Entertainment Stories for 2018

Vevo To Shut Down Site, Giving In To YouTube Empire 92
Sony In $2.3 Billion Deal For EMI, Becomes World's Biggest Music Publisher 28
Google Launches YouTube Music Service With Creepy AI To Predict Listening Habits 87
Twitter Is Killing Several of Its TV Apps, Too 29
3D Headphone Startup 'Ossic' Closes Abruptly, Leaving Crowdfunders Hanging 168
Netflix's DVD Rental Business Is Still Profitable 125
MoviePass' Days Look Limited 159
Ask Slashdot: Could Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics Ensure Safe AI? 235
'Yanny vs. Laurel' Reveals Flaws In How We Listen To Audio 236
Microsoft Announces Xbox Adaptive Controller For Players With Disabilities 19
YouTube Unveils New Streaming Service 'YouTube Music,' Rebrands YouTube Red 107
Tidal Is Reportedly Months Behind On Royalty Payments To Labels 40
YouTube Expands Music Credits: Makes It Easier To Identify the Song Featured in a Video 20
The SEC Created Its Own Scammy ICO To Teach Investors a Lesson 75
Comcast Charges $90 Install Fee At Homes That Already Have Comcast Installed 141
The Brazen Bootlegging of a Multibillion-Dollar Sports Network 63
Jay-Z's Tidal Accused of Faking Kanye West, Beyonce Streaming Numbers 43
In Blocking Autoplay Videos, Chrome Is Breaking Many Web-Based Games 77
Surging Demand For Vinyl LPs Has Raised Hopes For Reel-to-Reel Tape Deck, Which is Returning To Sale For First Time in Decades 244
Nintendo Switch Online Service Will Launch With 20 NES Games, Cloud Saves, More 51
If Fortnite Were a Website, It Would Rival Reddit and Amazon 112
Pandora Stock Surges 25% After User Data-Based Marketing Push 32
HTC Teases Its Next Flagship Smartphone. Too Bad, the Photo Shows Parts of an iPhone 6. 58
Christopher Nolan Returns Kubrick Sci-Fi Masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' To Its Original Glory 135
Westworld's Scientific Adviser Talks About Free Will, AI, and Vibrating Vests 138
Mobile Gaming Cements Its Dominance, Takes Majority of Worldwide Sales 94
Nintendo Faces Switch Patent Infringement Investigation In the US 63
Facebook's Phone-Free, Wireless 'Oculus Go' VR Headset Is Released Today 34
Could Algorithms Be Better at Picking the Next Big Blockbuster Than Studio Execs? 74
AI Is Being Used To Predict Gambling Behavior 54
Comcast Won't Give New Speed Boost To Internet Users Who Don't Buy TV Service 264
Digital and Analog Audio's Curious Coexistence 345
Sci-Fi Is Still Working on Its 'Stale, Male, and Pale' Problem, Says James Cameron 796
A Mass of Copyrighted Works Will Soon Enter the Public Domain 113
While More People Switch To Streaming TV, Cable Stocks are Plummetting 120
MoviePass Changes TOS To Prevent You From Seeing the Same Movie More Than Once 69
Cord Cutting Caused By 74 Percent TV Price Hikes Since 2000, Says Report 173
CEO Doesn't Know if MoviePass Will Offer a Movie Per Day Plan Again 39
Belgium Declares Video Game Loot Boxes Gambling and Therefore Illegal 176
8K TVs Are Coming, But Don't Buy the Hype 299
Spotify Wants More Paid Subscribers, So It Has Launched a New App To Give Away More Music For Free 66
Netflix, Amazon, and Major Studios Try To Shut Down $20-Per-Month TV Service 212
EU Opens Competition Probe Into Apple's Bid For Music App Shazam 21
The Music Industry Had a Fantastic 2017, Driven by Streaming Revenues 80
Dutch Study Finds Some Video Game Loot Boxes Broke the Law 90
Netflix Could Start Buying Movie Theaters to Help Films Gain a Boost in Oscar Race, Report Says 49
MPAA Silently Shut Down Its Legal Movies Search Engine 63
Netflix Licensed Content Generates 80% of US Viewing, Study Finds 109
Netflix CEO: Why Even $8 Billion Investment in Content Isn't Enough 93
Comcast Is Bundling Netflix Into Cable Packages 45
Guinness Strips Billy 'King of Kong' Mitchell's World Records 58
Telegram is Riddled With Tens of Thousands of Piracy Channels; Apple and Google Have Ignored Requests From Creators To Take Action 49
'High Definition Vinyl' Is Coming As Early As Next Year 330
Netflix Pulls Out of Cannes Following Rule Change 183
Apple Is Developing a TV Show Based On Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series 142
