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Netflix Kills Casting From Its Mobile App to Most Modern TVs

Netflix has quietly removed the ability to cast content from its mobile apps to most modern TVs and streaming devices, ...
WJHL-TV

Welcome to WJHL+

Want to stream News Channel 11 live on your smart TV? Welcome to the WJHL+ app! Download the free app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, or Samsung TV (2023+ models) and enjoy watching all your ...
TweakTown

Steam Machine won't provide a console-like experience for media playback (yet)

TL;DR: Valve's Steam Machine launches as a dedicated PC gaming console with HDR support but lacks native media streaming apps like Netflix or Amazon Prime at release. Users must access streaming via ...
The New York Times

How A.I. and Social Media Contribute to ‘Brain Rot’

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...
Mercury News

Netflix weighs bid for Warner Studio and streaming, Reuters says

(Bloomberg/Rob Golum) — Netflix Inc. is actively exploring a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s studio and streaming businesses, Reuters reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The ...
GamesRadar+

Mojang is finally revealing all of Minecraft: Java Edition's code after 16 years to "make it quicker and easier for modders to create and improve mods"

Open World Games Minecraft devs "want to avoid treating players in a way that feels unfair," so Mojang's guiding principle is that "bad things happen, but they're technically the player's fault" ...
Android Police

Google wants to make multitasking on Android tablets easier

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...
Variety

Elizabeth Olsen Won’t Act in Studio Movies if There’s No Theatrical Release: ‘I Don’t Want to Make’ Movies Where Streaming Is the ‘End-All’

Elizabeth Olsen told InStyle magazine as part of a new cover story that she is no longer signing on to Hollywood studio movies that don’t have a guaranteed theatrical release. As an indie film darling ...
IGN

How to Get (or Switch Over to) the Disney+/Hulu/HBO Max Streaming Bundle

Now that the streaming bundle that puts Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max all on one tab has been available for more than a year, we're pretty confident in calling it the best streaming bundle that you can ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Spectrum Launches a Streaming App Store and Live Lakers Games on Apple Vision Pro

The cable giant's TV strategy is kicking into gear, now that most streaming platforms are included in TV packages. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Customers can also pay to upgrade to premium versions of ...