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You may be able to buy new Amazon and Roku streamers soon.
Remote controls for the companies’ still-unannounced streaming devices already passed through the FCC, and offer a few clues about what’s to come.
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Ads on your TV home screen?
For some users and indie developers, that’s a step too far. Now, they’re starting to fight back:
Monet is just one of a number of home screen replacements (or launchers, as they’re called among Android enthusiasts) that takes cues from Apple TV to bring a new sense of minimalism to Google’s streaming platform. Most of these launchers do away with the endless rows of content recommendations, the big hero images that try to get you hooked on the latest TV shows, and the increasing amount of ads and sponsored content.
The home screen rebellion
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The file-sharing app launched 25 years ago and unleashed a wave of piracy that would shake Hollywood to its core.
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Not every animator is ready to give up on AI.
The Book of Life director Jorge Gutierrez cancelled an AI animation collaboration with Amazon last week following massive backlash. A new project by two Pixar alums, premiering at Tribeca Film Festival this weekend, shows that not every use of the tech is about fast, cheap slop.
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Meta may announce new AI glasses soon.
New FCC filings hint at the imminent launch of four new devices, which appear to magnetically dock to a mysterious “debug tool.”
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