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Reçu aujourd’hui — 27 février 2026 ⏭

Your Smart TV May Be Crawling the Web for AI

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Par : msmash
27 février 2026 à 14:40
Bright Data, a company that operates one of the world's largest residential proxy networks, has been running an SDK inside smart TV apps that turns those devices into nodes for web crawling -- collecting data used by AI companies, among other clients -- and most consumers have had no idea it was happening. The company has published more than 200 first-party apps to LG's app store alone and still lists Samsung's Tizen OS and LG's webOS as supported platforms, though LG says the SDK is "not officially supported" and its operation on webOS "is not guaranteed." Google, Amazon, and Roku have all since adopted policies restricting or banning background proxy SDKs, and Bright Data no longer supports those platforms. Several Roku apps still running the SDK disappeared from the store after a journalist with The Verge behind this reporting contacted the company.

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Ce très grand TV OLED de Samsung perd plus de la moitié de son prix

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Par : Matthieu Fabris
27 février 2026 à 14:02

[Deal du jour] Pourquoi ne pas investir dans un très grand écran pour profiter de vos films et séries presque comme au cinéma ? Quand le prix d'un grand modèle de Samsung baisse de plus de 50 €, la question est légitime.

Reçu hier — 26 février 2026 ⏭

HBO Max's Password-Sharing Crackdown Will Expand Globally in 2026

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Par : msmash
26 février 2026 à 15:00
HBO Max will be cracking down on password sharing around the world. From a report: The streamer first started cracking down on password sharing in the United States late last August. Subscribers are now able to add an additional out-of-household account for $7.99 a month. Before that August change, Warner Bros. Discovery had been testing for months to determine who may or may not be a "legitimate user," as CEO and President for Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming and Games JB Perrette described the plan. On Thursday during the company's fourth quarter earnings call for 2025, WBD revealed that the streaming limitations would be expanding. This news came as part of an answer about which levers the company plans to pull to grow HBO Max. Password crackdowns have proven to be a lucrative way to both boost revenue and subscriptions. Netflix, for example, saw 9 million more subscribers after its first wave of password crackdowns in 2024. The caveat is that password crackdowns do not lead to consistent growth, and they often infuriate subscribers.

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Reçu — 23 février 2026 ⏭

Panasonic Will No Longer Make Its Own TVs

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Par : BeauHD
23 février 2026 à 22:40
Panasonic is handing over the manufacturing, marketing, and sales of its TVs to Shenzhen-based Skyworth, effectively exiting in-house TV production. Ars Technica reports: Skyworth is a Shenzhen-headquartered TV brand. The company claims to be "a top three global provider of the Android TV platform." In July, research firm Omdia reported that Skyworth was one of the top-five TV brands by sales revenue in Q1 2025; however, Skyworth hasn't been able to maintain that position regularly. Panasonic made its announcement at a "launch event," FlatpanelsHD reported today. During the event, a Panasonic representative reportedly said: "Under the agreement the new partner will lead sales, marketing, and logistics across the region, while Panasonic provide expertise and quality assurance to uphold its renowned audiovisual standards with full joint development on top-end OLED models." Panasonic also said that it will provide support "for all Panasonic TVs sold up to March 2026 and all those available from April." Skyworth-made Panasonic TVs will be sold in the US and Europe. In the latter geography, the companies are aiming for double-digit market share. [...] The news means there's virtually no TV production happening in Japan anymore, as other Japanese companies, like Sharp, Toshiba, Hitachi, and Pioneer, have already exited TV production. Earlier this year, Sony announced that it was ceding control of its TV hardware business to TCL.

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Reçu — 20 février 2026 ⏭

How Streaming Became Cable TV's Unlikely Life Raft

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Par : msmash
20 février 2026 à 18:45
Cable TV providers have spent the past decade losing tens of millions of households to streaming services, but companies like Charter Communications are now slowing that exodus by bundling the very apps that once threatened to replace them. Charter added 44,000 net video subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2025, its first growth in that count since 2020, after integrating Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ directly into Spectrum cable packages -- a deal that grew out of a contentious 2023 contract dispute with Disney. Comcast and Optimum still lost subscribers in the quarter, though both saw those losses narrow. Charter's Q4 numbers also got a lift from a 15-day Disney channel blackout on YouTube TV during football season, which drove more than 14,000 subscribers to Spectrum. Charter has been discounting aggressively -- video revenue fell 10% year over year despite the subscriber gains. Cox Communications launched its first streaming-inclusive cable bundles last month, and Dish Network has yet to integrate streaming apps into its packages at all.

