BBC: Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says it is not considering the UK for its upcoming chip factories due to Brexit; the company is investing $95B to open European plants — The boss of Intel says the US chipmaker is no longer considering building a factory in the UK because of Brexit.
Read MoreIt includes new guided edits and more. What you need to know New features are coming to Adobe’s Elements software. Both Photoshop and Premiere are getting updates for 2022. They include new animated overlays and guided edits. Adobe has today announced new features for Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements for their 2022 iterations. In
Read MoreAnya Kamenetz / NPR: Facebook’s research on teens and mental health is not as conclusive as it appears, relying on teens’ self-reported views and a small sample size — On Tuesday, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel. The hearing’s focus was advertised as “protecting kids online.”
Read MoreApple Apple’s AirPods are no stranger to a decent deal, but they’re selling for close to their lowest price yet at Amazon and Walmart. You can pick up the set that includes a wired charging case for $109 (originally $159). These don’t have the same great sound quality or active noise cancellation found in the
Read MoreWhat you need to know Braxley Bands are Apple Watch bands that come in all the different colors and patterns you never knew you wanted. Each band is made from ‘Relastic Fabric’ and is washable, comfortable, and stretchy. Want a watch band that reminds you of a pina colada? You got it. With the impending
Read More“Remaster” can be a nebulous term in video games, covering anything from direct ports on modern platforms to wholesale graphical overhauls. Alan Wake Remastered, which was released this week, lands somewhere in the middle and feels like an appropriate use of the term. The Xbox 360 action thriller from 2010 hasn’t been changed all that
Read MoreOnly Apple could do it properly, at least. Just as it promised earlier this year, via its June WWDC event, Apple has now brought true Find My support to AirPods Pro and AirPods Max, and it changes the game completely. We might not get quite the same level of location tracking as we would by
Read MoreKurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Fiverr acquire Seattle-based CreativeLive, which offers online learning tools; CreativeLive has raised nearly $60M and employs around 35 people — CreativeLive, the Seattle-based online learning company founded in 2010, has been acquired by Fiverr, a platform that connects businesses …
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: London-based Cord, which offers a single API to add Slack-like collaboration to apps, raises $17.5M Series A led by European VC Index — Cord, a startup that offers a single API to add Slack-like collaboration features to any app, has bagged $17.5 million in Series A funding.
Read MoreWhat you need to know There have been rumors of a HomePod with a screen before and this concept imagines what that could be. The gorgeous concept shows a large Retina screen atop a HomePod. You’d buy this, wouldn’t you? The idea of a HomePod with a screen isn’t even remotely new, but it’s something
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A massive security breach at Twitch has exposed a wealth of information pertaining to the website’s source code, unreleased projects, and even how much the top streamers make. As data analysts and journalists work to decipher what exactly is contained in the hundreds of gigabytes of information, others
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Read MoreA decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring tried to make the future before it was ready. In Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone, The Verge’s Dieter Bohn talks to
Read MorePlay your battle arena sessions much more comfortably. It took a few months after the initial Nintendo Switch release, but Pokémon Unite has finally come to iPhones, iPads, and Android phones. This is a highly competitive game, so it makes sense that you’d want to give yourself an edge. Generally speaking, the best iPhone game
Read MoreMark Scott / Politico: Annual EU report on social media content moderation shows companies removed 62.5% of flagged material in March and April 2021, down from 71% in late 2019 — In a leaked Commission report, firms deleted 62.5 percent of material after it was flagged, down from 71 percent in the previous annual audit.
Read MoreIf you’re contemplating upgrading to Windows 11 on an AMD system, you may want to hold off just a bit. The semiconductor design firm has confirmed that Windows 11 performance is a bit lower on Ryzen CPUs than under Windows 10 right now. AMD has published a new support article, PA-400, detailing the problem. The
Read MoreWhat you need to know Popular at-home workout app Wakeout is slashing prices by 75% to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. Wakeout has tons of workouts that people can do from anywhere, even their desks. Get access to more than 1,800 movements and pay 25% of the normal price. The popular at-home workout app Wakeout
Read MoreHaroon Siddique / The Guardian: UK High Court rules that Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed, used NSO Group’s Pegasus to hack the phone of his ex-wife and five associates — Sheikh Mohammed used spyware on Princess Haya and five associates in unlawful abuse of power, judge rules — The ruler of Dubai hacked the phone …
Read MorePaul Sawers / VentureBeat: Massachusetts-based Solo.io, which offers APIs to connect networking software, data, and hardware, raises $135M Series C at a $1B+ valuation — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
Read MoreWhat you need to know Planet Buddies’ new wireless headphones are volume-limited to protect kids’ ears. Three colors are available, all with different characters on them. Planet Buddies hopes to raise awareness of endangered animals through headphones and more. The wireless headphones are available now for $44.99. Planet Buddies, a company that hopes to raise
Read MoreLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: As Twitch grapples with the giant data leak, a look at the impact on its streamers, who had extensive revenue and personal data leaked — The leak of source code and some internal security files does not expose sensitive data, according to a former Twitch employee. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Read MoreThe Switch exclusive is a fine return to form for the series, but it would benefit from antagonists that are, you know, actually scary.
Read MoreThe Moto G Pure (2021) is a 4G phone that shares many of the same specs as the Moto G Play, but is $10 cheaper. | Motorola Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Motorola is squeezing in one more budget-friendly phone into its 2021 Moto G lineup — the Moto G Pure. At
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Read MoreModern technology makes studying to play a new instrument easier than ever. And the best part? Most of these tools are free or affordable.
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