Category: All News
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ION TV Adds Bull to Its Lineup Next Week
ION TV will launch the first season of Bull on January 26. The first season debuts with the first episode at 7:00 p.m. ET, airing after a Hawaii Five-o marathon. “The Necklace” introduces audiences to Dr. Jason Bull, renowned psychologist and expert jury consultant, who’s hired to help defend the son of a millionaire accused…
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Google WiFi and Nest WiFi Gone From Google Store — is a Router Refresh Coming?
Google’s two older Wi-Fi routers, the Google WiFi and Nest WiFi, have vanished from the tech giant’s online store, according to 9to5Google. Clicking on the smart home section of the Google Store only brings up the Nest WiFi Pro, a model that first debuted in 2022 alongside the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. The…
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Altice’s Optimum, Bleeding Cable TV Customers, Slashes Prices on Broadband Rates
Altice USA has more aggressively cut the rates of its Optimum broadband service than previously thought. The company earlier this month had trimmed two of its plans, the 300 Mbps and 500 Mbps plans, down to $99.99 and $119.99, respectively. It turns out, they were part of a bigger change in rate plans that saw…
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Apple Vision Pro Launches Next Month With 3D Disney+ Films and Experiences
The Apple Vision Pro will launch in February with 3D films and Disney+ experiences featuring popular films such as Avatar, Avengers, and Star Wars. Subscribers can stream the entire Disney+ catalog on Apple Vision Pro with enhanced depth and clarity. Users can watch dozens of Disney films in 3D, including Avatar: The Way of Water,…
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Your Library Card Can Be a Free Ticket to Hundreds of Film Festivals
Hoopla Digital, a free streaming service for public libraries, partnered with Filmocracy to launch BingePass, a first-of-its-kind digital access pass to film festivals and more. Hoopla BingePass is a free service accessible through your library card. Library patrons with hoopla accounts can find independent films from acclaimed film festivals from around the world. Each pass…
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MrBeast Tests Posting Videos on X As Elon Musk Tries To Take On YouTube and Twitch
It looks like MrBeast is playing ball with Elon Musk after all. Earlier this week, Jimmy Donaldson — better known as MrBeast, one of YouTube’s most popular personalities — posted a 16-minute video on X called “$1 Car vs $100,000,000 Car!” “I’m curious how much ad revenue a video on X would make so I’m…
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We Wasted 227 Million Hours Answering Spam Calls in 2023
Truecaller, a spam-blocking app, released its U.S. Spam Scorecard, showing households in this country wasted 227 million hours answering fraudulent calls in 2023. The U.S. Spam Scorecard offers insights into billions of spam calls and text messages detected through its artificial intelligence-powered app. Truecaller users received an average of 5.7 spam calls per month, totaling…
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T-Mobile Crowned America’s Fastest Wireless Carrier Again
T-Mobile once again took the checkered flag as the fastest wireless carrier in America, according to Ookla. From a download speed perspective, it wasn’t close. T-Mobile posted a media download speed of 188.96 Mbps, more than double the 91.6 Mbps from Verizon and 90.8 Mbps from AT&T, according to Ookla’s report of performance in the…
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Cable TV’s Share of Viewership Falls Even as More People Watched Television
December saw a swell of people tune into television — with the last day of the year marking the most-watched day behind the Super Bowl as people tuned into New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day programming — but cable saw its share of viewership fall to a new low. That’s according to data from…
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Sling TV Freestream Adds Live Local News From Fox Networks
Sling TV’s free ad-supported streaming service Freestream added eight channels this month to start 2024. Now, the service has added live local news from local Fox stations. This comes on top of the four channels added last week. In total, Sling TV Freestream offers more than 430 free channels and more than 41,000 on-demand titles.…