Catie Keck, Author at Gizmodo

AMC Will Reopen With 15 Cent Movies, But You’ll Still Have to Pony Up for New Mutants

AMC will reopen more than 100 of its theaters next week, and to lure otherwise wary moviegoers to its cinemas, it’s offering promotional ticket pricing of just 15 cents. You’ll still have to cough up for new releases, though. The one-day, 15-cent ticket pricing will be available at the “first wave” of AMC’s reopened theaters…

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Crunchyroll Might Get Sold to Sony—Wait, What?

Just months after launching a tentpole service that touts Crunchyroll as one of its premium offerings, AT&T may be exploring a sale of the anime streaming property. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Information reported Wednesday that AT&T is looking to sell Crunchyroll to Sony—a deal that’s reportedly being held up by AT&T’s exceptionally…

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Area Ghoul Throws Corporate Tantrum

As Uber publicly grapples with the moral dilemma of having built an entire-ass company around exploitative wage practices, the CEO Dara Khosrowshahi now says that if California forces the company to reclassify its contractors as full-time employees, Uber will temporarily shut down in its home state. Conveniently, it appears this shutdown would last for exactly as…

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Alamo Will Now Let You Watch Movies the Way You’ve Always Wanted—Alone

Well, folks, Alamo is finally letting its customers view movies the way they’ve always dreamed: in a private theater with a hand-selected group of friends and family and without some snotty kid kicking your seat the whole time. The bad news is that we’re still very much in the middle of a global pandemic, and…

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Scorsese to Join Apple TV+’s Hollywood Gang Tasked With Fixing Its Content

Before Apple TV+ launched last year, its goal was pretty straightforward: Make premium, ad-free content for a pretty decent monthly subscription price. At launch, though, Apple had all the production and far less of the substance—at least not enough to make the kind of splash it probably had hoped for straight out of the gate.…

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What the Fuck, Roku?

You won’t find HBO Max on Roku, but you can watch Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe. As if the conspiracy theory hokum pervading social media wasn’t bad enough, Roku has been hosting content that’s promoting misinformation about vaccines, autism, and the current covid-19 pandemic. Three channels that can be downloaded to Roku devices through the…

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TCL’s Fan Favorite 6-Series Is Aiming to Win Over Gamers With 2020 TVs

TCL has revealed the prices for its new 2020 5-Series and 6-Series TVs, and like other newer models from many of its competitors this year, the company is definitely attempting to woo gamers. Let’s talk first about the 6-Series, which will have limited availability beginning today with a 55-inch (55R635) for $650, 65-inch (65R635) for…

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Southwest Has Decided Not to Sanitize Your Seat Belt as Frequently

Southwest Airlines is reportedly scaling back its sanitation efforts between flights, with flight crew being told that sanitizing seat beats and armrests will not be part of this process. The airline said the new policy is focused on “optimizing” staff and shifting heavy cleaning to evenings. The airline told Gizmodo by email on Wednesday that…

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Sony’s X900H 4K LED TV Is So Good I’m Buying One Myself

The number of beautiful, non-OLED, so-called “future-proof” TVs available on the market for less than $1,500 is relatively small. If you plan to buy one of either of the hotly anticipated gaming consoles expected to drop around the holidays, and if you want to take advantage of those consoles’ most technical promises, a TV with…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Catie Keck

Quibi: What If We Just Gave It to You for Free?

Quibi, the beleaguered mobile-first streaming service teeming with talent but struggling to find a solid subscriber footing, has introduced a free, ad-supported tier to its Australian market—something the company arguably should have been doing all along. Quibi officially launched in Australia and New Zealand on Aug. 5. (Previously, Quibi users in these regions could only…

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Disney+ Wants You to Pay $30 Extra to Watch Mulan—and You Will

As if the premium of ever-increasing streaming costs hadn’t already pummeled your monthly bank balance, Disney has announced it will charge you the obscene amount of $30 to watch its live-action remake of Mulan. No, that is not included in your subscription, and yes, you read that eye-watering figure correctly. Disney announced the decision Tuesday…

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WhatsApp Pilots ‘Search the Web’ Tool for Fact-Checking Forwarded Messages

WhatsApp is piloting a new feature meant to support fact-checking of in-app messages by searching their contents on the web, the company announced this week. Beginning Monday, the Facebook-owned messaging app began testing a tool that will stamp a magnifying glass next to forwarded messages, which also bear the previously introduced double arrow indicator. By…

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FuboTV Gets ESPN and Is Now the Best Service for Sports Fans

If you have not recently updated your FuboTV app, you should think about doing that ASAP—particularly if you’re a sports fan. FuboTV users now have access to a cornucopia of sports and entertainment channels owned by Disney, including ABC, ABC News Live, Freeform, Disney channels, ESPN channels, FX programming, and National Geographic, a spokesperson confirmed…

