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Millions of Roku TVs and streaming devices are vulnerable to hackers according to a recent Consumer Reports article. But Gary Ellison, Vice President of Trust Engineering at Roku, Inc. disputes that assessment and calls it "a mischaracterization of a feature." So, what - if anything - should you do to keep hackers out of your Roku?

If you're wondering why you can't find the Amazon Video channel on Roku, it's not gone, it's just been renamed. Amazon is now calling it's streaming video service Prime Video.

We reviewed 47 new Roku channels this week. Our top pick: Adult Swim. which offers cord cutters a lot of unlocked content that requires no pay TV login. High on the list for many people will be YouTube TV, one of the newest entries into the crowded field of streaming live TV providers.

YouTube TV is now available on Roku, adding more competition to an already-crowded field of live TV streaming services dominated by Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, and PlayStation Vue. While YouTube TV doesn't stand out in terms of price and channel lineup, it does offer an excellent user interface and some nice bonuses like unlimited cloud DVR and six logins per account. But don't look for it on the YouTube channel, it's on a whole new YouTube TV channel.

In this week's collection of recent cord-cutting news items from around the web: How to stream the Winter Olympics; next-gen DirecTV NOW coming this Spring; YouTube TV getting its first major test; Hulu Live TV not coming to Android TV; Netflix, Amazon P

We reviewed 42 new Roku channels this week. The channels feature content in the categories of Educational, Games, International, Kids & Family, Lifestyle, Movies & TV, Music, Religious, Screensavers, Special Interest, and Sports. Click on the links below for more details on each channel.