Meta alumni are migrating to emerging ad platforms, with OpenAI hiring hundreds of former Meta employees, including top executives, and Amazon Ads, TikTok, and Roku also recruiting Meta veterans. Open…
Amazon has raised prices on popular electronics including Kindles, Echos, and Fire TVs by up to 60%, citing significant increases in memory and storage component costs amid the AI-driven RAMageddon. T…
Fox's $22 billion agreement to acquire Roku highlights a surge in demand for streaming software from first-time free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) operators, as US viewers streamed 1.8 bill…
Amazon announced that its AI assistant Alexa+ will be rolled out to all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S. for free, with no Prime subscription required, removing the previous $19.99 monthly fee f…
Fairground Entertainment launched Fairground AI Creator TV, the first FAST channel dedicated to AI Cinema, featuring over 100 AI filmmakers from around the world, available on Roku.…
Roku launched the Fairground AI Creator TV channel, the first free all-AI streaming channel featuring content from roughly 100 AI creators, and early reviews have been highly critical, with The Verge …
Roku's new AI channel showcases AI-generated video content that ranges from visually stunning to technically flawed, highlighting the current state of AI video generation. The channel serves as a real…
Roku added Fairground AI Creator TV, a 24/7 channel streaming AI-generated content from Colin Petrie-Norris' startup Fairground, to its free ad-supported lineup in August 2026. The channel features sh…
Roku has launched a 24-hour free channel, Fairground AI, at number 300 on The Roku Channel, broadcasting only AI-generated movies and shows with AI-made ads. The content is curated by Colin Petrie-Nor…
VideoAmp laid off 20% of its staff, eliminating more than 50 roles including the chief technology officer position, citing adoption of AI agents, according to The Wall Street Journal. Roku reported pl…
Roku has launched Fairground, a 24/7 channel on The Roku Channel dedicated entirely to AI-generated content, featuring series, films, and shorts from AI storytellers across various genres. The channel…
Roku has added a new free channel called Fairground AI that broadcasts AI-generated content 24/7, including AI-generated ads, drawing criticism for its low-quality output. The channel was created by C…
Roku raised prices on its entire US streaming device lineup by up to 60 percent, with the Streaming Stick 4K jumping from $50 to $80 and the Ultra from $100 to $150, blaming the global memory shortage…
Google Vice President of Devices and Services Shakil Barkat confirmed in an interview with 9to5 Google that the upcoming Pixel 11 will cost more than the Pixel 10, citing RAM supply issues driven by A…
Roku is raising prices on its streaming players by up to 60%, with the Roku Streaming Stick 4K jumping from $50 to $80 and the Roku Ultra and Streambar SE rising from $100 to $150. The company blames …
Roku raised prices on several streaming devices by up to 60%, blaming memory and component shortages tied to the AI data-center boom. The Roku Ultra jumped from $100 to $150 and the basic Streaming St…
Qualcomm has informed customers that it will raise prices on Snapdragon chips by double-digit percentages starting September 1, citing exhausted ability to absorb higher supplier costs, a move that wi…
Menlo Ventures' early $1 billion stake in Anthropic is now worth an estimated $14 billion as the AI startup prepares to go public, according to sources familiar with the matter. Partner Matt Murphy in…
An anonymous enterprise spent $500 million in a single month on Claude AI due to a lack of usage limits, while Uber exhausted its 2026 AI budget before mid-year. JPMorgan reported AI token costs are e…
Apple raised prices on the third-generation Apple TV 4K by up to 67%, despite the hardware being four years old and running a five-year-old chip. The $200 base model and $250 higher-end model are seen…