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In 2017, Hulu made television history by becoming the first streaming network to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, thanks to the phenomenon that was The Handmaid’s Tale. While Netflix has largely cornered the streaming market on original movies—and even managed to persuade A-listers like Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, and Martin Scorsese to come aboard—Hulu is starting to … Read more

UPDATE: Oct. 10, 2024, 5:15 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with the latest soundbar deals still live after October Prime Day. Last chance: Best Prime Day soundbar deals still live: Best high-end soundbar deal Sonos Arc $719 at Amazon (save $180) With football season in full swing, the WNBA playoffs heating up, and … Read more

Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library’s worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a more book-like reading experience, with fewer distractions and less eye strain, and many include extra features, like adjustable frontlighting. Some really are pocketable. Others are waterproof … Read more

After the criminal implosion of the crypto exchange FTX, many of the company’s executives have been found guilty on various counts of fraud or conspiracy to commit such acts. Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is starting his seven-and-a-half-year fraud sentence today, but not before posting an all-time absurd LinkedIn post (and … Read more

What you need to know Amazon announced that it plans to bring an Apple TV Plus add-on to Prime Video subscribers. This brings a host of Apple TV Plus shows, Original films, MLS Season Pass, and “Friday Night Baseball” from the MLB. Prime Video subscribers can look out for the Apple TV Plus add-on “later … Read more

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google appears to be making a change to the Contacts app. When saving a contact, you’ll no longer have the ability to choose which Google account or device it is saved to. You can still use “move to another account” to move a contact to a different account. When … Read more

A new study suggests game piracy costs publishers 19% of revenue on average when digital rights management (DRM) protections are cracked. Research associate William Volckmann at UNC analyzed 86 games using Denuvo DRM on Steam between 2014-2022. The study, published in Entertainment Computing, found cracks appearing in the first week after release led to 20% … Read more

In a social media post today, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple will be making a donation of an undisclosed amount to Hurricane Milton relief efforts. “Our hearts go out to all of those impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Milton,” said Cook. “To everyone still in harm’s way, please stay safe. Apple will … Read more

Mubi You were probably bored during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, but were you “film an entire documentary in Grand Theft Auto Online” bored? Grand Theft Hamlet is just that sort of project, and after winning the documentary feature jury award at SXSW this year, it’s going to get a theatrical and streaming release. As reported in The … Read more

Microsoft is making some changes to the way the free tier of Teams operates, and you’re probably not going to like them. The company has announced that the free version will no longer be able to sync with Google Calendar. Additionally, Microsoft is doing away with location sharing, which displayed your live location to folks … Read more