An anonymous reader quotes ZDNet: The Russian Parliament is debating a bill that will force all electronic equipment sold in Russia — such as smartphones, computers, and smart TVs — to ship pre-installed with apps from Russian tech firms. According to lawmakers, “the bill will protect the interests of Russian Internet companies and will reduce the abuse by large foreign companies,…
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Security Researchers Exploit Amazon Echo’s Chromium Bug, Win $60,000 Bounty
An anonymous reader quotes TechCrunch: Two security researchers have been crowned the top hackers in this year’s Pwn2Own hacking contest after developing and testing several high profile exploits, including an attack against an Amazon Echo. Amat Cama and Richard Zhu, who make up Team Fluoroacetate, scored $60,000 in bug bounties for their integer overflow exploit against the latest Amazon Echo Show…
Older Samsung Smart TVs, Certain Roku Devices To Lose Netflix Support Next Month
An unspecified number of smart TVs manufactured by Samsung will lose native support for Netflix next month, the companies said in an announcement this week. From a report: Netflix app installed — or available for — Samsung smart TVs manufactured in 2010 and 2011 (C and D lineups) — and likely sold for many years after that — will stop functioning…
Netflix Launches $4 Mobile-only Monthly Plan in Malaysia
Netflix is ready to take its lower-cost, mobile-only offering beyond India as it looks to expand the reach of its service in other international markets. From a report: The American on-demand video streaming giant today launched a new price tier in Malaysia that would allow people in the nation to access the video service for RM 17 ($4) a month. The…
Smart TVs Are Data-Collecting Machines, New Study Shows
A new study from Princeton University shows internet-connected TVs, which allow people to stream Netflix and Hulu, are loaded with data-hungry trackers. “If you use a device such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV, there are numerous companies that can build up a fairly comprehensive picture of what you’re watching,” Arvind Narayanan, associate professor of computer science at Princeton, wrote in…
Google Makes It Easier To Move Music and Video Streams Between Devices
Google is finally introducing a way for users of its smart speakers and streaming adapters to move media between those devices. From a report: The company introduced a new feature called Stream Transfer Tuesday that makes it possible to move an ongoing music stream, podcast or YouTube video from one compatible device to the next. At launch, these devices include Google…
Ask Slashdot: How Will 2019 Look To People 20 Years From Now?
Here’s an interesting thought exercise from Slashdot reader dryriver :
What is likely to be so different about living in 2039 that it makes our current present in 2019 feel badly dated in many ways? And can we learn lessons about what we are not doing particularly well today in 2019 — in the technology field for example — by imagining ourselves…
Smart TVs, Smart-Home Devices Found To Be Leaking Sensitive User Data, Researchers Find
Smart-home devices, such as televisions and streaming boxes, are collecting reams of data — including sensitive information such as device locations — that is then being sent to third parties like advertisers and major tech companies, researchers said Tuesday. From a report: As the findings show, even as privacy concerns have become a part of the discussion around consumer technology, new…
‘Men In Black’ Director Barry Sonnenfeld Calls 8K, Netflix HDR ‘Stupid’
CIStud writes Barry Sonnenfeld, director of the “Men in Black” series, “Get Shorty” and most recently Netflix’s “Series of Unfortunate Events”, says 8K is “only good for sports” and High Dynamic Range (HDR) is “stupid” and “a waste.” Sonnenfeld, speaking with actor Patrick Warburton at the CEDIA Expo last week in Denver, called for a “filmmaker mode” on all TVs that…