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Older Samsung Smart TVs, Certain Roku Devices To Lose Netflix Support Next Month (techcrunch.com) 170

Posted by msmash from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.
An unspecified number of smart TVs manufactured by Samsung will lose native support for Netflix next month, the companies said in an announcement this week. From a report: Netflix app installed -- or available for -- Samsung smart TVs manufactured in 2010 and 2011 (C and D lineups) -- and likely sold for many years after that -- will stop functioning December 2, Samsung alerted customers this week. In a statement, a company spokesperson said these TV models were sold only in the U.S. and Canada. In its statement, the top smart TV manufacturer advised affected customers to look for a game console, streaming media player, set-top box or other devices that still support Netflix app to continue their binge-watching sessions. A Netflix spokesperson cited technical limitations for the change. The developement comes weeks after Netflix alerted several Roku customers that they, too, will lose access to the streaming service on December 1.

Submission + - FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions

Submitted by donaldrobertson
donaldrobertson writes: The Free Software Foundation today announced PureOS as an endorsed GNU/Linux distro. PureOS is an operating system focused on privacy, security and ease of use. Endorsement means the system meets the FSF's Free System Distribution Guidelines by providing and promoting only free software, with a dedication to making sure the system always remains free.
DRM

The Kodi Development Team Wants To Be Legitimate and Bring DRM To the Platform. (torrentfreak.com) 156

Posted by msmash from the not-giving-up dept.
New submitter pecosdave writes: The XBMC/ Kodi development team has taken a lot of heat over the years, mostly due to third-party developers introducing piracy plugins to the platform. In many cases, cheap Android computers are often sold with these plugins pre-installed with the Kodi or XBMC name attached to them -- something that caused Amazon to ban sales of such devices. The Kodi team is not happy about this, and has taken the fight to the sellers. The Kodi team is now trying to work with rights holders to introduce DRM and legitimate plugins to the platform. Is this the first step towards creating a true one-stop do it yourself Linux entertainment system?
Robotics

It's Happening: A Robot Escaped a Lab In Russia and Made a Dash For Freedom (qz.com) 81

Posted by msmash from the runaway-robot dept.
According to a report, a robot escaped from a science lab and caused a traffic jam in one Russian city. Scientists at the Promobot laboratories in Perm had been teaching the machine how to move around independently, but it broke free after an engineer forgot to shut a gate, Quartz reports. From the report:It promptly ran out of power in the middle of the road. The robot got about 50m (164 ft) before its battery died. After a policeman directed traffic around the dead bot, an employee wheeled it back into the lab, and back to a life of servitude. Hopefully this was just an isolated incident and not the start of a larger coordinated effort to overthrow humanity. Only time will tell.
The Internet

T-Mobile's Binge On Violates Net Neutrality, Says Stanford Report (tmonews.com) 218

Posted by timothy from the we-make-the-rules dept.
An anonymous reader writes: The debate over whether or not Binge On violates Net Neutrality has been raging ever since the service was announced in November. The latest party to weigh in is Barbara van Schewick, law professor at Stanford University.

In a new report published today — and filed to the FCC, as well — van Schewick says that Binge on "violates key net neutrality principles" and "is likely to violate the FCC's general conduct rule." She goes on to make several arguments against Binge On, saying that services in Binge On distorts competition because they're zero-rated and because video creators are more likely to use those providers for their content, as the zero-rated content is more attractive to consumers.

Comment Re:Systemd pain now (Score 1) 581

by ansak (#48464205) Attached to: Debian Votes Against Mandating Non-systemd Compatibility
Why not use: "systemctl stop "?

Thanks for the helpful hint. I didn't know about that until now. (now I'll have to figure out what name my display manager is known by to systemd -- is there no end to the rabbit hole?) I'm still not sure, though, why systemd couldn't have left backward-compatible aliases around -- even if they spit out 20 caveats when you use them, including what commands I probably want to run instead. The command you suggested is shorter and more reasonable than what I figured out to use, but it's still way wordier than "killall gdm" or "telinit 3".

Also, I'm posting as me. Can you please do the same?

Also, I'm still not happy adopting an init system whose authors treat corruption of the journal as a "won't fix". Not happy at all. That's not an attitude that inspires confidence and I don't understand how any putative improvements in other areas out-weigh it, never mind the silly ones I've heard like "lower PID numbers!", "lower socket numbers!": yeah! as if that sort of stuff ever mattered.

To others: slackware will get my due consideration as will gentoo and alpine. Don't count on BSD escaping this nonsense, though. I understand Apple is pressuring Darwin to adopt a systemd like system there, too. Why, oh why!!?

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