Entertainment Stories for 2017

Movie Ticket Sales Hit A 22-Year Low in 2017 162
In a Declining Comics Market, DC Beats Marvel 159
Call of Duty Gaming Community Points To 'Swatting' In Wichita Police Shooting 681
Kodi Media Player Arrives On the Xbox One 57
'Star Wars' Franchise Crosses $4 Billion, Eclipsing Disney's Lucasfilm Price 187
Trump's Website Is Coded With a Broken Server Error Message That Blames Obama 168
That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You're Watching on TV 98
Filmmakers Want The Right To Break DRM and Rip Blu-Rays 107
Amazon's YouTube App on Fire TV Stops Working Ahead of Schedule 85
MoviePass Adds a Million Subscribers, Even if Theaters Aren't Sold on It 122
The WHO May Recognize Excessive Video Gaming As Mental Health Disorder 125
Nintendo Delaying 64GB Game Cards For Switch Until 2019, Says Report 54
Movie Theaters Were Already in Trouble. With Disney's Fox Deal, It's Double 193
Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Books, Movies, Documentaries and Shows From This Year That You Liked and Recommend To Others? 91
Tesla's Newest Holiday Update Includes an Easter Egg: 'Santa Mode' 90
Resuming Its Annual PR Mission, NORAD Tracks Santa Claus 82
36,744 People Are Watching Overwatch's Jeff Kaplan Sit Motionless With A Yule Log 78
Ask Slashdot: Thoughts On Star Wars: The Last Jedi One Week Later? [Spoilers] 300
Firefox Is Now Available On Amazon's Fire TV, Bringing YouTube Access With It 49
AnyDVD Supports UHD Blu-Ray Ripping, While Devices Patch Security Holes 68
Apple Says Apps Must Now Disclose Odds For Loot Boxes 88
Amazon Files For 'AmazonTube' and 'OpenTube' Trademarks As Fight With YouTube Gets Pettier 81
Kids In 'Netflix Only' Homes Are Being Saved From 230 Hours of Commercials a Year, Says Report 118
Amazon Music Ending Cloud MP3 Storage, Streaming Option 107
Magic Leap Finally Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles 79
Cable TV's Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming 143
PSA: Spotify Now Available As a Snap For Linux 66
Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Appears To Be Wrapped In An Organic Insulation Layer 242
Plexamp, Plex's Spin on the Classic Winamp Player, Is the First Project From New Incubator Plex Labs 209
Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? 656
Ajit Pai Taunts Net Neutrality Critics. Mark Hamill Taunts Ajit Pai 346
What's The Best TV Show About Working in Tech? 197
Predictive Keyboard Tries To Write a New Harry Potter Chapter 65
NASA Uses Its First Recycled SpaceX Rocket For a Re-Supply Mission 93
Mozilla Slipped a 'Mr. Robot'-Promo Plugin Into Firefox and Users Are Pissed 307
What Disney's Acquisition of Fox Means For the Future of Film and TV 139
Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape 171
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Has Critics In Raptures 269
T-Mobile Is Becoming a Cable Company 92
Why Is Anime Obsessed With Power Lines? 233
Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On UFO Sightings? 384
Apple Buys Shazam To Boost Apple Music 36
Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Good Smartwatches Or Fitness Trackers? 254
Apple Is Reportedly Buying Shazam For Nearly Half a Billion Dollars 60
YouTube to Launch New Music Subscription Service in March 59
Amazon Bringing Echo and Alexa To 80 Additional Countries in Major Global Expansion 38
Jordan Peele To Executive Produce CBS 'The Twilight Zone' Reboot 64
Facebook and YouTube Are Full of Pirated Video Streams of Live NFL Games 231
40 Percent of America Will Cut the Cord By 2030, New Report Predicts 114
ISPs and Movie Industry Prepare Canadian Pirate Site Blocking Deal 86
Quentin Tarantino and JJ Abrams Team Up For 'Star Trek' Movie 228
Fewer Toys Gives Kids a Better Quality of Playtime, Study Claims 145
Not Even Free TV Can Get People To Stop Pirating Movies and TV Shows 221
Elon Musk Trolls the Media With a Clip From 'Spaceballs' 134
How 'Grinch Bots' Are Ruining Online Christmas Shopping 283
'24 Pull Requests' Suggests Contributing Code For Christmas 30
Perl, Perl 6, and Two Application Frameworks Release 2017 Advent Calendars 38
Two Technologists Create Black Metal Album Using An AI 57
Netflix Is Not Going to Kill Piracy, Research Suggests 158
