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- Americans are having less sex and researchers are blaming Netflix http://fortune.com/2017/03/07/americans-sex-netflix/ 63 comments
- Researchers Map Locations of Servers in Netflix’s Content Delivery Network http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/researchers-map-locations-of-4669-servers-in-netflixs-content-delivery-network 36 comments
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- Netflix researching "large-scale peer-to-peer technology" for streaming http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/netflix-researching-large-scale-peer-to-peer-technology-for-streaming/ 3 comments networking
- Netflix Password Crackdown Drives U.S. Sign-Ups to Highest Levels in at Least Four Years: Researcher https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/netflix-password-crackdown-boosts-us-signups-antenna-data-1235638587/ 5 comments securityanalysis
- Researchers discovered five malicious Google Chrome extensions with a total install base of over 1,400,000. The malicious Google Chrome extensions were masquerading as Netflix viewers, website coupons, and apps for taking screenshots of a website. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/135091/hacking/malicious-google-chrome-extensions.html 3 comments privacy
- Academic research regarding the netflix formula 1 docuseries https://forms.gle/3UssSD6stkqtikQf9 25 comments formula1
- Netflix, Amazon and Disney+ subscriptions cancelled due to shrinking budgets, research finds | UK News https://news.sky.com/story/netflix-amazon-and-disney-subscriptions-cancelled-due-to-shrinking-budgets-research-finds-12593362 6 comments technology
- Study: Netflix’s Sex Education is doing sex education better than most schools. Researchers also suggest that the conversation started by shows like Sex Education highlights the need for more comprehensive sexual education not only in schools but in communities and in the family home itself. https://theconversation.com/netflixs-sex-education-is-doing-sex-education-better-than-most-schools-170776 986 comments science
- Researchers achieve fastest-ever internet speed that could download all of Netflix in one second https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/internet-speed-fastest-ever-netflix-library-optical-fibre-a9681901.html 277 comments technology
- Wireless throttling: Senators ask four major carriers about video slowdowns - Research found throttling of YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, and Skype. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/wireless-throttling-senators-ask-four-major-carriers-about-video-slowdowns/ 9 comments technology
- Researchers have mapped locations of 4,669 servers in Netflix's content delivery network. http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/researchers-map-locations-of-4669-servers-in-netflixs-content-delivery-network 3 comments technology
- Netflix forced to cancel next contest because of de-anonymization research and lawsuit http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/netflix-cancels-contest-plans-and-settles-suit/ 14 comments programming
- Researchers de-anonymize Netflix's anonymized dataset http://arxivblog.com/?p=142 2 comments reddit.com
- Researchers build 700TB optical disc that can probably store all of Netflix https://www.techtelegraph.co.uk/researchers-build-700tb-optical-disc-that-can-probably-store-all-of-netflix 196 comments technology
- Netflix awards $1M prize to a group of researchers, scientists and engineers for helping improve their movie picks algorithm. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_netflix_1_million_prize 21 comments business
- The world’s fastest data transmission rate has been achieved by a team of UCL engineers. The research team achieved a data transmission rate of 178 terabits a second (178,000,000 megabits a second) – a speed at which it would be possible to download the entire Netflix library in less than a second. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/aug/ucl-engineers-set-new-world-record-internet-speed 59 comments science
- Netflix Has Saved Every Choice You’ve Ever Made in ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' - A tech policy researcher used GDPR to request information about all of his choices from Netflix https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j57gkk/netflix-has-saved-every-choice-youve-ever-made-in-black-mirror-bandersnatch 806 comments technology
- Researchers analyzing recent BBC and Netflix nature documentaries found that although they increasingly mention threats to nature, visual depictions of these threats remain scarce, potentially misleading audiences on the state of the natural world. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nature-documentaries-bbc-our-planet 245 comments science
- Netflix researching “large-scale peer-to-peer technology” for streaming http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/netflix-researching-large-scale-peer-to-peer-technology-for-streaming/ 13 comments technews
- Netflix researching “large-scale peer-to-peer technology” for streaming http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/netflix-researching-large-scale-peer-to-peer-technology-for-streaming/ 321 comments technology
- Study: Netflix series incorporate diverse sexual health promotion messages for young people. Researchers studied Sex Education, Elite, 13 Reasons Why, Stranger Things, The Society and Tales of the City and found messages featured in the series could be part of an array of health promotion methods. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/12/e052826 8 comments science
- Study finds limited access to paid video streaming services contributes to piracy growth - The researchers studied the effects of the Netflix and its growth in 40 Asian countries, and found that in one country where access to Netflix was restricted the search for pirated content increased. https://www.informs.org/about-informs/news-room/press-releases/study-finds-that-limited-access-to-paid-video-streaming-services-contributes-to-piracy-growth 2 comments science