This undercover report from my Gizmodo colleague, author and journalist James Bloodworth, describes his time at a U.K. Amazon distribution center as a prison shift, although it sounds more akin to the dystopian societies of “1984” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” ...read more

The company has at least $100 million of debt, and perhaps as much as $500 million, according to paperwork filed in Delaware on Tuesday.WATCH NEXT: Amazon's warehouses are worse than you think ...read more

Kickstarter Patrol: Takieso Graft Design has introduced a mousepad that can double as a portable wireless charger. It's already over goal with over $20,000 pledged and about a month left to go.Compatible with the Qi wireless standard, the wool and leather MousePad+ supports ...read more

Kickstarter Patrol: Takieso Graft Design has introduced a mousepad that can double as a portable wireless charger. It's already over goal with over $20,000 pledged and about a month left to go.Compatible with the Qi wireless standard, the wool and leather MousePad+ supports ...read more

Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and demonstrate how they apply to each industry we serve. Need to Know stories appear on our websites and in our magazines. Keep coming back for future topics, to include 5G, ...read more

Concerns about Facebook privacy continue to grow; people are rethinking their participation. Facebook is trying to be less obtuse about how to control your data. But today's latest revelation is this: they save your deleted and unpublished videos (and now promise to delete them). ...read more

As I’ve often commented while attending and covering the SXSW Interactive conference each year, the term “Interactive” has usually been painted here in huge, rolling strokes that cover any and everything from autonomous cars to music streaming and movie technology, and yes, an ...read more

Stressing beauty, size and functionality, along with a set of unique intelligence and aesthetic features, Samsung officially unveiled its 2018 QLED and Ultra HD TV lineup at a grandiose CES-style event at the American Stock Exchange building in lower Manhattan.It also showed off ...read more

Rob Moodey discusses the fact versus fiction surrounding the necessity of H.265 in the 4K industry. Covering the capabilities and virtues of the established and tested H.264 standard, he also delves into challenges that are presented with the adoption of new encoding ...read more

David Bowie is presents approximately 400 objects drawn primarily from the David Bowie Archive, including the artist’s original costumes, handwritten lyric sheets from famous songs, original album art, photographs, and videos, all tracing Bowie’s creative process. The archive is ...read more

The AV-iQ database (originally built by InfoComm/AVIXA and now owned by NewBay) provides a central, searchable destination for current data on thousands of AV products. Here are the top 15 most-searched products across residential categories. ...read more

Mycroft is readying an open-source smart speaker that it said is both more flexible and more privacy-minded than an Amazon Echo, Google Home or Apple HomePod. It's an Indigogo where you can check it out. ...read more

From my colleagues at Twice ...read more

From my colleagues at Twice here are some ugly moments in shipping. ...read more

The AV-iQ database (originally built by InfoComm/AVIXA and now owned by NewBay) provides a central, searchable destination for current data on hundreds of AV manufacturers and their products. Here are the top 15 most-searched manufacturers across all AV categories ...read more

For more, here's an interview with NBC's technical director on the whole process. FOR MORE: WHEN THINGS GO WRONG WITH OTTFor those who care about transmission and streaming; here's an article from my NewBay colleagues at Multichannel News on the glitches in the OTT feed. Yes, ...read more

Here's more: The Bud Light commercial got best viewer attention according to TVision Insights. Here are the other top-rated commercials by engagement. WATCH NEXT: How NBC prepped for the broadcast;  From my NewBay colleagues at TV Tech. For more, here's an interview with NBC's ...read more

The AV-iQ database (originally built by InfoComm/AVIXA and now owned by NewBay) provides a central, searchable destination for current data on thousands of AV products. Here are the top 15 most-searched products across all AV categories for 2017. The list ranges ...read more