You can now try the Xbox Full Screen Experience on any PC, laptop, or tablet
You can now try the Xbox Full Screen Experience on any PC, laptop, or tablet Microsoft is bringing the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), which adds a console-like UI while navigating through your game library on a PC with a controller, to laptops, desktops, and tablets. FSE launched with the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally […]
The music industry is all in on AI
The music industry is all in on AI Two years ago, “BBL Drizzy” was the AI music shot heard around the world: a song with vocals that sounded like Drake bubbled up from nowhere and launched what was shaping up to be a battle of artistry, likeness, and of course, copyright. The big three labels […]
Amazon is using AI to create video recaps of its biggest streaming shows
Amazon is using AI to create video recaps of its biggest streaming shows Video Recaps are being introduced for a handful of Amazon Prime Original series. | Image: Amazon Amazon Prime Video is testing another new generative AI-powered feature to help catch you up on a show you’ve been watching before starting a new season. […]
Suno’s CEO thinks typing a text prompt is ‘really active’ music creation
Suno's CEO thinks typing a text prompt is 'really active' music creation Suno, the AI music startup being sued by the big three major labels, the RIAA, and even some indie acts for illegally training its model on copyrighted material, just raised $250 million (which might help pay its legal bills). What caught my eye […]
I’m officially done with YouTube Kids
I'm officially done with YouTube Kids I’ve seen enough of this kind of thing. The details are fuzzy, but I think my husband and I downloaded the YouTube Kids app to our TV sometime in 2022, when between one and three members of the household came down with the flu at the same time. Like […]
Netflix signs a three year deal to stream MLB live events and games
Netflix signs a three year deal to stream MLB live events and games Today, Major League Baseball announced new media rights deals with ESPN, NBCUniversal, and Netflix that run for the next three seasons. The Netflix deal brings live MLB games to its platform and continues to grow its library of sports programming in an […]
The best e-reader to buy right now
The best e-reader to buy right now Editor’s note: Black Friday doesn’t officially take place until Friday, November 28th; however, if you want to shop ahead of time, we’ve rounded up the best early Black Friday deals you can already get. Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library’s worth of books in […]
A treasure trove of Criterion Collection DVDs are now on half-price sale
A treasure trove of Criterion Collection DVDs are now on half-price sale If you’re a film enthusiast or, better yet, a fan of Criterion’s Closet Picks videos, then you’ll want to know about the half-off sale on the Criterion Collection’s DVDs now in progress at Barnes & Noble. The sale, which will last until December […]
Sky Sports killed off its female-focused Halo brand after just three days
Sky Sports killed off its female-focused Halo brand after just three days Girls like pink and peach, right? That Sky Sports felt the need to launch a TikTok channel specifically marketed towards women and billed as its “lil sis” was questionable enough. But once people got a taste of the content on Halo, it was […]
YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout that’s now over
YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout that's now over Disney and YouTube have reached an agreement to bring back ESPN and more than 20 other Disney-owned channels two weeks after they went dark on YouTube TV. During the dispute, Google has accused Disney of trying to raise prices for its customers […]