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HDR10+ ADVANCED: Samsung and Prime Video ship it first
Can scene-by-scene metadata fix motion smoothing's bad reputation?
Prime Video is the first streaming service to adopt HDR10+ ADVANCED on Samsung's 2026 TVs from August 2026. The standard adds Enhanced Overall Brightness and scene-aware Intelligent Motion Smoothing, the setting with the worst reputation in home theater, now backed by smarter metadata.
2026-08-11
Streaming Wars
89 Emmy nominations across 15 shows. Apple's streaming bet is no longer a gamble.
Apple TV earned 89 Emmy nominations, topping drama and comedy categories. Widow's Bay and Pluribus drove the tally, and the platform now holds 3,734 lifetime award nominations. The breadth of the slate signals that Apple's all-original strategy is maturing.
2026-07-29
Artificial Intelligence
480ms latency, Whisper-level accuracy, an open recipe, Nvidia's Canary redefines real-time ASR
Nvidia's Nemo Canary matches Whisper-level accuracy on LibriSpeech and Common Voice while streaming at 480ms. The open source release includes the full training recipe, making it a rare reproducible contender in real-time ASR.
2026-07-26