Spotify Is Planning a New Version of Its Free Music Service 64
Steam Spy Announces It's Shutting Down, Blames Valve's New Privacy Settings 97
Elon Musk Is Paying For Free Streaming of a New Documentary about AI Dangers 185
Animation Legend Isao Takahata, Co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Dies at 82 27
Stan Lee's Stolen Blood Was Used To Sign Marvel Comic Books 134
The 50th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" 206
Valve Removes Steam Machines From Its Home Page 164
April Fool's Day Roundup 95
Amazon's Music Storage Service Will Remove MP3 Files on April 30 64
VR Researchers Manipulate Human Visual System To Create An Infinite Corridor In a Fixed Space 63
Google Home Can Now Control Your Bluetooth Speakers 33
Ask Slashdot: How Did Real-Time Ray Tracing Become Possible With Today's Technology? 145
Netflix Banned From Competing At Cannes Film Festival Due To Lack of Theatrical Releases 120
Amazon Plans Blockbuster TV Series Based On Chinese Sci-Fi Trilogy 'The Three-Body Problem' 158
Pirate Music Site's Owner Sentenced to Five Years in Prison 101
Spotify Says 2 Million Users Hacked Apps To Suppress Ads On Its Free Service 62
Ask Slashdot: Is Beaming Down In Star Trek a Death Sentence? 593
MoviePass' Low Subscription Price Just Got Lower 96
CDs, Vinyl Are Outselling Digital Downloads For the First Time Since 2011 136
Online Piracy Is More Popular Than Ever, Research Suggests 73
YouTube To Follow Amazon By Screening Its Movies Inside Theaters 36
YouTube Will 'Frustrate' Some Users With Ads So They Pay for Music 191
LG Releases Open-Sourced Version of webOS in Hopes To Push It Beyond TVs and Smart Refrigerators 96
NVIDIA RTX Technology To Usher In Real-Time Ray Tracing Holy Grail of Gaming Graphics 159
EU Wants To Require Platforms To Filter Uploaded Content (Including Code) 110
UFO Disclosure Group Releases Newest Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet UFO Encounter Video 242
Inside the Booming Black Market For Spotify Playlists 45
Cable Industry Finally Fights Cord Cutting With Fewer Ads 106
Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Apps and Online Services You Use To Discover, Track and Evaluate Movies, TV Shows, Music and Books? 84
The Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy Returns With the Original Cast 84
'Iron Man' Director Jon Favreau Will Write And Produce a Live-Action 'Star Wars' TV Series For Disney's New Streaming Service 90
Samsung's New TVs Are Almost Invisible 158
Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report 145
Uber Booked Half the Theater For the Opening Night of a Play Inspired By the Scandals that Took Down Former CEO Travis Kalanick 33
MoviePass CEO Proudly Says App Tracks Your Location Before, After Movies 166
Spotify Is Cracking Down On Users Pirating Premium-Like Service 83
Apple Is Reportedly Making Its Own High-End Noise-Cancelling Headphones 87
The Oscar-Winning Special Effects of Blade Runner 2049 107
Even With Double the Subscribers, Spotify Says Apple Will Always Have an Edge Owning the App Store 25
MPAA Wants Filmmakers To Pay Licenses, Not Rip Blu-rays 81
HBO's Fahrenheit 451 Trailer Teases Dystopian World Filled With Burning 'Chaos' 171
Nokia's Banana Phone From The Matrix is Back 93
How a Fight Over Star Wars Download Codes Could Reshape Copyright Law 96
Soderbergh's Thriller Shot on iPhone Premieres in Berlin 62
President Trump: 'We Have To Do Something' About Violent Video Games, Movies 866
Disney Loses in Redbox Copyright Row 164
Amazon Is Developing a TV Series Based On Iain M. Banks' Sci-Fi Novel 'Consider Phlebas' 104
Game Industry Pushes Back Against Efforts To Restore Gameplay Servers 246
Flixster Video Shuts Down 33
New Data Shows Netflix's Number of Movies Has Gone Down By Thousands of Titles Since 2010 117
Slashdot Asks: Which Smart Speaker Do You Prefer? 234
Marvel Cinematic Universe Has a CGI Problem 398
YouTube Red is Having an Identity Crisis 42
Would You Fear Alien Life or Welcome It? 226
Tickbox Must Remove Pirate Streaming Add-ons From Sold Devices 70
