May 27, 2020 Why does Zoom exhaust you? Science has an answer “Zoom fatigue” is way more than a byproduct of too many meetings -- Social scientists say it’s the result of the sudden mass adoption of technology that’s disrupting the normal, instinctual and finely-tuned way of communicating that developed to help humans survive.
April 15, 2020 5 Netflix hacks you’ll use over and over You’re probably watching Netflix a lot now that you’re adhering to stay at home orders. After you’ve blown through “Stranger Things,” “Ozark” and “Mad Men,” you might be wondering if your subscription is money well-spent. There are ways to liven up your Netflix experience.
March 25, 2020 To maintain bandwidth amid coronavirus pandemic, YouTube limits video quality In an effort to ensure that sufficient bandwidth is available amid the coronavirus outbreak, YouTube has announced that it is temporarily shifting video quality to standard definition on its platform.
February 20, 2020 YouTube videos of journalist Alison Parker’s murder still circulating, father says The father of Alison Parker, a television news journalist who was murdered during a live broadcast in 2015, has slammed YouTube over sick videos of her slaying that continue to circulate on the video-sharing site.
January 29, 2020 Super Bowl LIV: Nearly 1 in 4 will stream the big game, survey finds The Super Bowl is routinely the most-watched TV show, garnering more than 100 million viewers every year. But as consumers increasingly get rid of their cable packages, they're turning to streaming to watch the big game.
December 15, 2019 iStreamItAll, which claimed to be larger than Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, shut down; 2 plead guilty Two Las Vegas computer programmers have pleaded guilty to running an illegal streaming website that boasted more titles than Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime but did not have permission from copyright owners, the Justice Department announced Friday.
November 16, 2019 Stop ad stalking, throttling data refunds, TVs losing Netflix, and more: Tech Q&A Want to know how to stop ad stalking, which older TVs will say goodbye to Netflix, how to find out your secret “consumer score” and how to get a throttling data refund? Then read this column.
September 4, 2019 Fortnite star Tfue uses racial slur, but Twitch isn't commenting on rule violation Fortnite streamer Taylor "Tfue" Tenney uttered a racial slur during a live broadcast of himself playing Minecraft, in violation of Twitch's policy.
August 30, 2019 Grand jury indicts 8 Netflix wannabes who claimed to have more content than Netflix, Hulu Eight people were charged by a federal grand jury with running two large-scale, illegal TV and movie streaming services, the Department of Justice said this week.
August 15, 2019 Philadelphia shootout: No evidence that suspect live-streamed gun battle with cops, police say The Philadelphia Police Department has not yet found any evidence that the suspected gunman who wounded six police officers during an hourslong standoff was live-streaming the gun battle.
