Streaming Video

With millions of people now self-isolating in their homes worldwide, the world's internet infrastructure is being pushed to its limits. In order to ease the strain, major streaming services are finding ways to reduce bandwidth.

From long-awaited adaptions of classic sci-fi novels, to blockbuster original stories from some of our most creative modern visionaries, here are our picks for the most anticipated science fiction film and TV hitting screens in 2020.

A look at the three technologies that radically changed our world over the past 10 years – smartphones, streaming and social media – and where the next decade may lead us.

The Japanese space agency, JAXA, will set up a studio on the International Space Station (ISS) that will provide two-way live-streaming video feeds starting in 2020 as part of the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-Creation initiative.

The marketplace for streaming TV dongles looks pretty crowded, with solid offerings such as Google's Chromecast Amazon's Fire TV Stick and Roku's Streaming Stick. Is there room for one more? With the launch of its 4K HDR AirTV Mini this week, Dish obviously thinks so.

​How did one of the most anticipated television events of the year turn into an incoherent anti-climax for viewers? What went wrong with the latest Game of Thrones episode? Did the creators of the show make a grave technical error or is this an illustration of the limits to streaming technology?

​Over the next 12 months several major players will enter the streaming game, challenging Netflix's supremacy and massively complicating the world of film and television. Disney, Warners, Apple, and Facebook are just the tip of the iceberg in the oncoming streaming wars.

Amazon has announced the latest in its line of Alexa-enabled streaming devices, the Fire TV Cube, which lets you bark voice commands at the TV and other devices from across the room, and access other Alexa mainstays like weather and sports updates.

If you haven't joined the Internet of Things (IoT) train yet, now's the perfect time to get on board. Smarts have been crammed into pretty much every household appliance, with more options than ever. New Atlas rounds up some of the best IoT gadgets to smarten up your home this holiday season.

With Apple, Facebook and Disney set to enter the world of streaming a big question for audiences is arising: How many monthly subscriptions can you handle and how much more fragmented can this streaming world get before things sour?

Before "interactive movie" video games there were Choose Your Own Adventure books. Streaming video technology has now allowed Netflix to embrace the concept and release its first interactive "branching" narrative​ program that gives viewers a say in how the story progresses.

The Chromecast is a circular dongle that receives video and audio from a phone, tablet, laptop, Mac or PC, and streams it to the TV. It's one of the easiest, cheapest and most versatile ways to watch streaming video on a bigger screen. New Atlas guides you through setting up and using the device.