YouTube TV Is Adding More Channels, But It's Also Getting More Expensive 79
Valve Bans Developer After Employees Leave Fake User Reviews 91
Reddit Audiophiles Test HomePod, Say It Sounds Better Than $1,000 Speaker 327
There Are Ajit Pai 'Verizon Puppet' Jokes That the FCC Doesn't Want You To Read 97
German Authorities Are Considering a Ban On Loot Boxes 106
Hackers Manage To Run Linux On a Nintendo Switch 119
Rejoice: Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone Looks To Keep the Headphone Jack Alive 193
Mayfair Games Shuts Down After 36 Years of Board Games 58
YouTube Will Remove Ads, Downgrade Discoverability of Channels Posting Offensive Videos 314
Firefly Canon To Expand With Series of Original Books 106
Man Handed Conditional Prison Sentence for Spreading Information About Popcorn Time Service 120
Viacom To Launch Its Own Streaming Service this Year 64
AIs Have Replaced Aliens As Our Greatest World Destroying Fear 227
Samsung and Roku Smart TVs Vulnerable To Hacking, Consumer Reports Finds 102
Apple Homepod Review: Locked In 73
Apple Music Was Always Going To Win 161
Hulu, NBC Experience Glitches During Super Bowl Telecast 98
Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs 295
Bicyclist Protests Net Neutrality By Slowing Traffic Outside the FCC Building 181
Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Sci-Fi Books, Movies, and TV Shows You're Looking Forward To? 364
Nintendo Switch Outsells Wii U In 10 Months 107
GDC Rescinds Award For Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell After Criticisms of Sexually Inappropriate Behavior 498
Things Apple's $350 HomePod Smart-Speaker Can't Do: Answer Random Questions, Check Calendar, Work With an Android Phone, and More 246
Ask Slashdot: How Can I Build a Private TV Channel For My Kids? 163
Streaming Services Must Hike Songwriter Payments Nearly 50%, Court Rules 88
'How We Made Starship Troopers' 589
Netflix Executives Say 'Bright' Success Proves Film Critics Are 'Disconnected From Mass Appeal' 330
China Is Quickly Switching From Pirating To Streaming 79
Jack White Bans Cellphones At Concerts For '100% Human Experience' 294
The Legislative Fight Over Loot Boxes Expands To Washington State 127
YouTube's Support for Musicians Comes With a Catch 41
Apple Will Release Its $349 HomePod Speaker On February 9th 98
Netflix Is Now Worth More Than $100 Billion 49
Google Just Broke Amazon's Workaround For YouTube On Fire TV 264
New Study Finds No Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior 200
iTunes Snafu Made 'Thor: Ragnarok' Available Almost a Month Early 46
Nintendo's Newest Switch Accessories Are DIY Cardboard Toys 75
Buying Headphones in 2018 is Going To Be a Fragmented Mess 276
Microsoft Puts Minecraft Boss In Charge of Xbox Games 50
Is Pop Music Becoming Louder, Simpler and More Repetitive? 477
Japan's Latest Sensation is a Cryptocurrency Pop Group 57
Is There a Warning in 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams'? 51
Japanese Console Market Grows For the First Time In 11 Years 34
French Songwriter Kiesza Composes First Mainstream Music Album Co-Written With AI 51
Apparently, People Say 'Thank You' To Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Vehicles 261
Studios Sue Dragon Box in Latest Crackdown on Streaming Devices 54
TiVo Sues Comcast Again, Alleging Operator's X1 Infringes Eight Patents 58
Pandora CEO Roger Lynch Wants To Create the Podcast Genome Project 19
Bitcoin Conference Stops Accepting BTC Due To High Fees 135
Xbox One Adds New Achievement, Do Not Disturb Features In Previous Update 38
Nvidia's GeForce Now Windows App Transforms Your Cheap Laptop Into a Gaming PC 100
Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Media Streaming Device? 206
SoundCloud Refutes Decreasing Audio Quality, Cites Standard Testing 60
Jimmy Iovine To Leave Apple Music in August: Report 46
Spotify Files To Go Public 24
Kinect Is Really Dead Now, Basically 110
Spotify Hit With $1.6 Billion Copyright Lawsuit 132
People Are Using PornHub To Stream 'Hamilton' and 'Zootopia' 92
The World's First 88-inch 8K OLED Display 136

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