Disney Sues Redbox, Hoping To Block Digital Movie Sales 285
Amazon Launches Web Browser For Fire TV 61
HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support 176
Destiny 2 Misrepresented XP Gains To Its Players Until the Developers Got Caught 112
Tom Baker Returns To Finish Shelved Doctor Who Episodes Penned By Douglas Adams 83
Pokemon Go Led To Increase In Traffic Deaths and Accidents, Says Study 80
Plex's DVR Can Now Automatically Remove Commercials For You 75
Famous Robot from 1956 Movie Auctioned For $5.3 Million 64
DC Fans Angry Over Rotten Tomatoes 'Justice League' Ratings 266
Legislators Take Aim At Star Wars Battlefront II, EA Over 'Gambling In Games' 72
Google and Apple Order Telegram To Nuke Channel Over Taylor Swift Piracy 37
A Third of Americans Still Buy and Rent Videos 126
Television's Most Infamous Hack Is Still a Mystery 30 Years Later 116
Microsoft Confirms Surface Book 2 Can't Stay Charged During Gaming Sessions 138
Why Apple's HomePod Is Three Years Behind Amazon's Echo 96
Stock Music Artists Aren't Always Happy About How Their Music Is Used 147
NVIDIA Launches Modded Collector's Edition Star Wars Titan Xp Graphics Card 45
FCC Approves Next-Gen ATSC 3.0 TV Standard 158
Apple's HomePod Gets Delayed Until 2018 49
MoviePass Reveals Annual Subscription For $6.95 a Month 103
FCC Repeals Decades-Old Rules Blocking Broadcast Media Mergers 146
Hollywood Strikes Back Against Illegal Streaming Kodi Add-ons 77
37% of Netflix Subscribers Say They Binge-Watch While at Work 154
League of Legends Rank Predicts IQ, Study Finds 85
Russia Posts Video Game Screenshot As 'Irrefutable Proof' of US Helping IS 132
Nintendo Is Making An Animated Super Mario Bros. Movie, Says Report 71
Ads May Soon Stalk You on TV Like They Do on Your Facebook Feed 203
Amazon Is Making a 'Lord of the Rings' Prequel Series 109
Amazon Developing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Prime Video: Report 74
Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence? 264
Ask Slashdot: Can You Convert Old iPods Into A Home Music-Streaming Solution? 118
Magazine For Museums Publishes Its 2040 Issue -- 23 Years Early 40
'Starcraft II' Goes Free-to-Play on Tuesday 67
Crowdfunded 'PowerWatch' Runs on Body Heat, Never Needs Charging 81
Nintendo Reportedly Plans To Double Switch Production In 2018 42
EA Buys Out a Game Studio After Shutting Another One Down 3 Weeks Ago 57
Star Trek: Discovery Will Return On January 7th, 2018 278
YouTube Says It Will Crack Down On Bizarre Videos Targeting Children 109
A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling 276
Ask Slashdot: Can Smart TVs Insert Ads Into Your Movies? 235
Amazon (and Netflix) Pursue a 'Lord of The Rings' TV Series 236
Pandora Loses 7 Million Listeners 115
Ask Slashdot: Should I Allow A 'Smart TV' To Connect To The Internet? 299
CBS To Reboot 'The Twilight Zone' 125
Another Million Subscribers Cut the Pay TV Cord Last Quarter 105
Pirate TV Services Are Taking a Bite Out of Cable Company Revenue 132
Ambitious Augmented Reality Startup Doppler Labs Shuts Down 24
Is the Optical Cable Dying? 299
GameStop Is Launching An Unlimited Used Game Rental Subscription, Says Report 38
How Kodi Took Over Piracy 143
2017: The Year That Horror Saved Hollywood 156
Virtual Singer Uses Crowdsourced Songs To Become a Star In Japan 96
'Futurama' Stars Working On Kickstarter For Animated Webcomic Goblins 35
John Mollo, Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Costume Designer, Dies At 86 13
YouTube Is Fighting the 'Adpocalypse' With a Less Trigger-Happy Flagging System 218
EA Shuts Down Fan-Run Servers For Older Battlefield Games 132
The Geometry of Islamic Art Becomes a Treasure of a Game 213
Roku Wants To Start Streaming To Third-Party Devices 25
FCC To Loosen TV, Newspaper Ownership Rules 86
Some Pixel 2 Users Are Complaining About A High-Pitched Whine and Clicking Noises 105
DirecTV to Launch Android TV-Based OTT Set-Top Box 28
FCC Ends Decades-Old Rule Designed To Keep TV, Radio Under Local Control 223
Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season 478
Why Xbox One Backward Compatibility Took So Long 62
Denuvo's DRM Now Being Cracked Within Hours of Release 113
