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  • Amazon Will Spend Over $1 Billion to Increase Pay and Benefits for Employees

    Amazon Will Spend Over $1 Billion to Increase Pay and Benefits for Employees

    Amazon announced Wednesday that it will invest over $1 billion to raise pay and lower the cost of benefits for employees. With the changes the company is making to its pay structure, average pay is increasing to over $23 per hour, with some hourly employees seeing an increase of $1.10 to $1.90 per hour and…

  • Tubi’s New Feature Lets You Secretly Watch TV at Work

    Tubi’s New Feature Lets You Secretly Watch TV at Work

    Tubi wants you to watch TV and movies while you work, and they created a Chrome extension to help you get away with it. Productubity is a Chrome extension that allows users to quickly switch between watching content on Tubi and opening a faux article about increasing productivity with the click of an icon when…

  • MyFree DIRECTV Adds Three New Sports Channels

    MyFree DIRECTV Adds Three New Sports Channels

    DIRECTV is adding to the channel lineup of its free streaming service, MyFree DIRECTV, with three more sports channels today. Here are the new channels now streaming for free. All Women’s Sports Network: All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) is a global sports television network dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. Available in 65 countries and reaching over…

  • Music Labels Settle Copyright Lawsuit Over Internet Archive Streaming Vintage Records

    Music Labels Settle Copyright Lawsuit Over Internet Archive Streaming Vintage Records

    Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and other record labels have settled a lawsuit with Internet Archive over a project to digitize 78rpm records. Internet Archive is a non-profit library that creates a digital archive of text, movies, software, music, websites, and more. It’s known for The Wayback Machine which allows users to view archived versions…

  • Philo Adds Six New Channels to Its Free Streaming Lineup

    Philo Adds Six New Channels to Its Free Streaming Lineup

    Philo is adding to its free streaming lineup again this week. There are six new channels joining the collection of over 110 live, ad-supported channels available to anyone. The new channels include five from Lionsgate – 50 Cent Action, Designated Survivor, Lawless, Nurse Jackie/Weeds, and Tyler Perry’s Love Thy Neighbor, plus The Big Dish from QVC Group. Here’s more about each…

  • Streaming Deal: Get Starz for Just $3.99/Month

    Streaming Deal: Get Starz for Just $3.99/Month

    Starz has a new deal for new subscribers. Right now, you can sign up for a subscription for $3.99/month for the first three months (normally $10.99/month.) Note that if you do not cancel your subscription before the end of your discounted three months, your subscription will continue to auto renew at the normal price of…

  • Roku Launches a Smart TV Projector

    Roku Launches a Smart TV Projector

    Roku announced today the launch of the first-ever Roku TV smart projector, the Aurzen Roku TV Smart Projector D1R Cube. The smart projector can be used indoors and outdoors, making it perfect for everything from game day get togethers to cozy movie nights. And, because it’s equipped with Roku’s user-friendly interface, you’ll be able to easily…

  • Spotify Updates Its Free Plan with More Features

    Spotify Updates Its Free Plan with More Features

    Spotify announced Monday a list of features that will now be available to users with the free plan, including finally having the ability to choose specific songs. Three features now available to users with a free plan include “Pick & Play,” “Search & Play,” and “Share & Play.” Here’s how Spotify describes each of the…

  • Paramount+ Military Discount Offers 50% Off for Life

    Paramount+ Military Discount Offers 50% Off for Life

    Paramount+ is giving military personnel a huge limited time deal, just in time for football season and new seasons of primetime TV shows. Right now, military personnel can get 50% off of any Paramount+ subscription for the lifetime of their subscription. Paramount+ uses SheerID to verify military status. Get the Deal Paramount+ also has a…

  • Former DVD Company Employee Sentenced After Pirating Pre-Release DVDs

    Former DVD Company Employee Sentenced After Pirating Pre-Release DVDs

    On Thursday, a court in Tennessee sentenced Steven Hale, a former employee of a company that manufactured and distributed DVDs and Blu-rays, to 57 months in prison. Hale had been stealing pre-release DVDs and Blu-rays of blockbuster movies and distributing them online. “The defendant profited from the creativity and intellectual property of others by stealing…