T-Mobile has officially launched T-Mix, a trio of plans called Standard, More, and Loaded that let customers choose perks called 'Picks' from categories like streaming, music, gaming, food delivery, and AI. Standard starts at $55/month with one Pick, More at $75/month with two Picks, and Loaded at $95/month with three Picks, with plans available starting in November. Users can swap most benefits every three months, though wireless perks can be changed anytime.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-26
Roku devices and apps are experiencing crashes before streaming begins, a persistent issue despite the platform's generally simple interface. Common fixes include restarting the device, updating software, or clearing app data, though some cases may require more drastic steps like hardware upgrades.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-26
Android Authority's Joe Maring reflects on two years of using Google's TV Streamer, the 2024 device that replaced the Chromecast line with pricier, more premium hardware. He notes Google has added features like customized content recommendations, easier Bluetooth headphone pairing, and an 'apps only mode' resembling Roku's simpler interface, but says he remains uncertain whether the overall strategy shift has actually improved on Google's previous approach.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-25
YouTube says it plans to begin streaming with the AV2 video codec on its web platform as early as 2027, according to engineering director Des Keane. The company notes that over 90% of its catalog by watch time already uses AV1, and AV2 is expected to offer notably better compression efficiency for streaming.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-24
Netflix continues to retain large audiences for its programming, but analysts note the streamer has lost the outsized cultural conversation it once dominated. The report points to Netflix's massive output of original content, including a second film titled War Machine, as evidence of scale without the same pop-culture impact.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-24
Apple's new Apple TV 4K 2026 has launched priced at $299, more than double the $129 starting price of the previous generation, matching the recently hiked Nvidia Shield TV Pro. Android Authority highlights five alternative streaming boxes, including the Google TV Streamer 4K, which despite its own price rise from $99 to $149 still costs about half as much while offering 4GB of RAM and strong performance.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-24
A documentary examining Elon Musk was removed from theatrical release just two weeks after opening, according to reports. The film reportedly runs about four hours and is expected to be more accessible to viewers through streaming rather than its brief cinema showing.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-24
Microsoft has introduced pay-as-you-go packages for Xbox Cloud Gaming priced at $3.99 for 10 hours, $7.99 for 25 hours, and $11.99 for 50 hours. Beginning in November, Game Pass subscribers will only get 5 to 15 included cloud-streaming hours per month depending on their subscription tier, after which they must purchase additional hours to continue streaming, including games they already own. Microsoft says purchased hours do not expire and remain usable until spent.
games.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-23
French streaming service Qobuz says it has been gaining subscribers by emphasizing human-curated playlists and editorial selection, even as it faces a wave of AI-generated audio uploads like other platforms. Dan Mackta, the company's Managing Director, declined to use the term "AI music" to describe these tracks.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-23
Nielsen's first-half 2026 streaming data shows Disney+ with no original series in the Top 20 by total minutes viewed, despite releases like Percy Jackson, Daredevil: Born Again, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, and Wonder Man. The report comes as Disney has confirmed ads will now appear across every subscription tier, including premium, and has raised prices shortly after.
tvfandomlounge.com
· 2026-10-23
Weeks after its debut, the latest Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K is on sale for half its normal price at both Amazon and Best Buy, hitting an all-time low of $29.99. The device can power itself directly from a TV's USB port, eliminating the need for a separate power adapter, and supports 4K video at up to 60fps with HDR10 Plus.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-22
A bug in PostgreSQL's recovery_prefetch feature has been tied to real-world production outages, including a case where a customer's physical standby server suffered replay lag of several hours. The issue stems from the prefetch code issuing unnecessary fadvise system calls even when a page was already available from a full-page image in the WAL, burning excessive CPU in kernel space. The underlying concern was flagged by PostgreSQL developer Stephen Frost in a February 2021 mailing list message, well before the feature shipped, but was not addressed at the time.
ardentperf.com
· 2026-10-21
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