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Reçu — 15 février 2026 ⏭

'Babylon 5' Episodes Start Appearing (Free) on YouTube

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Par : EditorDavid
15 février 2026 à 19:34
Cord Cutters News reports: In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just as it departs from the ad-supported streaming platform Tubi... Viewers noticed notifications on Tubi indicating that all five seasons would no longer be available after February 10, 2026, effectively removing one of the most accessible free streaming options for the space opera. With this shift, Warner Bros. Discovery appears to be steering the property toward its own digital ecosystem, leveraging YouTube's vast audience to reintroduce the show to both longtime enthusiasts and a new generation. The uploads started with the pilot episode, "The Gathering," which serves as the entry point to the series' intricate universe. This was followed by subsequent episodes such as "Midnight on the Firing Line" and "Soul Hunter," released in sequence to build narrative momentum. [Though episodes 2 and 3 are mis-labeled as #3 and #4...] The strategy involves posting one episode each week, allowing audiences to experience the story at a paced rhythm that mirrors the original broadcast schedule... For Warner Bros. Discovery, this initiative could signal plans to expand the franchise's visibility, especially amid ongoing interest in reboots and spin-offs that have been rumored in recent years. Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski answered questions from Slashdot's readers in 2014. Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger offers this summary of the show "for those not in the know... In the mid-23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon Five, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions, and a major war as Earth descends into fascism and cuts off relations with its allies."

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Reçu — 14 février 2026 ⏭

Effondrement des audiences pour la cérémonie des Victoires de la musique sur France 2

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14 février 2026 à 08:38
Les audiences du vendredi 13 février 2026 pour les programmes diffusés en première partie de soirée.

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Cyril Féraud et Helena Noguerra à l’animation de la 41e édition de la cérémonie des Victoires de la musique
Reçu — 12 février 2026 ⏭

Ce grand TV QLED de Samsung tombe sous la barre des 500 €

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Par : Matthieu Fabris
12 février 2026 à 15:36

[Deal du jour] Samsung propose des téléviseurs avec toutes sortes de dalles, de toutes les tailles, et pour tous les budgets. Si l’envie vous prend de transformer votre salon en salle de cinéma, le modèle QLED de 65 pouces est en ce moment à un super prix.

Reçu — 7 février 2026 ⏭

Audiences : quel score pour la cérémonie d’ouverture des JO de Milan-Cortina ?

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7 février 2026 à 08:31
Les audiences du vendredi 6 février 2026 pour les programmes diffusés en première partie de la soirée.

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La cérémonie d’ouverture des JO de Milan Cortina a lieu, ce vendredi soir, sur quatre lieux différents, du mythique stade San Siro aux villages alpins de Cortina, Predazzo et Livigno, pour célébrer «l’harmonie» de ces Jeux éparpillés.
Reçu — 5 février 2026 ⏭
Reçu — 4 février 2026 ⏭

'Everyone is Stealing TV'

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Par : msmash
4 février 2026 à 19:00
A sprawling informal economy of rogue streaming devices has taken hold across the U.S., as consumers fed up with rising TV subscription costs turn to cheap Android-based boxes that promise free access to thousands of live channels, sports events, and on-demand movies for a one-time $200 to $400 purchase. The two dominant players -- SuperBox and vSeeBox -- are manufactured by opaque Chinese companies and distributed through hundreds of American resellers at farmers markets, church festivals and Facebook groups, according to a report by The Verge. The hardware is generic and legal, but both devices guide users toward pirate streaming apps not available on any official app store. vSeeBox directs users to a service called "Heat"; SuperBox points to "Blue TV." One user estimated access to between 6,000 and 8,000 channels, including premium sports networks and hundreds of local affiliates. A 2025 Dish Network lawsuit against a SuperBox reseller alleged that some live channels on the device were being ripped directly from Dish's Sling TV service -- Sling's logo was still visible on certain feeds. Dish has pursued resellers aggressively, winning $1.25 million in damages from a vSeeBox seller in 2024 over 500 devices and $405,000 from another over 162 devices. None of this has meaningfully slowed adoption. The market has roots in earlier Chinese-made devices like TVPad that targeted Asian expat communities and reportedly sold 3 million units before being litigated out of existence. SuperBox and vSeeBox simply broadened the audience to mainstream America.

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Reçu — 3 février 2026 ⏭

JO d’hiver 2026 : où regarder les épreuves des Jeux olympiques d’hiver en direct ou en replay

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Par : Adam Langumier
3 février 2026 à 16:50

Les Jeux olympiques d’hiver font bientôt leur grand retour à Milan. Voici où et comment suivre les épreuves en direct, à la télévision comme en streaming.

Reçu — 2 février 2026 ⏭

Is the TV Industry Finally Conceding That the Future May Not Be 8K?

