If HDMI screen rips aren't good enough for you pirates, DeCENC is another way to beat web video DRM
Academically interesting technique for poking holes in paywalled tech specs
Research12 Sep 2024 | 36
Streaming video
China's internet cleanup campaigns are going so well it needs a new one to protect kids
Years of crackdowns haven't stopped some revolting stuff
Public Sector15 Jul 2024 | 3
Twitch ditches Safety Advisory Council, relaunches with vetted 'ambassadors'
Who needs experts when you have an army of hand-picked super users telling you what you want to hear?
Personal Tech31 May 2024 | 13
Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app
Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes
Software18 Apr 2024 | 53
Roku makes 2FA mandatory for all after nearly 600K accounts pwned
Streamer says access came via credential stuffing
Cyber-crime15 Apr 2024 | 15
Huawei Cloud reveals the dynamic traffic allocation system it uses to cut bandwidth bills
Created during COVID to handle video boom and sliced bandwidth costs by 30 percent
Off-Prem10 Apr 2024 | 3
BROADER TOPICS
Amazon already has a colossal ads business and will extend it to Prime Video in January
Analysis E-tail giant seeks profitability for its vid-streaming service and a classic Big Tech dominance play
Personal Tech29 Dec 2023 | 133
Atlassian buys 'asynchronous video' outfit Loom for almost $1 billion
Imagine a Jira bug report with an embedded video explaining the situation
SaaS13 Oct 2023 | 25
Beijing freezes social media service for a month for letting kids see smut
TikTok-esque Mini Worlds, part of the Tencent empire, shamed, fined, warned to do better
Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 6
Netflix flinging out DVDs like frisbees as night comes for legacy business
Subscribers told to opt in for chance at 10 coasters you can keep forever
Offbeat23 Aug 2023 | 42
Netflix offers up to $900,000 for AI product manager while actors strike for protection
That could pay for 35 humans and their families' health insurance, says human
Offbeat26 Jul 2023 | 32
Tencent Cloud says it's mass producing custom video chips
Chinese tech giant claims better performance than competing GPUs
Off-Prem18 Apr 2023 | 3
Are accelerators the cure to video's power problem or just an excuse to peddle GPUs?
Analysis You could just watch less TikTok or Twitch, maybe go outside
Energy Efficient Datacenters13 Apr 2023 | 17
Once AI can create endless viral videos, good luck switching off social media
Column Imagine humans … watching humans …watching TikTok … forever
AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 57
Beijing's done its sums and found a billion netizens watching short video services
Meanwhile, TikTok analog Douyin cleans up 5,000 misbehaving e-commerce accounts
Personal Tech07 Mar 2023 | 5
UK tax authority nudges net 'influencers': You may owe us for those OnlyFans feet pics
Cue the dawning realization for thousands of content creators
Offbeat20 Feb 2023 | 190
No more free love: Netflix expands account sharing restrictions
A 31-day limit on how long you can be away from your home IP address is included too
Networks09 Feb 2023 | 99
Netflix changes CEO-sharing arrangement, teases paid password-sharing
Reed Hastings steps down as joint boss to become board chair
Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 29
2002 video streaming patent holder sues Amazon and Twitch
Both companies knew about the patent, claims lawsuit
Legal10 Jan 2023 | 22
Attacker snags account details from streaming service Plex
'Limited subset' of users have emails, usernames, and hashed passwords stolen from the platform
Cyber-crime24 Aug 2022 | 18
Apple v Chicago streaming service tax battle ends in hushed settlement
A 9% levy on content slingers will stand in The Windy City – are others next?
Personal Tech25 Jul 2022 | 9
China wants its youth to stop giving livestreamers money
Internet regulator puts a few practices in place – including viewing curfews and bans on tips
Security09 May 2022 | 29
Netflix to crack down on account sharing, offer ad-laden cheaper options
Streaming giant plans to grow by adding new subscription tier and building up games unit
Personal Tech20 Apr 2022 | 147
Three Chinese web giants create streaming video 'standard'
Updated ByteDance, Alibaba Cloud, and Tencent Cloud team on improvement to WebRTC's startup times
Software11 Mar 2022 | 13
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