hacktivist Preservation: Archiving Spotify's entire music catalog
Spotify Response: Investigating breach and tightening security
Technical Details: Massive 300TB backup unveiled
All Other Stories
Back to Top / Monday, December 22, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 17191 / 17 stories in 2 months
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount hostile bid, backs Netflix deal
techspot - Warner Bros. Discovery's board has formally rejected Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid, urging shareholders to stick with Netflix's previously announced acquisition. The decision shuts down Paramount's attempt to wrest control of the media giant j…
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FIFA to return to gaming — via Netflix on TV
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Netflix has partnered with FIFA on a new soccer game to coincide with next year’s World Cup. The game, which wasn’t given an official title, will connect to most supported TVs and be playable using your phone as a controller. The game’s developer, Santa M…
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The Oscars are moving from ABC to YouTube -- in 2029
appleinsider - The Academy Awards have found a new home, with the award show and all the awards that aren't generally broadcast moving exclusively to YouTube starting in 2029.The Academy Awards will be broadcast exclusively on YouTube in 2029On Wednesday, YouTube and th…
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Disney stock impact amidst streaming strategy shifts
Oscars shifting exclusively to YouTube
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Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount bid on funding, terms
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Netflix (NFLX) Stock: Rises as iHeartMedia Video Podcast Deal Unveiled
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR: Netflix teams up with iHeartMedia for video podcasts in 2026. Exclusive deal brings “The Breakfast Club” to Netflix in video. Netflix’s video podcasts aim to rival YouTube and Spotify. New Netflix-iHeartMedia deal expands podcast offerings to video.…
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 17040 / 3 stories in 2 months
Apple TV app now supports Google Cast on Android devices
Apple has updated its Apple TV app on Android to include Google Cast support, enabling streaming to Chromecast and Google TV devices—a timely move as competing platforms adjust their casting features amid shifting streaming dynamics.
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 17030 / 3 stories in 2 months
Instagram Debuts Dedicated Television App for Amazon Fire TV
Kurt Wagner / bloomberg - Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram unveiled its first dedicated TV app, which lets users watch the short-form video feature Reels on a larger screen.
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 17023 / 9 stories in 2 months
Fallout Season 2 review: Our introduction to New Vegas is a blast, and more relevant than ever
mashable - "Fallout" Season 2 delivers a killer welcome to New Vegas, as well as pertinent questions about how we can handle the bleakness of our current reality.
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 17022 / 9 stories in 2 months
Avatar: Fire and Ash review: How can a film be so stunning, yet so disappointing?
mashable - "Avatar: Fire and Ash" obviously looks incredible. Yet James Cameron retreads familiar ground in a way that never lets it be great.
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 17021 / 6 stories in 2 months
No, SoundCloud hasn’t started tuning out VPNs. It’s mopping up after a cyberattack
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Bum note for 20 percent of users whose data leaked Music hosting and streaming service SoundCloud has admitted it suffered a cyberattack.…
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 17005 / 7 stories in 2 months
Apple TV adds Google Cast streaming, but only on Android
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Now it will be easier for Android users to watch Apple TV content on their TV with the addition of Google Cast support. However, even after this update, Google Cast is only an option on the Android version of Apple TV, not the iOS version. Likewise, the A…
Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 16989 / 6 stories in 2 months
Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 First Trailer Drops, Showing New Footage
Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Here is the first trailer for Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 ahead of its debut on Christmas Day.The post Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 First Trailer Drops, Showing New Footage first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 16986 / 6 stories in 2 months