Entertainment Stories for 2017

Apple Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle 151
Google Is Testing Autoplay Videos Directly In Search Results 126
AT&T Loses Record Number of Traditional TV Subscribers In Q2, Drops 156,000 DirecTV Satellite Customers 83
Cloudflare Wants to Eliminate 'Moot' Pirate Site Blocking Threat 23
Ask Slashdot: Best Option For a Touring Band With Mobile Data? 203
DNS Lib Underscore Bug Bites Everyone's Favorite Init Tool, Blanks Netflix 292
Predatory Journals Hit By "Star Wars" Sting 112
SoundCloud Halts Volunteer Archiving Project 48
Steve Jobs' Life Is Now An Opera 74
Linus Torvalds Now Reviews Gadgets On Google+ 51
Nolan's Cinematic Vision in 'Dunkirk' is Hollywood's Best Defense Against Netflix 196
Kodi Magazine 'Directs Readers To Pirate Content' 48
Verizon Accused of Throttling Netflix and YouTube, Admits To 'Video Optimization' 52
Disney Facing VFX Firm's Injunction Bid on Three Blockbuster Films 95
Swedish Rail Firm Approves Trainy McTrainface As Name Following Online Poll 88
Chromium To Get Support For MP3 54
Game of Thrones Pirates Being Monitored By HBO, Warnings On The Way 282
Negative Free Cash Flow Will Be an Indicator of Enormous Success For Netflix, Says CEO 116
George A. Romero, Martin Landau Both Died This Weekend 53
Tech Companies Capture A Third Of This Year's Emmy Nominations 31
Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker 508
Vintage SciFi Magazine 'Galaxy' Preserved Online - And Hopefully Also SoundCloud 52
EU Sides With RIAA, Says YouTube Underpays For Music Streaming 82
Netflix Shows Are All Worldwide Hits -- Until They're Not 193
Biologists Use Gene Editing To Store Movies In DNA 87
SoundCloud Has Enough Money To Survive Only 80 Days, Report Claims 57
Radio Station Hijacked Eight Times In the Past Month To Play 'I'm a Wanker' Song 168
Amazon Prime Will Soon Be More Popular Than Cable TV 116
Spotify Denies Allegations It's Putting Fake Artists On Popular Playlists To Cut Costs 115
The Oculus Rift Still Isn't Selling, In a Worrying Sign For VR 413
On-Demand Audio Streaming Hits Record High, Is Up 62.4% Over Last Year 38
Umbrella-sharing Startup Loses Nearly All of Its 300,000 Umbrellas In a Matter of Weeks 159
John McAfee Can Finally Use His Own Name Again 52
Stream-ripping Is 'Fastest Growing' Music Piracy 254
SoundCloud Lays Off Nearly Half Its Staff, Closes Two Offices 51
TV Networks Hide Bad Ratings With Typos, Report Says 115
HBO and Cinemax Come To Hulu, But You'll Need the New App To Watch 67
'In the Knowledge Economy, We Need a Netflix of Education' 144
Texting On the Move Makes You Walk Weird, Study Finds 83
Hulu Joins Netflix and Amazon In Promoting Royalty-free Video Codec AV1 134
Forced Arbitration Isn't 'Forced' Because No One Has To Buy Service, Says AT&T 342
Kanye West Is Leaving Tidal Because the Company Owes Him Money 94
PBS Bets $3 Million That Monkeys Are Better CS Preschool Teachers Than Rabbits 82
Warner Bros., Tolkien Estate Settle $80 Million 'Hobbit' Lawsuit 71
New Fidget Spinners Are Catching On Fire 110
'You're Doing Your Weekend Wrong' 147
Sony Will Start Pressing Vinyl Records After 28-Year Hiatus 136
Amazon Will Offer Prime Video At Half-Price In All New Markets For Six More Months 34
Twitch Announces Six-Day Marathon Of Classic MST3K Episodes 26
Netflix Launches New 'Interactive Shows' That Let Viewers Dictate the Story 104
Ron Howard Steps In To Direct Han Solo Movie 89
BBC Technical Glitch Leaves TV Presenter In Silence 56
Tesla Is Talking To the Music Labels About Creating Its Own Streaming Service 66
Domestic Appliances Guzzle Far More Energy Than Advertised, Says EU Survey 205
Remember When You Called Someone and Heard a Song? 152
How Hollywood Got Hacked: Studio at Center of Netflix Leak Breaks Silence 79
Star Wars' Han Solo Spinoff Directors Quit In the Middle of Shooting 160
The Best And Worst ISPs According To Consumer Reports 90
Opus 1.2 Released 22
'Star Trek: Discovery' Gets September Premiere Date On CBS & CBS All Access, Season 1 Split In Two 243
New 'Lupin III' Commentary Track Celebrates The Glories Of Ignoring Copyrights 71
Studio-Defying VidAngel Launches New Video-Filtering Platform 201
Movie Piracy Cost Australian Network 'Hundreds of Millions of Dollars' 119
