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Read MoreCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has reacted strongly to the company’s current relationship with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to him, the SEC is threatening to sue the cryptocurrency exchange if it launches its yield-generating product called Coinbase Lend. With this new product, Coinbase wants to compete with popular decentralized finance (DeFi) products, such
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Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority An early question mark around streamers as they rose to prominence was how to handle sports content. Sports are traditionally live events that people want to enjoy in the moment, and sites like Netflix weren’t originally up to the task. Enter fuboTV and other streamers of its kind. You
Read MoreTaylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Twitter says it’s testing Communities, invite-only topic-based public feeds curated by moderators, initially limited to a few topics including dogs and skincare — Twitter is a useful place for following breaking news and keeping up with what the people you’re already interested in are doing …
Read MoreEat ’em all while you catch ’em all! What you need to know Oreo is collaborating with The Pokémon Company to release Pokémon-themed versions of their classic chocolate cookies. There are 16 Pokémon cookies to collect, with some cookies being more rare than others. The cookies will be available to the public starting on September
Read MoreFitbit Charge 5 Smartwatch-level performance $180 at Fitbit Pros AMOLED color touchscreen Slim, lightweight case GPS 7-day battery life Swim-proof to 50 meters Cons The more expensive option The new Fitbit Charge 5 has a gorgeous color display, more advanced fitness metrics than ever before, and it does almost everything a modern smartwatch can do.
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Sony is gearing up for its next PlayStation Showcase, set to stream at 4PM ET (1PM PT) on September 9, 2021, via Twitch and YouTube. Not too much is known about the company’s plans other than them involving both first- and third-party studios, and the promise of a look
Read MoreOther new series include ‘Get Rolling With Otis’ and ‘Puppy Place’ What you need to know Apple TV+ is getting new family shows. Wolfboy and the Everything Factory is a new show from Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The company has also announced Get Rolling with Otis and Puppy Place. Apple TV+ is getting a slew of new
Read MoreAt the beginning of 2021, we saw the first phones land with the then-latest Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, the Snapdragon 888. Later, Qualcomm launched a “Plus” version of that chipset, with slightly faster speeds. That, of course, begets the question: when comparing the Snapdragon 888 vs 88 Plus, just how much faster is the newer model?
Read MoreYes we know iPhone 13 isn’t here yet, just go with us on this one… What you need to know Jon Prosser has just leaked the iPhone 14, apparently. He says the 2022 iPhone will feature no notch and a new titanium design. Just days before Apple is slated to announce iPhone 13, serial Apple
Read MorePowerful and Intel based 16-inch MacBook Pro (2020) From $2,399 at Apple Pros Big, beautiful display Great for working with graphics Maximum RAM available on a MacBook Cons Expensive Not as portable as the 13-inch MBP Aging Intel processors The 16-inch MacBook Pro is a powerhouse of a portable computer, with a beautiful, large display.
Read MoreHow do I sell my Mac? We’ve got some tips to make sure it’s easy to do! Even the best Macs eventually are no longer welcomed into your home. Maybe the device no longer has that new Mac sparkle you crave like the 24-inch iMac above. Maybe it’s just old and busted. No matter what
Read MoreVideo editing software may become the next big addition to Microsoft’s suite of productivity tools. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced it’s acquiring Clipchamp, a company offering web-based video creation and editing software that allows anyone to put together video presentations, promos or videos meant for social media destinations like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. According to Microsoft,
Read MoreThe will-they-won’t-they between Intel and the EU over next-generation chip manufacturing has been resolved. Intel has announced it will spend up to €80 billion (approximately $95 billion in USD today) over the next decade on two new foundries in Europe. While €80 billion figure is an “up to,” it’s still an eye-popping figure in a
Read MoreSophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: How
Read MoreAt their core, package repositories sound like a dream: with a simple command one gains access to countless pieces of software, libraries and more to make using an operating system or developing software a snap. Yet the rather obvious flip side to this is that someone has to maintain all of these packages, and those
Read MoreBatman x FaZe Clan | DC Comics Ahead of DC’s FanDome event next month, the comics company celebrates Batman Day with a slew of superhero-themed items for fans. That includes a new ten-episode scripted podcast on HBO Max, an augmented reality app, and, of course, a limited-edition comic featuring some of the stars of FaZe
Read MoreAlex is on a well-deserved vacation this week, so for the Equity Wednesday deep dive, we took the conversation to Twitter Spaces. Danny, Mary Ann and Jonathan Metrick, the chief growth officer at Portage Ventures, dove into growth marketing. You can listen to the full episode on the Equity Podcast feed. This conversation was spurred by
Read MoreJoshua Jahani Contributor Share on Twitter Joshua Jahani is a lecturer at Cornell University and New York University, and a board adviser at the investment bank Jahani and Associates specializing in the Middle East and Africa. In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (popularizing the modern internet). He didn’t protect the technology because
Read MoreIf you want to switch to a contract-free prepaid carrier in the US, Boost Mobile is one of the best options around. It has a wide range of premium and affordable smartphones available and provides quite a few deals on devices and plans. The Sprint and T-Mobile merger has resulted in one major change for
Read MoreHow to be the very best. Pokémon Unite is Nintendo’s unique take on a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). This competitive free-to-play title combines the formulas popularized by games like Smite and League of Legends with staple mechanics from the Pokémon universe. While Pokémon Unite is certainly easy to pick up and play, there are
Read MoreAmazon’s in-house game engine, Lumberyard, can’t normally be used for life-critical or safety-critical circumstances, as stated in the terms of service agreement for Amazon Web Services. Things like medical equipment, automated transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, crewed spacecraft, or military use in connection with live combat are all off-limits. Almost all software and hardware come with
Read MoreGig and independent workers have different needs when it comes to financial products than salaried employees at a company. It’s a challenge that Tilak Joshi, founder of Lean, became acutely aware of during his tenure as head of Mint and years as a product exec at American Express and PayPal. While the U.S. has seen
Read MoreTwitter announced yesterday that it’s testing a feature on the web that makes it possible to remove followers without blocking them. Sometimes, users want to stop a follower from seeing their tweets without outright blocking them — if that follower were to navigate directly to their page, it’d be clear that they had been blocked,
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