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Four former ByteDance employees say the company promoted pro-China content to Americans in its now-defunct news app TopBuzz; ByteDance denies the claims (Emily Baker-White/BuzzFeed News)

Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News: Four former ByteDance employees say the company promoted pro-China content to Americans in its now-defunct news app TopBuzz; ByteDance denies the claims — Former employees claim the company placed pieces of pro-China content in its now-defunct US news app, TopBuzz, and censored negative stories about the Chinese government.

The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is reportedly on pause

A screenshot from the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake trailer. | Image: Aspyr Media Development of the upcoming Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake for the PS5 and PC is on pause, according to Bloomberg. The game’s art director and design director were also fired earlier this month after the

A New Way To Produce PCBs With Your 3D Printer

With the low-cost PCB fabrication services available to hackers and makers these days, we’ll admit that making your own boards at home doesn’t hold quite the appeal that it did in the past. But even if getting your boards professionally made is cheaper and easier than it ever has been before, at-home production still can’t

Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $69.69B, net income of $16B, down from $18.53B YoY, and Google Cloud revenue of $6.28B, up from $4.63B YoY (Alphabet – Investor Relations)

Alphabet – Investor Relations: Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $69.69B, net income of $16B, down from $18.53B YoY, and Google Cloud revenue of $6.28B, up from $4.63B YoY — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 26, 2022 – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30,

Xbox and Windows fall in Microsoft’s $51.9 billion quarter

Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Microsoft posted the fourth quarter of its 2022 financial results today, reporting revenue of $51.9 billion and a net income of $16.7 billion. Revenue is up 12 percent, and net income has increased by just 2 percent. But while revenue was up, Microsoft saw some of its core

NPM users can now connect a Twitter account as a recovery method

NPM has more than 11 million users worldwide. | Image: NPM/GitHub Developers who use NPM, the popular JavaScript package manager, will now be able to connect their Twitter and GitHub accounts to the software as a recovery method. The move was announced Tuesday along with a handful of other features meant to combine enhanced security

YouTube’s Q2 ad revenue grew 4.8% YoY to $7.34B, below expectations of a 7% YoY increase to $7.49B and marking YouTube’s slowest ad growth in over two years (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: YouTube’s Q2 ad revenue grew 4.8% YoY to $7.34B, below expectations of a 7% YoY increase to $7.49B and marking YouTube’s slowest ad growth in over two years — YouTube still banks a huge bucket of ad bucks — hitting $7.34 billion in the second quarter — but the video giant’s

Yes, it’s weird for the two-year-old Meta Quest 2 to go up in price

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta just made the surprising announcement that it will be raising the price of its Quest 2 virtual reality headsets by $100 next month. If you did a double take upon seeing that news, we commiserate — it’s weird for a two-year-old consumer tech product to suddenly

Alphabet’s Q2 $69.7B revenue marks its slowest rate of growth since Q2 2020, missing estimates by nearly $190M, as macroeconomic pressures mount on ad markets (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Alphabet’s Q2 $69.7B revenue marks its slowest rate of growth since Q2 2020, missing estimates by nearly $190M, as macroeconomic pressures mount on ad markets — Online advertising remains in focus for investors as an industry critical to the health of many internet companies

SpaceX says Dish’s 5G plan would be ‘detrimental’ to millions of Starlink users

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivers a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX is pulling out all the stops to prevent Dish and other wireless companies from using the same radio frequencies as its internet-from-space Starlink satellites. Today, in a rare media call with reporters, SpaceX representatives reiterated how damaging

Google parent Alphabet’s profit slips again after CEO warns of ‘economic headwinds’

The company’s profits are lower for another quarter. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Profits are down at Google parent company Alphabet for the second quarter in a row, even as it brings in more money. Alphabet brought in around $16 billion in profit during its second quarter of 2022, down from $18.5

SEC filing: Twitter schedules a shareholder meeting to vote on Elon Musk’s $44B acquisition deal for September 13, 2022, at 10am PT (CNBC)

CNBC: SEC filing: Twitter schedules a shareholder meeting to vote on Elon Musk’s $44B acquisition deal for September 13, 2022, at 10am PT — Twitter said that it would hold a shareholder meeting to vote on the company’s $44 billion acquisition by Elon Musk on September 13.

