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Two-Fifths of American Households Now Use Video Streaming Services

A new report by the media measurement organization Nielsen reveals that more than two-in-five American households now subscribe to an online video streaming service such as Netflix or Amazon Prime. Of the streaming services used around the country, Netflix wins out by a clear margin. In its Total Audience Report, Nielsen claims that around 36…

Netflix on an NES Is the Best Worst Way to Watch Netflix

There’s no reason you would ever need to rig up an NES to run Netflix. Which is why it’s so great that these two delightfully insane Netflix engineers did it for us. Because at long last, we can finally see the House of Cards intro in all the horrific, 8-bit glory absolutely no one ever…

Apple TV is not getting updated hardware (at least not yet) but its price just dropped to $70. Great for watching HBO Now on.

Netflix Is Resurrecting Inspector Gadget

Du nuh nuh nuh nuh, Inspector Gadget is coming to Netflix. The absolutely amazing 80s gadget adventure show is being resurrected in CGI form along with the amazing 80s spy show Danger Mouse and three other kids’ shows. The best part? This is happening very soon. Inspector Gadget premieres on March 27. Obviously, we’re all…

These Are the Songs You Have Sex to, According to Spotify

Music for the bedroom is no longer a case of slipping Barry White onto your vinyl player and leaning in to your loved on. More likely, it means firing up a cloud-based playlist and routing it through your Bluetooth speaker. So, perhaps, unsurprisingly, Spotify knows exactly what you’re listening to when you do the deed.…

AMC Over The Internet For $20 a Month? Sign Me Up.

I’ve never paid for live television, and Sling TV wasn’t changing my mind. The $20-a-month app that streams live TV on the internet just didn’t have anything that interested me. But then, a bombshell: AMC is coming to Sling TV too. The Walking Dead. Mad Men. Better Call Saul. I could watch them when my…

How to Watch Super Bowl XLIX Online 

Super Bowl XLIX is tomorrow. Cord-cutting SportsHeads need not fret: If you don’t have a TV, it’s pretty easy to watch it online this year. NBC is streaming it for free on its website, and even if you don’t have cable, you’ll be able to watch from within the U.S. The pre-game coverage starts at…

Snapchat’s First Webseries Is Exactly as Terrible as You’d Expect 

Snapchat has unleashed its first ephemeral scripted webseries, Literally Can’t Even. The first five-minute episode, “Sip & Surf Party XXX,” is available today on the Snap Channel in the app’s new Discover platform. Keeping with Snapchat’s whole disappearing schtick, you can only watch it for 24 hours and then it’ll vanish, like a rare flower…

Jay-Z Is Taking on Spotify By Buying Aspiro For $56m

Jay-Z is buying the Scandinavian music streaming company Aspiro—which currently runs two music services—for $56 million, in a bid to take on Spotify. Aspiro currently runs an ad-free service called WiMP and the high-definition offering called Tidal. Both are aimed at keen music lovers, with track recommendations, curated playlists and interviews with artists. Perhaps most…

Walmart’s Vudu-Only Chromecast Knockoff Somehow Wasn’t Just a Bad Dream

There’s too much year left to name Vudu Spark the worst gadget of 2015. But it will without question go down as the most cynical. The Vudu Spark, for those blessed with not yet being familiar, is a streaming dongle sold by Walmart that literally only streams movies and TV shows from Vudu, a streaming…

I Was There When a GoPro Rig Completely Changed the X Games

If you’re watching the X Games on ESPN this weekend you’ll get to see the new GoPro POV system in action. I’m at the Games now and got a peek at the hardware, and it’s clear that while it’s early days yet, this represents a gigantic leap forward in live sports broadcasting. GoPro and the…

Man, I Cannot Wait to Stream Xbox Games to My Laptop

At its big Windows 10 event today, Microsoft talked about its universal apps, Windows 10 for phones, and a big crazy Surface TV thing. But forget all that. You’re gonna be able to stream Xbox One games to any other device in your home that’s running Windows 10. That’s great and I can’t wait to…

Woody Allen’s First Ever Television Series Is an Amazon Prime Exclusive

Now that Amazon’s managed to churn out some non-terrible original content of its own with Transparent, it’s looking to make a quality half-hour comedy. And apparently, Woody Allen’s going to be the one to make that happen with his first television series ever. Of course, Allen won’t have to play the awful pilot game—his so-far…

Razer’s Master Plan To Win Living Room Gamers Starts With Android TV

Every year, Razer comes up with a crazy product to wow the crowds at the Consumer Electronics Show. A tablet with a built-in controller! A Lego-like desktop PC! But this year’s surprise is actually four products that work together: an Android TV microconsole, a Bluetooth gamepad, a streaming service, and a wireless lapboard. The best…

YouTube Will Soon Support 360-Degree Video Uploads

Look out YouTube fans: soon, you’ll be able to immerse yourself in videos that go all the way around. Google has just confirmed to Gizmodo that it will be adding native support for 360-degree videos to its streaming video service. That means you should eventually, theoretically be able to take all the crazy footage you’re…

The One Where You Watch Every Episode of Friends

Still trying to figure out your New Year’s resolution? Here’s an easy one: cement a giant chunk of pop culture into your psyche by finally watching every last episode of Friends. Starting today, you can stream the entire 10-season series from Netflix. Sure, the plot is ridiculous and the characters are about as one-dimensional as…

The 25 Best Movies Disappearing From Netflix Tonight

At the stroke of midnight—or somewhere around then—tonight, while you’re sloppily waving goodbye to 2014, dozens of movies will disappear from Netflix streaming. The good news is, you’ve got plenty of time to get to plow through them before The Great Vanishing. Here’s a list of the very best that won’t make it to 2015.…

iTunes Is Also Streaming The Interview Starting Today

According to Re/code, Apple just released The Interview on iTunes in the U.S. and Canada today at 1pm EST. Like other services which started streaming the controversial film on Christmas Eve, iTunes will also let you rent ($5.99) or buy ($14.99) the film. During Sony’s early talks to get would-be streaming services on board, the…

Microsoft “Arcadia” Could Stream All Kinds of Games and Apps to Windows

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella loves cloud computing, and a new, rumored Microsoft service could be putting all that computing power to better use than ever. A project codenamed “Arcadia” (yes, another Halo reference) could soon stream games and apps to Windows devices, phones and tablets and computers alike. The report comes in from ZDNet’s quite…

NBC Will Stream Network Shows Online As They Air

Not home in time for SNL? Doesn’t mean you can’t still watch it live. NBC is going to start streaming its broadcast network shows online, live and in real-time, as long as you have a cable subscription. You won’t have to pay extra for online access, like that dumb CBS streaming plan. It’s free (ish)—you…