Verizon Loses 18,000 Pay TV Subscribers, Signals Delay For Live TV Streaming Service 42
How Google's Pixel 2 'Now Playing' Song Identification Works 129
Activision Patents Pay-To-Win Matchmaker 133
DeepMind's Go-Playing AI Doesn't Need Human Help To Beat Us Anymore 133
EA Shuts Down Visceral Games, Shifting Development On Its Star Wars Game 75
Netflix, Amazon, Movie Studios Sue Over TickBox Streaming Device 135
Netflix Adds 5.3 Million Subs In Q3, Beating Forecasts 70
Microsoft's Fall Update With Redesigned Xbox Dashboard Is Now Available To All 38
SUSE Shares Linux-Themed Music Video Parodies 28
Cord-Cutters Drive Cable TV Subscribers to a 17-Year Low 201
Google Slashes Prices of Its USB-C Headphone Dongle Following Minor Outrage 198
Real Moviegoers Don't Care About Rotten Tomatoes 173
Hollywood Studios Join Disney To Launch Movies Anywhere Digital Locker Service 48
Comcast Pressures Local Cable Firms to Curb Low-Cost TV Packages 98
PornHub Uses Computer Vision To ID Actors, Acts In Its Videos 135
Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Favorite William Gibson Novel? 298
It's Illegal to Pirate Films in Iran, Unless You're the Government 35
Why Is 'Blade Runner' the Title of 'Blade Runner'? 221
Hulu Lowers Prices After Netflix Raises Theirs 108
'Blade Runner 2049' Isn't the Movie Denis Villeneuve Wanted to Make 264
Latest TVs Are Ready for Their Close-Ups 219
Parody 'Subgenius' Religion Wants to Crowdfund An Alien-Contacting Beacon 78
Bluetooth Won't Replace the Headphone Jack -- Walled Gardens Will 380
Nearly 4 Million People In US Still Subscribe To Netflix DVDs By Mail 186
Netflix is Raising Its Prices, Again 277
Google Pixel Buds Are Wireless Earbuds That Translate Conversations In Real Time 163
Google Debuts Its $400 Google Home Max Speaker To Rival Apple's HomePod 60
According To Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet Still Runs Microsoft Windows 237
T-Mobile Won't Stop Claiming Its Network Is Faster Than Verizon's 106
Microsoft Shutters Groove Music, Will Move Users To Spotify 51
Donate Your Noise To Xiph/Mozilla's Deep-Learning Noise Suppression Project 119
Hollywood's International War on Kodi Plugins And Video-Streaming Boxes 57
Solar Powered Smartwatch Successfully Crowdfunded on Kickstarter 69
Comcast's New 'Xfinity Instant TV' Streaming Service Charges $18 For What Antennas Offer For Free 91
Star Trek: Discovery Nearly Cracks Pirate Bay's Top 10 In Less Than 24 Hours 390
Amazon Slashes Prices on 4K Content in Response To Apple TV 4K's Launch 25
'Star Trek: Discovery' Premieres Tonight 456
Saudi Arabian Textbook Shows Yoda Joining The UN 87
NVIDIA Drops the Basic Shield TV's Price To $180 66
More Are Paying To Stream Music, But YouTube Still Holds the Value Gap 43
Popular Steam Extension 'Inventory Helper' Spies On Users, Says Report 66
Sonos To Launch a Wireless Speaker That Would Support Multiple Voice Assistants 33
2017 'Ig Nobel' Prizes Recognize Funny Research On Cats, Crocodiles, and Cheese 20
There Will Be 22 Million Cord Cutters By 2018, Says Report 113
Google Chrome Will No Longer Autoplay Content With Sound In January 2018 81
PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him 506
South Park's Season Premier Sets Off Everyone's Amazon Echo 291
Apple's 'Shoddy' Beats Headphones Get Slammed In Lawsuit 190
Disney Is Lone Holdout From Apple's Plan to Sell 4K Movies for $20 148
J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars: Episode IX; Premiere Date Pushed To December 2019 221
Rotten Tomatoes Scores Don't Correlate To Box Office Success or Woes, Research Shows 106
The Washington Post Pans Apple-Sponsored School Reform TV Special 162
Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? 129
SciFi Author (and Byte Columnist) Jerry Pournelle Has Died 221
Hobbyist Gives iPhone 7 the Headphone Jack We've Always Wanted 194
Disney Is Pulling Star Wars and Marvel Films From Netflix 195
TV Turns 90 117
Happy Music Boosts Brain's Creativity, Study Says 102
Like Netflix? T-Mobile Is Giving it Away For Free 105
Binge Watching TV Makes It Less Enjoyable, Study Says 139
Amid Crackdown On Torrent Websites, Some Users Move To Google Drive To Distribute Movies and Shows 84
Google Conducted Hollywood 'Interventions' To Change Look of Computer Scientists 644