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HBO Is Safe on Fire TV—Kind Of

In an apparent final-hour agreement between WarnerMedia and Amazon, Fire TV users will be able to continue streaming HBO. Let’s back up a bit because a couple of things happening simultaneously appeared to put Fire TV users at risk of losing HBO apps entirely. HBO Go is going away as of today, July 31, leaving…

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Cheap Live TV Service Philo Finally Gets Chromecast Support

Philo today announced that Android users can soon cast to their Chromecast-enabled TVs with their phones, a move that the company says was one of its most-requested features. Philo, the over-the-top service for live TV with premium add-ons, said Friday that the support for Chromecast from Android devices was the first iteration of what it…

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Hold Onto Your Peacock, CBS All Access Just Got Better

Earlier this year, CBS All Access tapped the trove of ViacomCBS assets and introduced a mini library of Paramount films to its service—a move that made a good service even better. Around the same time, the company’s top brass said it was gearing up to introduce “major changes” to expand the service’s features and offerings,…

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Even Apple Gives Amazon Tax Breaks

A couple of years back, Amazon’s streaming service, Prime Video, was nowhere to be found on Apple’s streaming devices—that is, until late 2017, when the company announced that Amazon’s Prime Video app would finally debut on Apple TV. What broke the stalemate? Well, we finally know. Emails between Apple’s Eddy Cue and Amazon CEO Jeff…

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Spotify Is Testing a New Podcasting Tool to Share Quotes in Other Apps

Spotify is demoing a new tool that will allow some users to share quotes from episodes of podcasts from its platform to messaging and social apps. At present, the feature is limited to only some users and a single podcast original, The Michelle Obama Podcast. Obviously the application for this tool on this particular product…

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HBO Go Will Be Killed for Real This Week

Following the launch of its HBO Max app in May, HBO announced soon after that it would be sunsetting its Go service—the streaming app for users who subscribe to HBO through their TV or cable provider. That is happening this week, and Go users will no longer be able to use the app on their…

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The AMC and Universal War Over Movies Has Ended, Thank God

Earlier this year—roughly 100 years ago now—you’ll recall that AMC had a very public, very messy falling out with NBCUniversal over distribution rights that saw the movie theater chain swear off Universal Pictures films in its theaters globally, ostensibly forever. In a somewhat surprising turn, it appears the two parties have made nice—though the terms…

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AMC Will Reopen With 15 Cent Movies, But You’ll Still Have to Pony Up for New Mutants

Crunchyroll Might Get Sold to Sony—Wait, What?

Area Ghoul Throws Corporate Tantrum

Alamo Will Now Let You Watch Movies the Way You’ve Always Wanted—Alone

Scorsese to Join Apple TV+’s Hollywood Gang Tasked With Fixing Its Content

What the Fuck, Roku?

TCL’s Fan Favorite 6-Series Is Aiming to Win Over Gamers With 2020 TVs

Southwest Has Decided Not to Sanitize Your Seat Belt as Frequently

Sony’s X900H 4K LED TV Is So Good I’m Buying One Myself

Quibi: What If We Just Gave It to You for Free?

Disney+ Wants You to Pay $30 Extra to Watch Mulan—and You Will

WhatsApp Pilots ‘Search the Web’ Tool for Fact-Checking Forwarded Messages

FuboTV Gets ESPN and Is Now the Best Service for Sports Fans

HBO Is Safe on Fire TV—Kind Of

Cheap Live TV Service Philo Finally Gets Chromecast Support

Hold Onto Your Peacock, CBS All Access Just Got Better

Even Apple Gives Amazon Tax Breaks

Spotify Is Testing a New Podcasting Tool to Share Quotes in Other Apps

HBO Go Will Be Killed for Real This Week

The AMC and Universal War Over Movies Has Ended, Thank God

INIU Portable Power Bank Is Small in Size and Smaller in Price for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (45W, 10,000mAh)

Humans Were Already Dog People 16,000 Years Ago, DNA Suggests

California Regulator Says Tesla’s ‘Robotaxis’ Are More Like a Limo in the Eyes of the Law

Dyson Airwrap Falls to an All-Time Low in Amazon’s Spring Sale, Lowering the Barrier for This Premium Multi-Styler

The ‘Tales from ’85’ Trailer Wants You Back in ‘Stranger Things’ Already

Forget Ray-Ban Meta, XREAL 1S AR/XR Virtual Screen Smart Glasses Drop to Record Low on Amazon

Pixel Buds Pro 2 Hit Record Low as Google Continues Its Clearance-Like Price Cuts Following Smartphone Deals

DJI Now Has a Cheaper 360 Drone Than Insta360, but the U.S. Won’t Get It

Amazon Clears Out Apple Watch Series 9 With Silver Stainless Steel Case at 48% Off During Spring Sale

What Do You Mean Fox McCloud Is in the ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees