BADBOX 2.0 Found Preinstalled on Android IoT Devices Worldwide
BADBOX variant BADBOX 2.0 found preinstalled on Android IoT devices in 222 countries, turning them into proxy nodes used in fraud and large-scale malicious activity.
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Netflix Will Air Traditional TV Channels in France
Starting in summer 2026, Netflix subscribers in France will be able to watch commercially broadcast TV content “without ever having to leave the service.” The Verge adds: The streaming giant has announced a distribution deal with French media company T…
‘King of the Hill’ (and Dale Gribble) Return To TV After 15 Years
Mike Judge always seemed to have secret geek sympathies. He co-created the HBO series Silicon Valley, as well as the movie Office Space (reviewed in 1999 by Slashdot contributor Jon Katz).
Now comes the word that besides rebooting Buffy the Vampire S…
‘Doctor Who’ Regenerates in Surprise Season Finale. But Will the Show Return?
“The Doctor is dead. Long live the Doctor!” writes Space.com. (Spoilers ahead…)
“The era of Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor came to a surprise end on Saturday night, as the Time Lord regenerated at the end of “Doctor Who” season 2 finale… [T]he Doc…
Amazon Cancels the ‘Wheel of Time’ Prime Video Series After 3 Seasons
Long-time Slashdot reader SchroedingersCat shares this article from Deadline: Prime Video will not be renewing The Wheel of Time for a fourth season according to Deadline article. The decision, which comes more than a month after the Season 3 finale wa…
Charter To Buy Cox For $21.9 Billion Amid Escalating War With Wireless
Charter Communications announced a $21.9 billion deal Friday to acquire Cox Communications, combining two major cable providers as they face mounting competition from wireless carriers offering 5G home internet. The transaction merges Charter’s 31.4 mi…
Netflix Says Its Ad Tier Now Has 94 Million Monthly Active Users
Netflix said its cheaper, ad-supporter tier now has 94 million monthly active users — an increase of more than 20 million since its last public tally in November. CNBC reports: The company and its peers have been increasingly leaning on advertising to…
HBO Maxes Out on Rebranding
Warner Bros. Discovery said Wednesday it will revert its streaming service name from Max back to HBO Max this summer, just two years after dropping the HBO branding.
The decision, revealed at the company’s upfront presentation to advertisers in New Y…
Life of a Marathon Streamer: Online for Three Years, Facing Isolation and Burnout
Back in 2000, Slashdot founder CmdrTaco marked the 4th anniversary of Jennifer Ringley’s pioneering “JenniCam” livestream (saying “It sure beats the Netscape FishCam. It’s nuts how Jenni’s little cam became such a fixture on The Internet…”)
But a n…
Software Update Makes HDR Content ‘Unwatchable’ On Roku TVs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: An update to Roku OS has resulted in colors looking washed out in HDR content viewed on Roku apps, like Disney+. Complaints started surfacing on Roku’s community forum a week ago. On May 1, a compa…