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Streaming covers the services and devices that deliver movies, TV, and music on demand, from Netflix and Disney+ to Spotify, Roku, and Apple TV. Articles here include new releases, price and plan changes, device reviews, and tips for cutting the cord. Follow this tag to keep up with the streaming landscape.
YouTube Music is labeling AI-assisted songs while Deezer prepares a toggle that hides them. Here is how every major streaming service now treats AI music, and what listeners can actually control.
YouTuber Jack Doherty says he signed a deal with crypto casino Shuffle.com without reading it, and that one clause bars him from posting online. Shuffle CEO Noah Dummett says the six-month term is real and the company will not scrap it. Here is how the deal came together, and why it might also be a stunt.
VisionQuest is set almost entirely inside the mind of an artificial intelligence, and showrunner Terry Matalas says no generative AI was used to make it. Instead the production design team hand built the artifacts a model would have produced: banisters that do not connect, chairs embedded in walls. Marvel has been criticized for AI three times since 2023.
Joe Rogan has renewed with Spotify in a multiyear deal the Wall Street Journal values at around $250 million. The number is not the interesting part. Spotify is paying it for a show that stays on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music, which is a complete reversal of why it bought him in the first place.
The best apps for listening to music offline, compared by download limits, audio quality, the 30 day rule and price, including free options that need no subscription.
Free music with no ads does exist, legally: library apps, Amazon Prime and local players. Here is every option, plus what it costs to remove ads from Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.
From 2027 YouTube will let creators run up to three different cuts of the same video at once. Marques Brownlee calls it the platform’s craziest and riskiest idea yet, and his objection is not the feature. It is what happens to the comment section.
Amazon has confirmed that its Linux-based Vega OS exists to stop piracy on Fire TV Sticks. Android apps cannot run, sideloading is gone for good, and the app catalog dropped from over 30,000 to roughly 1,257.
A federal court rewrote Amazon’s FTC settlement payout in September, lifting the per customer cap from $51 to $200. From October 1, automatic payments start reaching people who used 11 to 20 Prime benefits in a year, a group left out of every earlier round.
Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album arrives November 19 with 34 original tracks. The limited edition vinyl costs more than the game’s Ultimate Edition and sold out in under an hour, which reopened an argument Rockstar thought it had settled.