Bat-Signal Shines In LA In Honour of Batman Star Adam West 58
Spotify Continues To Grow Faster Than Apple Music Thanks To Free Tier 25
GTA V Flooded With Negative Reviews On Steam After OpenIV Modding Tool Shuts Down 127
Pirate Bay Is Infringing Copyright, European Court of Justice Rules 108
We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier 263
Netflix Has More American Subscribers Than Cable TV 74
Konami Reportedly Blacklisting Ex-Employees Across Japanese Video Game Industry 120
Ask Slashdot: Your Favorite Subscription Services? 223
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's Ex-CEO, Says She's Looking 'Forward To Using Gmail Again' 187
Sharp To Americans: You Don't Want to Buy a Sharp-Brand TV 115
Microsoft's AI Is the First to Reach a Perfect Ms. Pac-Man Score 59
How Lego Clicked: The Super Brand That Reinvented Itself 191
That Time Adam West, TV's 'Batman', Also Advocated For Videogames 38
Younger Millennials Don't Know What Networks Are Responsible For TV Shows, Unless It's Netflix 185
Tim Cook Takes Swipe at Windows During MIT Commencement 91
For the First Time, a Video Game Trailer Is Eligible To Be Nominated For an Academy Award 71
What Are Some Documentaries and TV Shows That You Recommend To Others? 278
Apple's 'Planet of the Apps' Reality Show Is 'Bland, Tepid, Barely Competent Knock-off of 'Shark Tank' 78
Apple Adds Support For FLAC Lossless Audio In iOS 11 49
Cable TV 'Failing' As a Business, Cable Industry Lobbyist Says 185
Hackers Leak Eight Episodes of An Unreleased ABC Show 87
Apple Announces Its 'Next Breakthrough' Product: the HomePod 198
JRR Tolkien Book 'Beren and Luthien' Published After 100 Years 94
YouTube Clarifies 'Hate Speech' Definition and Which Videos Won't Be Monetized 271
Hollywood Sees Illegal Streaming Devices as 'Piracy 3.0' 178
Take-Two Acquires Kerbal Space Program 85
Movie Studios Are Blaming Rotten Tomatoes For Killing Movies No One Wants To See 316
Bill Simmons Says ESPN Blew It By Not Embracing Tech 120
Hollywood Is Fighting Billionaire Sean Parker's Plan To Let You Rent Movies Still in Theaters For $50 139
Sony Ships Its Last Ever PlayStation 3 In Japan 64
For Video Soundtracks, Computers Are the New Composers 171
Seven Science Journals Have A Dog On Their Editorial Board 106
UCF Research Could Bring 'Drastically' Higher Resolution To Your Phone and TV 108
Comcast Customer Satisfaction Drops 6% After TV Price Hikes, ACSI Says 52
Sean Parker Is Going To Great Lengths To Ensure 'Screening Room' Is Piracy Free, Patents Reveal 141
Music Streaming Service Tidal Loses Third CEO In Two Years 19
Disney Chief Bob Iger Doesn't Believe Movie Hack Threat Was Real 27
More Than Half of Streaming Users In US Are Sharing Their Passwords, Says Report 71
Cord-Cutters Are Ditching Their Cable Packages At the Fastest Rate Ever 204
The Cable TV Industry Is Getting Even Less Popular 104
Facebook Signs BuzzFeed, Vox, Others For Original Video Shows 15
Could Giant Alien Structures Be Dimming a Far Away Star? 397
Resident Evil Getting Rebooted Into a Six-Film Franchise 202
Movie Piracy Blackmail Plot Fails In India, Six Arrested 47
EU Passes 'Content Portability' Rules Banning Geofencing 119
Scientists Claim 'Cold Spot' In Space Could Offer Evidence of a Parallel Universe 125
Families Will Spend More Than a Third of Summer Staring At Screens 103
Star Trek Discovery's First Trailer Brings a New Ship, New Characters, and Old Conflicts 507
Google Home Gets Notifications, Hands-Free Calling, a TV Interface and More 37
Popular Torrent Site ExtraTorrent Permanently Shuts Down 169
Amazon Targets Cord Cutters With First-Ever Integrated Fire TV Sets 80
Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse 206
MP3 Is Not Dead, It's Finally Free 415
Disney Chief Bob Iger Says Hackers Claim To Have Stolen Upcoming Movie 121
Microsoft Job Posting Hints At VR MMO 18
Netflix Says No To Unlocked Android Smartphones 255
Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse 28
Streaming Services Will Pay Writers More Under New Writers Guild Pact 64
Why Amanda Palmer Left the Music 'Industry' For Crowdfunding 105
HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Joins The Push For A Decentralized Web 115
Going After Netflix, Cannes Bans Streaming-Only Movies From Competition Slots 136
