Janko Roettgers

Ten years ago, streaming stick maker Roku released its first smart TVs in partnership with Hisense and TCL, two Chinese TV manufacturers that few had heard of in the U.S. at that time.

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Netflix is building an internal developer platform for generative AI, and hiring to use LLMs across the organization.

With the latest attempt to launch a Netflix for sports stopped by a court order, smaller services are betting on a window of opportunity.

With the latest attempt to launch a Netflix for sports stopped by a court order, smaller services are betting on a window of opportunity.

The failed promise of smart speakers, and some internal fumbles, led to the audio giant's decline. Can headphones save it?

However, looming large over everything else are Trump's proposed tariffs. Massive levies on imports won't just hurt consumer electronics makers, but are also poised to negatively impact streaming services. Plus, significant across-the-board price increases could force U.S. consumers to buy less, further impacting an industry that is still dealing with some of the after-effects of the pandemic.

Google has worked hard to make its new Gemini AI assistant sound more human. Could that lead people to project race and gender biases on what they hear?

Gaussian splatting, a new way of capturing 3D content, is taking the AR / VR industry by storm — and could one day allow anyone to create photorealistic 3D worlds.

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