Redbox has entered the ad-supported streaming market with the launch of Redbox Free Live TV. The company, best known for its DVD rental kiosks, has been dabbling with streaming for years as consumer d
Global smart speaker sales hit a record high last year with shipments of 146.9 million units, up 70% over 2018, according to a recent report on the state of the smart s
03:02 Hungarian couples struggling to have a baby are welcoming a new policy that makes fertility treatment free, but critics say the state is pushing private clinics out of the market
Bong Joon-ho holds two of the four Oscars, including Best Picture, won by "Parasite" at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the United
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Undisclosed influencer marketing posts on social media should trigger financial penalties, according to a statement released today by the Federal Trade Commission’s Rohit Chopra. The FTC has jus
A Tory senior committee chair says the announcement "fails to demonstrate the urgency that is required".
Two years after getting a $100 million commitment from 21st Century Fox to build a mobile-based live streaming platform that could compete with Twitch, the startup Caffeine has scored another coup b
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SoundCloud, the music streaming company that has at times been described as the “YouTube of audio” because of its profusion of user-generated content, has some big, str
Screenshot of the video uploaded to YouTube by German video blogger Tobias Dominiczak. "Millions of people work together on one thing. They give everything they can. They completely limit their lives
Streaming eats up a big chunk of viewers’ time, though it’s still outweighed by traditional linear TV.That’s according to the latest Total Audience Report from Nielsen — its first T
Mobile adoption around the world is having a significant impact on the web’s traffic. According to a new report from SimilarWeb, out today, mobile web traffic has jumped 30.6% since 2017, while
Japanese electronics firm Sony is the latest phone maker to announce it’s withdrawing from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) tradeshow — citing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.R
California’s new privacy law was years in the making.The law, California’s Consumer Privacy Act — or CCPA — became law on January 1, allowing state residents to reclaim their right to acce
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Instagram may finally let IGTV video makers earn money 18 months after launching the longer-form content hub. Instagram confirms to TechCrunch that it has internally prototyped an Instagram Partner P