The Failed Experiment of the Digital Album Booklet 82
Google Releases Study Defending YouTube's Value To Music Biz; Trade Bodies Hit Back 80
Star Trek Bridge Crew Gets IBM Watson-Powered Voice Commands 61
Spotify Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files In Its Early Days: Report 44
Facebook Closes Its Oculus VR Studio 72
Fedora Will Get Full Mp3 Support, As IIS Fraunhofer Terminates Mp3 Licensing Program 133
Today is 'Free Comic Book Day' 31
The Apple Watch Outsold Every Other Wearable Last Quarter 109
The World Video Game Hall of Fame 2017 Inductees 73
Dormant Diseases Frozen In the Ice Are Waking Up 173
Cord-Cutting Spikes Fivefold In Cable TV's Worst Quarter Ever 156
How Not to Make a Movie About Tech 58
Hulu Launches Its Live TV Streaming Service 53
Studios, Writers Guild Avert Strike With Last-Minute Deal 75
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Sets Record As Fastest-Selling Game In the Franchise 49
Hacker Leaks 'Orange Is the New Black' Episodes After Failing To Extort Netflix 144
BitTorrent is Shutting Down Its Live TV Streaming Service 18
What Happens To Summer TV Binges If Hollywood Writers Strike 205
Apple Wants To Turn Its Music App Into a One-Stop Shop For Pop Culture 54
Will the High-Tech Cities of the Future Be Utterly Lonely? 108
Netflix Is Now In China Via a Deal With iQiyi 18
EU Lawmakers Include Spotify and iTunes In Geoblocking Ban 74
Streaming Services Help Global Music Industry To Fastest Growth in Nearly 20 Years 47
WikiLeaks Releases New CIA Secret: Tapping Microphones On Some Samsung TVs 100
Court Rules Fan Subtitles On TV and Movies Are Illegal 137
FCC Takes First Step Toward Allowing More Broadcast TV Mergers 71
TED Wants To Remind Us That Ideas -- Not Politicians -- Shape the Future 263
StarCraft Is Now Free, Nearly 20 Years After Its Release 239
Netflix Nears 100 Million Subscribers 47
New Approach To Virtual Reality Shocks You Into Believing Walls Are Real 59
Hollywood Is Losing the Battle Against Online Trolls 487
Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movie? 1222
Steve Wozniak Predicts The Future 198
17 Years Later, A New Season Of MST3K Premiers On Netflix 84
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Is Now the Fastest-Selling Nintendo Launch Title of All Time 47
Cloudflare Doesn't Want To Become the 'Piracy Police' 63
Roku-Enabled TVs Will Soon 'Listen' To Programs You're Watching To Suggest Streaming Content 52
Nintendo Discontinues the NES Classic Edition 104
West Point Researchers Demonstrate Passive Netflix Traffic Analysis Attack 64
Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV 227
Canada Hid the Konami Code In Its Commemorative $10 Bill Launch 78
The Kodi Development Team Wants To Be Legitimate and Bring DRM To the Platform. 156
As Streaming Booms, Songs Are Getting Faster and Shorter 173
TV's Golden Age Is Anything But, Say Writers Preparing To Strike 200
Microsoft's Minecraft Set To Launch Its Own Currency 67
China's LeEco Calls Off Its $2 Billion Purchase of TV Maker Vizio 25
Over 90% of College Students Today Regularly Use Netflix, But Only 34% Are Actually Paying For Their Own Account 55
Two Studies Suggesting a Link Between Violent Video Games, Real-Life Behavior Have Been Retracted 174
YouTube Launches 'YouTube TV' In Select Markets 62
Spotify Premium Users Will Get Some Albums Two Weeks Before Free Users 46
A Case For Why Movie-Theater Experience Is Still Worth the Effort 370
Nintendo Switch Consoles Are Reportedly Warping When Docked 110
Netflix Now Lets You Download Videos Onto Your PC 60
Apple Wants To Sell Premium TV Channels in a Bundle 43
'Grammar Vigilante' Secretly Corrects Bristol Street Signs 158
Will Streaming Media Lead To A Massive Writer's Strike? 316
EFF Issues April Fool's Day Newsletter 21
Steve Wozniak's Biographer Pranked By Woz's Mom? 11
Ask Slashdot: Seen Any Good April Fool's Pranks Today? 106
New CGI Script Shows Random Slashdot Stories 24
Amazon Bans Sales of Media Player Boxes That Promote Piracy 102
Your Save Data Is Not Safe On the Nintendo Switch 161
Streaming Services Generated More Than 50% of All US Music Industry Revenue in 2016 34
Safe Harbor Cost the US Music Industry Up To $1B in Lost Royalties Per Year, Study Finds 194