Terry Pratchett's Hard Drive Destroyed By Steamroller 161
Sharp Announces 8K Consumer TVs Now That We All Have 4K 285
Apple Acknowledges Siri Leadership Has Officially Moved From Eddy Cue To Craig Federighi 52
Comcast Sues Vermont To Avoid Building 550 Miles of New Cable Lines 201
Hollywood is Suffering Its Worst-attended Summer Movie Season in 25 years 501
Traditional Radio Faces a Grim Future, New Study Says 240
Official Blade Runner 2036 Short Film Bridges the Gap Between the Sequel and the Original 47
Apple Pushes Studios to Offer 4K Content for Upcoming Apple TV at Lower Prices, Report Says 76
Popular YouTube Artist Uses AI To Record New Album 99
Mayweather-McGregor Streaming Glitches Prompt Lawsuit Against Showtime 118
The Mayweather-McGregor Fight Shows It's Impossible to Stop Social Media Streaming of Big Events 88
Columnist Mocks The Case Against Cord-Cutting As 'Too Many Choices' 314
Another Crowdfunded Startup Takes Customers' Money, Then Shuts Downs 166
Streaming Glitches Delay Massively Hyped Mayweather-McGregor Boxing Match 186
Science Fiction Author Brian Aldiss Dies Aged 92 19
Ex-Valve Writer Reveals What Might Have Been Half-Life 2: Episode 3's Story 46
Selling Alterable Versions of Star Wars Is Still Infringement, Says Court 180
Ask Slashdot: What Modern PC Games Would You Recommend For An Old School Gamer? 313
Ask Slashdot: Best Non-Smart TV Sets? 320
Apple Is Planning a 4K Upgrade For Its TV Box 63
Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable 346
Roku Is the Top Streaming Device In the US and Still Growing, Report Finds 96
Sony Blocks Yet Another Game From Cross-Console Play With Xbox One 151
Microsoft Outlines the Upgrade Procedures For Xbox One X 48
Cord-Cutting Still Doesn't Beat the Cable Bundle 421
How the Voyager Golden Record Was Made 122
The Windows App Store is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps 98
Plex Responds, Will Allow Users To Opt Out Of Data Collection 91
'Wing Commander' Music Composer Runs Kickstarter Campaign 39
Jonathan Coulton's New Dystopian Album Becomes a Graphic Novel 57
What Happened To Winamp? 332
Should Plex Stop Allowing Users To Opt Out of Data Collection? 158
How Hackers Can Use Pop Songs To 'Watch' You 33
YouTube Music Head Says Company Pays Higher Royalties Than Spotify in US 14
Hollywood, Apple Said To Mull Rental Plan, Defying Theaters 74
Video Is Coming To Reddit 74
Netflix Plans To Spend $7 Billion On Content In 2018 97
Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? 688
Roku Gets Tough On Pirate Channels, Warns Users 79
YouTube Has An Illegal TV Streaming Problem 119
Apple Is Bringing a Billion Dollar Checkbook To Hollywood and Wants To Buy 10 TV Shows 79
Netflix Co-Founder's Crazy Plan: Pay $10 a Month, Go to the Movies All You Want 274
Samsung Pushes Its 4K/HDR TV Service in Europe 55
Crowdfunding Campaign Seeks a Libre Recording of a Newly-Completed Bach Work 87
28 Years Later, Pioneering Tech Magazine 'Mondo 2000' Relaunches Online 35
'I'm a Teapot' Error Code Saved From Extinction By Public Outcry 111
The 2017 Hugo Awards 180
Netflix Discussing Keeping Streaming Rights To Disney's Marvel, Star Wars Films 52
SoundCloud Saved By $170 Million Emergency Funding As CEO Steps Aside 16
Hollywood's Bad Summer Movies Are Driving a Decline in Movie Ticket Sales 245
HBO Hacker Leaks Message From HBO Offering $250,000 'Bounty Payment' 60
Watch Out Ticketmaster: Amazon In Talks To Offer Event Ticketing In US 67
Facebook Launches Watch Tab For Video Shows, Uses TV's 75-Year-Old Marketing Pitch 40
Disney Ditching Netflix Keeps Piracy Relevant 263
Disney To Pull Its Movies From Netflix and Start Its Own Streaming Service 270
David Letterman Returning to TV With Netflix Talk Show 70
Game of Thrones Hackers Demand Ransom 70
Netflix's First Takeover: a Comics Firm 37
Why Steve Jobs Loved the IPod Shuffle 214
Warner Music Files Copyright Claim on A Silent 'Star Wars' Video On YouTube 73
CBS Delaying 'Star Trek: Discovery' To Maintain Quality 228
Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna 564
Hackers Break Into HBO's Networks, May Have Leaked 'Game of Thrones' Script 82
YouTube Red and Google Play Music Will Merge To Create a New Service 59

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