A quick look at the best early TV deals from Amazon’s Big Spring Sale: Spring is one of the best times of year to buy a TV. It’s a great time to snag a previous year’s flagship TVs as they go on sale to make room for this year’s models, which typically become available for … Read more
Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg via Getty Images After noticing suspicious activity on individual user accounts, Roku announced that 15,363 had been breached by unauthorized users who likely repurposed usernames and passwords from other breaches. Roku’s investigation found that these bad actors then used these accounts to pay for streaming services. Whether you were affected or not, this … Read more
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Hackers likely obtained account information exposed in previous data breaches of third-party services, Roku says. This kind of attack, called credential stuffing, involves hackers getting the emails and passwords exposed in data breaches and trying the combination on other services. Once they gained access to an account, Roku hackers changed the login information for some … Read more
Roku customers are threatening to stop using, or to even dispose of, their low-priced TVs and streaming gadgets after the company appears to be locking devices for people who don’t conform to the recently updated terms of service. This month, users on Roku’s support forums reported suddenly seeing a message when turning on their Roku … Read more
Did you get a pop-up message when you queued up your Roku device? The company has been notifying customers about changes to its dispute resolution terms. While some users received emails informing them of the update, others discovered it upon opening up Roku TVs or media players and found themselves blocked from using the hardware … Read more
Photo: monticello (Shutterstock) If you’re a Roku user, you may have noticed a new user agreement pop up on your screen over the last several days. If, for whatever reason, you did not comply with this agreement, you probably haven’t been able to stream since. How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette Olivera TechCrunch notes that … Read more
Roku users around the country turned on their TVs this week to find an unpleasant surprise: the company required them to consent to new dispute resolution terms in order to access their device. The devices are unusable until the user agrees. Users (at least, this user) received an email the day before saying that “we … Read more
When it comes to streaming devices, Roku makes some of the best on the market. Roku products earn nearly half the spots on our list of the best streaming devices for 2024 including the top spot overall, which belongs to the Roku Express 4K Plus. Right now you can pick it up for just $29 at … Read more
Two words in this statement popped out to me like a flying dinosaur in a mixed-reality headset: when possible. When I flagged this in a subsequent call, Roku reassured me that a fix for my issue will happen. In the worst-case scenario, if the problem won’t be solved in the next OS, sufferers will be … Read more
Updated Jan. 20, 2024 10:45 a.m. PT Written by Eli Blumenthal David Katzmaier Ty Pendlebury Sarah Lord Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Eli Blumenthal Senior Editor Eli Blumenthal is … Read more