Christopher Nolan and Sofia Coppola Urge Fans To Watch Films in Cinemas, Not On Netflix 360
About 90% of Smart TVs Vulnerable To Remote Hacking Via Rogue TV Signals 76
BitTorrent To Refocus On What Made It Rich - uTorrent 54
GameStop To Close At Least 150 Stores Due To Poor Q4 Sales 119
Four Years Later, Xbox Exec Admits How Microsoft Screwed Up Disc Resale Plan 115
'Pirate' Movie Streaming Sites Declared Legal By Italian Court 48
Enemy Number One is Netflix: The Monster That's Eating Hollywood 312
Indiana's Inmates Could Soon Have Access To Tablets 133
Venezuelan Developers Are Using Bitcoin, Rare Pepe Trading Cards To Fight Against a Dismal Economy 93
AMC Plans Ad-Free Streaming Service 40
Hollywood Producer Blames Rotten Tomatoes For Convincing People Not To See His Movie 395
Studios Flirt With Offering Movies Early in Home for $30 128
18 To 24-Year-Olds Are Hitting the Big Screen at Lower Rates 226
Cord-Cutting Isn't Nearly as Significant as Cable Providers Make It Out To Be 143
Firefox for Linux is Now Netflix Compatible 71
Popular Open-Source Audio Editor Audacity Adds Windows 10 Support, More Improvements 102
Ask Slashdot: Best Virtual Reality Headsets? 141
Scientists Sent a Rocket To Mars For Less Than It Cost To Make 'The Martian' 180
Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down 97
Movie Theaters Haven't Innovated Beyond Popcorn, Says Netflix CEO 213
Lack of Oxford Comma Could Cost Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute 331
DirecTV Admits Screwing Up Regional Sports Fees, Starts Issuing Credits 15
Buying a Samsung TV Online Could Jeopardize Your Data 30
Slashdot Asks: Is the Internet Killing Old and New Art Forms or Helping Them Grow? 110
Netflix Will Explore Mobile-Specific Cuts of Its Original Series 80
Dungeons and Dragons Goes Digital 76
Court Orders ISP To Hand Identities Behind 5,300 IP Addresses To Copyright Trolls 41
'The Matrix' Reboot: It's Finally Happened. Hollywood Has Run Out of All the Ideas 542
82% of Kids in 'Netflix Only' Homes Have No Idea What Commercials Are 301
Pandora Debuts Premium On-Demand Music Tier 41
How Seven Movie Studios Forced A Pirated Movie Site Offline 136
Verizon Wireless Wades Right Back Into the Net Neutrality Debate With Fios Deal 37
NVIDIA Lifts Veil On GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Performance Reviews, Which Show Faster Speeds Than Titan X 51
PlayStation 4.5 Update Brings HDD Support, PS4 Pro 'Boost Mode' 40
Amazon Says It's Open To Pushing Content Through Cable Boxes 21
Despite Netflix and Amazon Prime, Most of the World Watches Pirated Content 244
Music Charts No Longer Make Sense 167
For the First Time, More US Households Have Netflix Than a DVR 70
Nintendo Switch Owners Complain About Dead Pixels, Nintendo Says They're 'Normal' 241
Streaming Pirate Content Isn't Illegal, UK Trading Standards Says 70
Streaming TV Sites Now Have More Subscribers Than Cable TV 47
Curated Advertising Is Coming To Highway Billboards 110
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Review By Ars Technica 59
Netflix Uses AI in Its New Codec To Compress Video Scene By Scene 67
Sorry, Apple, the Headphone Jack Isn't Going Anywhere 332
Spotify Is Testing a Lossless Subscription Tier For $15 to $20 Per Month 77
Americans Have Fewer TVs On Average Than They Did In 2009 164
YouTube Unveils YouTube TV, Its Live TV Streaming Service 95
Radio Is the Worst Place To Listen To Music, Says Jay Z 203
One Billion Hours of YouTube Are Watched Every Day 72
In Twenty, Fifty Years, 'We May Be Entertaining AI', Says Netflix CEO 111
Can Streaming Companies Replace Hollywood Studios? 138
Science Fiction Actor Bill Paxton Dies At Age 61 142
Slashdot Asks: Are Curved TVs Worth It? 179
Studios Push for $50 Early Home Movie Rentals 248
Valve Releases SteamVR For Linux 61
Google Says Almost Every Recent 'Trusted' DMCA Notices Were Bogus 83
HP Is Advertising Its Real, Modern Printers on This Fake, Awkward '80s Computer Show 86
Valve's Gabe Newell Says Only 30 SteamVR Apps Have Made $250,000+ 151
Online Piracy Can Boost Comic Book Sales, Research Finds 36
Google and Microsoft To Crackdown On Piracy Sites In Search Results 104
Web Comic 'Pokey The Penguin' Celebrates Its 19th Anniversary 67

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