Lenovo launches the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 laptop

Credit: Lenovo The first laptop released that uses the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor is now available for sale. The Lenovo ThinkPad X13s has a slim design and up to 28 hours of battery life. Currently, it’s available via Verizon for the price of $40.28 a month for 36 months. Qualcomm is currently the biggest

Microsoft misses Q2 estimates with revenue of $51.87B, vs. $52.44B estimated, citing changing exchange rates plus challenges in advertising and the PC markets (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft misses Q2 estimates with revenue of $51.87B, vs. $52.44B estimated, citing changing exchange rates plus challenges in advertising and the PC markets — – Microsoft’s revenue and income fell short, as did the company’s revenue from Azure and other cloud services.

Zuckerberg says Meta and Apple are in ‘very deep, philosophical competition’ to build the metaverse

Photo by AMY OSBORNE / AFP via Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg believes that Apple and his company are in a “very deep, philosophical competition” to build the metaverse, suggesting the two tech giants are ready to butt heads in selling hardware for augmented and virtual reality. The Meta CEO told employees earlier this month that

What’s new on Hulu in August 2022: Prey, Reservation Dogs, and more

Credit: Disney What’s new on Hulu in August? The Disney-owned streamer is rolling out some exciting titles, including the return of Reservation Dogs, the premiere of Predator prequel Prey, brand new streaming premieres, and more, including popular shows and movies like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Blazing Saddles, and Castaway. Read more: The best Hulu originals

How to cut videos in VLC Media player

Not only can the VLC Media Player stream videos from different sources, but it can be used as a video editing software. You can cut or trim any video files in VLC to create shorter clips by selecting a beginning and ending point while recording. Here’s how to save your favorite segments to share them

Things are about to get more mature in Meta’s Horizon Worlds VR experience

Credit: Meta Horizon Worlds, the free VR world run by Facebook’s parent company Meta, will now allow more mature content. Content creators can now have an 18+ rating to alert users of mature content in their worlds. However, certain content will still be banned from Horizon Worlds. Meta is making some changes to Horizon Worlds,

Fired cable news hosts Cuomo and Olbermann plot podcast comebacks

Photo by Cindy Ord / Getty Images for SiriusXM I hope you all had a good weekend. As you can tell, I did not get eaten by a shark, though that is because my husband forgot to register for a beach pass. Next time’s the charm, Evan!! On tap for today: cable news rogues turn

Xbox is trying to make it easier to tell which games you’re allowed to play

Games that can’t be played may have an exclamation point icon. | Image: Eden Marie on Twitter Scrolling through your Xbox game library, it can be difficult to tell which games you can actually play at the moment — perhaps you downloaded something from Game Pass, but it’s no longer on the service, or your

You can join Sony’s queue to buy a PS5 right now

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge While a PlayStation 5 is still not yet a thing you can find on every store shelf any day of the week, availability has certainly gotten better in recent weeks. Sony has been dropping public restocks with some velocity of late, and today is another chance. You can

Buy the Meta Quest 2 now before the price goes up August 1 to $400

Credit: Roger Fingas / Android Authority Meta has announced that its Meta Quest 2 VR headset will be going up in price starting August 1. The 128GB version will go up from $299.99 to $399.99, while the 256GB version is going up from $399.99 to $499.99. Accessories and refurbished units will also see a

Uber doesn’t have to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles in every city, judge rules

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber’s decision to not offer wheelchair-accessible service in every US market does not violate the federal law prohibiting discrimination against disabled individuals, a federal judge ruled this week. The ruling represents a win for the ride-hailing service, which has been criticized by disability advocates for providing only limited

Discord voice chat is now available for Xbox beta testers

Discord voice calls on Xbox | Screenshot: Tom Warren / The Verge Discord and Microsoft announced Discord voice chat last week, making it available initially to invite-only Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead Xbox testers. The new feature is now available to Xbox Insiders in the Beta ring, which doesn’t require an invite. Microsoft is releasing a

Senators Toomey and Sinema introduce a bill to exempt crypto users from being taxed on transactions of under $50, similar to a bipartisan bill in the House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: Senators Toomey and Sinema introduce a bill to exempt crypto users from being taxed on transactions of under $50, similar to a bipartisan bill in the House — The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee joined Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in legislation to exempt transactions of less than $50.

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