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Par : EditorDavid
2 février 2026 à 05:34
"Technology companies spent part of the 2010s trying to convince us that we would want an 8K display one day..." writes Ars Technica. "However, 8K never proved its necessity or practicality." LG Display is no longer making 8K LCD or OLED panels, FlatpanelsHD reported today... LG Electronics was the first and only company to sell 8K OLED TVs, starting with the 88-inch Z9 in 2019. In 2022, it lowered the price-of-entry for an 8K OLED TV by $7,000 by charging $13,000 for a 76.7-inch TV. FlatpanelsHD cited anonymous sources who said that LG Electronics would no longer restock the 2024 QNED99T, which is the last LCD 8K TV that it released. LG's 8K abandonment follows other brands distancing themselves from 8K. TCL, which released its last 8K TV in 2021, said in 2023 that it wasn't making more 8K TVs due to low demand. Sony discontinued its last 8K TVs in April and is unlikely to return to the market, as it plans to sell the majority ownership of its Bravia TVs to TCL. The tech industry tried to convince people that the 8K living room was coming soon. But since the 2010s, people have mostly adopted 4K. In September 2024, research firm Omdia reported that there were "nearly 1 billion 4K TVs currently in use." In comparison, 1.6 million 8K TVs had been sold since 2015, Paul Gray, Omdia's TV and video technology analyst, said, noting that 8K TV sales peaked in 2022. That helps explain why membership at the 8K Association, launched by stakeholders Samsung, TCL, Hisense, and panel maker AU Optronics in 2019, is dwindling. As of this writing, the group's membership page lists 16 companies, including just two TV manufacturers (Samsung and Panasonic). Membership no longer includes any major TV panel suppliers. At the end of 2022, the 8K Association had 33 members, per an archived version of the nonprofit's online membership page via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. "It wasn't hard to predict that 8K TVs wouldn't take off," the article concludes. "In addition to being too expensive for many households, there's been virtually zero native 8K content available to make investing in an 8K display worthwhile..."

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Reçu — 31 janvier 2026 ⏭
Reçu — 29 janvier 2026 ⏭

Ces ultimes promos des soldes d’hiver méritent votre attention avant la fin (en direct)

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Par : Adam Langumier
29 janvier 2026 à 09:26

La quatrième et dernière démarque des soldes d’hiver est en cours, et il ne reste plus que quelques jours pour en profiter. Jusqu’au 3 février à 23 h 59, les enseignes peuvent encore casser les prix, parfois jusqu’à vendre à perte. Passé ce délai, ce sera terminé. Numerama a fait le tri et vous propose ici, en direct, les meilleures offres encore disponibles en ligne.

Reçu — 28 janvier 2026 ⏭

Soldes d’hiver : les ultimes promos chez Amazon, Fnac, Rakuten… (en direct)

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Par : Adam Langumier
28 janvier 2026 à 10:50

La quatrième et dernière démarque des soldes d’hiver est lancée. C’est le moment où les prix tombent le plus bas… mais aussi celui où les vraies bonnes affaires se font plus rares. Entre fins de stock, promotions trompeuses et vraies pépites à saisir, Numerama fait le tri et liste en direct les meilleures offres encore disponibles en ligne.

Reçu — 27 janvier 2026 ⏭

Ce TV TCL mini LED de 55″ perd 300 € de son prix initial pour les soldes

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Par : Matthieu Fabris
27 janvier 2026 à 10:27

[Deal du jour] Une dalle QD-Mini LED de qualité, c'est l'assurance de passer une bonne soirée cinéma. Aussi, lorsqu'un téléviseur TCL doté du QD-Mini LED baisse radicalement son prix, c'est un deal à ne pas manquer.

Reçu — 26 janvier 2026 ⏭

Television Turns 100

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Par : msmash
26 janvier 2026 à 18:10
Television marks its centenary today, exactly 100 years after Scottish inventor John Logie Baird first demonstrated his electro-mechanical system to journalists and members of the Royal Institution in a cramped attic workshop above what is now Bar Italia in London's Soho. On January 26, 1926, small groups of visitors climbed to 22 Frith Street and watched fuzzy images of a ventriloquist's dummy called Stooky Bill appear on screen, followed by each other's faces transmitted from a separate room. One visitor got too close to the spinning discs and ended up with a sliced beard. The Times published a short account two days later. Baird had built his first transmitting equipment in Hastings in 1923 using a hatbox, tea chest, darning needles and bicycle light lenses. A 1000-volt electric shock and a displeased landlord pushed him to London, where Gordon Selfridge soon invited him to demonstrate the device during the store's Birthday Week celebrations. The building at 22 Frith Street now carries three plaques commemorating the invention.

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