Melinda Gates shared stories of her family life, philanthropic pursuits and her unending push to get more girls and women the standing they deserve in tech as she starred as… Read More
It’s tax season, and some people are finding out the hard way that those so-called tax breaks that President Trump promised them aren’t coming. Who is getting additional tax breaks… Read More
Zillow Group’s new CEO Rich Barton is back in the driver’s seat because of his self-professed affinity for “big swings,” and the company’s fundamental shift to focus on home sales… Read More
Netflix will not only be representing the streaming services at this year’s Academy Awards, it will be leading the way among all contenders as it picked up 10 Oscar nominations… Read More
Though Netflix is the name commonly associated with streaming video, it’s a huge market with countless players and new ones joining all the time. Netflix itself acknowledged the competitive landscape… Read More
Netflix is raising prices for the fourth time in its history, but its offerings remain in line with the cost of competitors like Amazon Prime Video and Hulu. Netflix has… Read More
Steve Carell is going from “The Office” to the “Space Force.” Netflix has signed on for a new comedy series named for President Donald Trump’s plan for a space-defending military… Read More
“Relax, don’t do it,” sings Frankie Goes to Hollywood in a new trailer for the Netflix movie event “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” But when it comes to the creepy sci-fi series,… Read More
Facebook is in the news again, but not for the reasons it wants to be. The New York Times published an extensive report on the social giant’s privacy practices, this… Read More
Amazon made another strong showing among the streaming TV pack on Thursday with nine nominations, and it also picked up one for film as the hopefuls were announced for the… Read More
“Chaos engineering” is not the planning process for a Senate committee hearing, but a growing discipline within software engineering that by deliberately making your systems and applications fail, you’ll learn… Read More
Today’s featured stories Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis Backed by Seattle firm, Canadian pot company Tilray sees value soar to $20… Read More
Creepy storm clouds looming over the fictional town of Hawkins, Ind., are a regular occurrence in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” But one particular cloud used for the streaming hit… Read More
Walmart is contemplating starting its own streaming service to compete with incumbent giants like Netflix and Amazon, according to a report from The Information. Citing anonymous people familiar with the… Read More
Streaming television continues to assert its position as a force to be reckoned with when it comes to quality programming — and awards season. Thursday’s Emmy nominations provided proof yet… Read More
News Brief: Streaming giant Netflix went down on Monday afternoon across the globe. “We are aware of members having trouble streaming on all devices. We are investigating the issue and… Read More
Set TV, the streaming service facing a lawsuit from Amazon, Netflix and pretty much the entire entertainment industry, is down. Customers of the service reached out to GeekWire Friday, saying… Read More
A former reality TV star became president, and now a former president is hoping to make a mark on streaming TV. Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama… Read More
You’ve probably seen “Toy Story.” Now, you’ll want to see a different type of story about toys. “Making Fun — The Story of Funko” is a documentary feature about the… Read More
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a statement from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. UPDATE: Streaming service sued by Amazon and Netflix is down, leaving its future… Read More
Netflix was arguably Amazon Web Services’ most important customer during its rise to the top of the public cloud market over the last decade, but it sounds like their special… Read More
News Brief: Netflix exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for its first quarter, adding another 7.4 million subscribers (2 million in the U.S.), up 50 percent year-over-year, as its total membership base… Read More
A new open-source project from Google and Netflix aims to help other companies that want to modernize their application deployment practices but don’t exactly have the same budget and expertise… Read More
News brief: The creators of the streaming television series “Stranger Things” are being sued by the director of a six-minute film who says Matt and Ross Duffer ripped him off in making… Read More
The back-and-forth battle for awards season supremacy among the streaming services shifted back to Netflix on Sunday night at the 90th Academy Awards. “Icarus,” a film that helped expose widespread… Read More
A year after taking home three Academy Awards in a first for any streaming service, Amazon Studios will return to the big event thanks to a nomination this year for… Read More
Seattle grey is one thing. Amazon probably doesn’t want a giant, menacing, black, monster cloud thing hanging over its eventual second headquarters. On a day when the tech giant released… Read More
My kids had the day off from school on Monday, and went to the movie theater to see “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” They had a great time. But I’m… Read More
Functionally, Armoire is a women’s clothing rental service. But a conversation with CEO Ambika Singh may convince you that her startup is really about girl power (or more precisely, busy… Read More
The average child watches 2.68 hours of TV a day, or almost 980 hours/year One hour of TV contains 14.25 minutes of ads, or 24% of airtime ‘Netflix Only’ homes… Read More