Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: Roku says it has settled its carriage dispute with Fox to distribute Fox channels on the Roku platform ahead of the Super Bowl — At midnight tonight, it was expected that Roku would remove the FOX Now, FOX Sports, FOX News, FOX Business, FOX Nation, Big 10 Network, and FOX
Read MoreThe search giant is remembering the Greensboro Sit-In on the first day of Black History Month. Google Doodle honors huge civil rights moment in a small package – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: The Bouqs, a US-based flower delivery startup, raises $30M from Japanese company Yamasa to expand in Japan, bringing its total raised to $74M — The Bouqs plans to take a slice of Japan’s $6 billion flower market this year with a $30 million strategic growth round from Japanese enterprise business
Read More{$inline_image} Our friend [Hunter Scott] gave a talk at a past Supercon about created phased array antennas. He mentioned he was looking for collaborators to create an antenna with the SiBeam SB9210 chip. This is a specialized chip for WirelessHD, a more or less failed video streaming protocol, and it’s essentially an entire 60 GHz
Read MorePhones are rounded rectangles now. Have been for years — ever since the iPhone killed the QWERTY slider dead. They’re getting rounder and rounder, in fact, as manufacturers continue to figure out how to bend OLED screens and raw metals to their will. They’re far too samey, unless you count an array of sci-fi inspired
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter says it has permanently suspended markets blog Zero Hedge’s Twitter account, @zerohedge, for violating the company’s platform manipulation policy. On Wednesday, Zero Hedge posted a blog that doxxed a Chinese scientist and strongly suggested without evidence that the scientist created the strain of coronavirus that’s currently spreading
Read MoreThe Facebook CEO wants be understood rather than liked. Mark Zuckerberg thinks this is the biggest misconception about him – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRockets to Mars and electric cars are old news. Musk is now a musician, it seems. Of the EDM variety. Tesla’s Elon Musk dropped an EDM song called ‘Don’t Doubt ur Vibe’ – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge In our review of the Amazon Echo Show 5 smart display, Dan called it the “smart alarm clock to get.” But I think I might move mine to the kitchen, right next to the garbage can. That’s partly because Amazon has just added the ability for the Echo
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge A California man has pled guilty to hacking Nintendo’s servers to steal confidential files, including taking information about the Nintendo Switch months before it was announced, the US Department of Justice revealed today. According to the DOJ, Ryan Hernandez, 21, and an associate phished a Nintendo employee in
Read MoreThe 5VM package proved to be a popular option among C8 buyers, despite costing the better part of $5,000. 2020 C8 Chevy Corvette visible carbon option canned due to supplier issues – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Twitter announced a subtle design change to its iOS app today that may go a long way in both making conversations easier to parse and to join. The change, which looks like it’s a change on Twitter’s end that does not require an update, is to the
Read MoreA 14-day quarantine has been announced by the CDC. US declares coronavirus a public health emergency – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis 13.3-inch touchscreen laptop is a CNET favorite, and it looks even better when it’s 35% off. Reach out and touch a Dell XPS 13 for just 4 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReview: Miss Americana gives an intimate look at the superstar’s life as she embarks on a new chapter energized by love and politics. In Netflix documentary Miss Americana, Taylor Swift’s done being polite – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA couple of (expensive) movie ad spots have already arrived online. You can also expect trailers from Black Widow, Fast & Furious 9, and more. Super Bowl 2020 movie and TV trailers: Sonic the Hedgehog, F9 and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDisney Randy Freer is stepping down from his role as Hulu CEO as Disney moves to consolidate it’s direct-to-consumer business under its own executives. Part of the decision to roll Hulu’s business operations into Disney’s direct-to-consumer division is to help “rapidly grow our presence outside the US,” according to a company press release put out
Read More{$inline_image} Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The Department of Justice is taking a new approach to robocalls, seeking approval to hold telecommunications companies responsible for calls on their networks instead of just going after the often-overseas criminals who actually do the dialing. The companies identified by the DOJ allowed two groups with ties
Read More“The deployment of connected home security cameras that allow footage to be queried centrally are simply not compatible with a free society.” Amazon engineer Max Eliaser The greatest threat posed to democracy in any free nation is that of ubiquitous government surveillance. Many countries today are struggling to find the proper balance between useful facial
Read MoreAbleGamers The Xbox Adaptive Controller already expands the usability of Xbox for gamers with disabilities, and today, a third-party add-on takes that controller to the next level, allowing gamers to turn their power wheelchairs into game controllers. Called the Freedom Wing Adapter, the box connects the Xbox Adaptive Controller to a wheelchair through its 9-pin
Read MorePhoto by Luke Dray/Getty Images Any foreign national who has traveled within China in the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter the United States, according to a proclamation from President Trump. The action is to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, said US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar
Read MoreYes, Mercedes-Benz built a pickup truck. Just three years later, it’s a goner. Mercedes-Benz X-Class pickup kicks the bucket – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreA plant-based diet can be a fine way to eat, whether you’re an athlete or not. A Netflix documentary called Game Changers argues that it’s not just fine, but that it’s better and that meat is harmful in some way. That’s not what most nutrition experts say, so let’s take a look at the claims
Read MoreFebruary is going to bring with it a ton of new programming for Amazon Prime customers. The month kicks off on February 1 with the addition of a ton of movies including Bridget Jones’ Diary, Judgement Day, Magic Mike, and The Spy Next Door. Read more… What’s Coming to Amazon Prime Video in February 2020
Read MorePlus, Mr. Peanut dies, Rick and Morty get in a pickle with Pringles, and Lil Nas X rides the Old Town Road to Doritos’ Cool Ranch. See Super Bowl 2020 commercials starring Jason Momoa, A-Rod, Maisie Williams – CNET Source: CNet
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