Microsoft Develops Set-Top Box Microsoft has been developing designs for a simple set-top device for streaming video and other entertainment options. More
Amazon may be working on a smartphone with hologram-like 3D Amazon is reportedly developing a smartphone that sports a 3D screen that relies on retina-tracking technology to make images seem to float above the screen like a hologram. With the smartphone, users would be able to navigate through content by using their eyes alone, according to two unnamed people who discussed the phone with the Wall Street Journal. More
YouTube launches pay channels with campy flicks Roger Corman's campy B movies, children's shows like "Sesame Street" and "Inspector Gadget," and inspirational monologues by celebrities — these are among the 30 channels that will require a paid monthly subscription on YouTube coming soon. More
FCC moving forward on speedier in-flight Internet service U.S. federal telecommunications regulators are pushing ahead with efforts to bring faster Internet service to commercial and private airline flights. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday started deliberations on a proposal that would offer a new type of in-flight broadband service promising U.S. More
I got to see four upcoming Xbox Game Pass games — Here are my thoughts ID@Xbox is a long-running program at Xbox that partners with thousands of developers and publishers around the world to help them bring their games to Xbox and PC. Many of the greatest indie games of ... 02/6/2023 - 5:00 am | View Link
Unofficial Xbox 360 emulation on Series X could save delisted games Microsoft ended backwards compatibility updates in 2021, but fans are bringing Xbox 360 emulation back to modern consoles ... 02/6/2023 - 3:39 am | View Link
This week’s Xbox Free Play Days to celebrate Anime Month Xbox Free Play Days is back this week, and this time things are just a little different. This week's event is themed to celebrate Anime Month, with three ... 02/2/2023 - 2:44 am | View Link
Sony, Xbox and Nintendo Are Reportedly Skipping E3 2023 Sony, Xbox and Nintendo will reportedly be no-shows at E3 2023, the convention's first physical event in four years. Multiple sources have claimed via IGN that the big three will not be attending the ... 01/31/2023 - 7:12 pm | View Link
PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo will not be at E3 2023 claim multiple sources It seems hopes that E3 will return to its former prominence have been dashed, with none of the console manufacturers expected to attend. 01/30/2023 - 9:52 pm | View Link
Netflix has revealed it has cast Gillian Anderson to play former BBC news anchor Emily Maitlis in “Scoop,” a film about Prince Andrew’s disastrous “Newsnight” interview in 2019. The disgraced royal will be played by Rufus Sewell (“Old”) while Billie Piper (“I Hate Suzie”) and Keeley Hawes (“Stonehouse) join as TV producer Sam McAlister, who […]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe kicks off its next series of entries, dubbed Phase Five, with the upcoming Feb. 17 release of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” It’s curtains for the film’s Monday evening premiere in Los Angeles, with first reactions to the superhero sequel pouring in on social media. Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly reprise […]
At the weekend’s other Grammy awards show — the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony, held Saturday at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre — there was no danger of music arising to play someone off during a long speech, or of Satan showing up for a musical number, or anything being celebrated that hasn’t already proven […]
Advocacy group the 100 Percenters staged a protest outside Universal Music Group’s Santa Monica offices today (Feb. 6). The nonprofit founded in July 2020 by Tiffany Red, a Grammy-winning songwriter, is calling for songwriters to receive fair compensation — or as Red put it, “not giving credit where credit is literally due.” The protest came […]
Before Harry Styles took home the coveted Grammy for album of the year Sunday night, he took the stage alongside a team of backup dancers to perform his chart-topping “As It Was.” The dance number, reminiscent of the song’s official music video, saw Styles and the dancers deliver elaborate moves atop a revolving turntable.
CNN and PBS NewsHour each won two prizes in the 2023 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Awards, an annual recognition of some of the best work in the realm of audio and video journalism. Other winners among a group of 16 included CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” “This American Life” and the Louisiana TV station WBRZ.