Articles about TV

Inside the ‘Stranger Things’ house that a Seattle real estate startup bought and turned into an Airbnb

Want to spend a few nights in Hawkins, Ind., circa 1983? You can get there via the Atlanta area, 2024.… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up: FaceTime eavesdropping bug, minimalist phones, and rumored Apple gaming subscription service

In this episode of Geared Up, Andru Edwards and I discuss the FaceTime bug that allowed iPhone users to eavesdrop… Read More

An Amazon fulfillment center comes to ‘South Park’ and the tech giant is a Prime target for comedy

So, this is what it looks like when we do all of our shopping online and an Amazon fulfillment center… Read More

Bill Gates engages in potty talk with ‘The Daily Show’ as he explains need to reinvent the toilet

WTF is wrong with Bill Gates? That was the question, literally, from “The Daily Show” and correspondent Ronny Chieng as… Read More

Tom Cruise says we’re watching movies wrong on HDTV — watch him go Maverick with a hot tech tip

No need to cue the “Mission: Impossible” theme music. This video featuring action film star Tom Cruise lacks the drama… Read More

iSpot raises $30M to accelerate growth of TV advertisement analytics technology

Seattle-area startup iSpot has raised more cash to fuel growth of its technology platform that measures TV advertisement performance. The… Read More

Master Chief comes to TV: Showtime and Amblin team up to make Microsoft’s ‘Halo’ into new series

Like a lot of things that were popular in the 2000s, Microsoft and 343 Industries’s Halo franchise was optioned for… Read More

T-Mobile completes Layer3 acquisition, on track to launch new TV service this year

T-Mobile said it has closed the acquisition of Denver-based Layer3 TV, paving the way for the self-proclaimed “Un-carrier” to launch… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: T-Mobile’s TV plans explained, and hands-on with the Muse in-car Alexa device

T-Mobile is making a big splash in the wireless industry, but it seems like that’s just the beginning. On this… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Rewinding the ‘5/9’ hack in a stunning season finale

[Spoiler Alert] In order to deeply analyze the hacks in Mr. Robot Episode 10 (shutdown-r), this article covers various important… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Fighting over UPS firmware in Episode 6

[Spoiler Alert] You should watch Mr. Robot episode 6 (Eps3.5_kill-process.inc) before reading this article. Otherwise, it will spoil many of… Read More

Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh: Virtual reality ‘is never going to work’ for real movies

Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh is known for pushing the boundaries of filmmaking — from his classics like Sex, Lies & Videotape and… Read More

Interview: Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh bends the rules of TV and movies with ‘Mosaic’ app for HBO

Steven Soderbergh, the Academy Award-winning director and groundbreaking filmmaker known for Sex, Lies & Videotape, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, Erin Brockovich… Read More

Amazon starts taking pre-orders for first Alexa-enabled 4K TVs

Amazon is now taking orders for the first Ultra High Definition (UHD) televisions that run on the Fire TV operating… Read More

Why Amazon is spending $4.5B on video this year — and how it compares to competitors like Netflix

Amazon will dedicate an estimated $4.5 billion on video content this year, narrowing the spending gap between the Seattle e-commerce giant… Read More

Amazon’s pilot season kicks off March 17 — here are 5 new shows up for review

Amazon Studios has a new lineup of pilots and starting March 17, the company will ask customers to help decide… Read More

Netflix bags Jerry Seinfeld and Amazon lands … the Grateful Dead

The latest projects from Hollywood icons Martin Scorsese and Jerry Seinfeld will find homes on Amazon Video and Netflix. Today,… Read More

Best of Prime: Amazon’s most-streamed original content, music, and more from 2016

Amazon is constantly adding new features to entice customers to sign up for its $99 a year Prime membership. The… Read More

Media titan Barry Diller discusses fake news, the ‘nasty consequences’ of everyone being a publisher

LAS VEGAS — It didn’t take long for Barry Diller — the outspoken and charismatic chairman of IAC and Expedia… Read More

The most Googled terms of 2016 by state — find out what Trumped all that political news

It may have seemed like the only thing anyone cared about — or pretended to care less about — in… Read More

Competition between Amazon and Netflix heats up as Prime Video expands to 200 countries

Amazon Prime Video is now available in more countries than Netflix. The Seattle tech titan announced today that it will… Read More

Amazon inches past Netflix in Golden Globe nominations for the first time

Amazon bested top competitor Netflix in Golden Globe nominations for the first time this year. The two streaming services would… Read More

Comcast is adding competitor Sling TV to X1 set-top boxes

Sling TV and Comcast are joining forces. The on-demand and live TV service, which has helped many people ditch Comcast, will… Read More

Comcast adding Netflix to X1 set-top boxes nationwide starting next week

“Netflix, play House of Cards.” Starting next week, that voice command will allow Comcast customers to stream Netflix content on… Read More

The ‘Stranger Things’ kids visit another alternate universe in this ‘Peanuts’ style mash-up

(Warning: This post contains spoilers from season one of Stranger Things. If you haven’t watched it, proceed at your own… Read More

Amazon amps up fashion push with $15M ad campaign

This time of year, it’s not unusual to see Amazon doubling down on its fulfillment centers and seasonal employees as… Read More

In HBO’s wanton ‘Westworld,’ artificial realities raise questions about our own

“These violent desires have violent ends,” says Dolores Abernathy (Evan Rachel Wood), echoing the prophecy her father shared with her and Shakespeare… Read More

Amazon greenlights new series ‘The Tick,’ ‘Jean-Claude Van Johnson,’ and ‘I Love Dick’

Amazon Studios signed on for three new series from what it calls its “most-watched” pilot season ever. “The Tick” and… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Pwning battery backups in an explosive season finale

[Spoiler Alert] Don’t read further unless you’ve finished watching the Mr. Robot season 2 finale (eps2.9_pyth0n-pt2.p7z). This article reveals some… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Code-cracking in a mysterious and mind-bending Episode 11

[Spoiler Alert] This article discusses technical plot points and hidden secrets of eps2.9_pyth0n-pt1.p7z. If you haven’t watched it yet, check… Read More