Two days ago, I received a giant heavy metal wedge from Sony. The largest side contained a camera, and a 15.6-inch 4K screen. I plugged it into a powerful gaming computer, and fired up the first demo. A tiny, intricately detailed Volkswagen Atlas materialized in front of my face — and when I pressed a
Read MoreConservatives said they would subpoena the chief executives of the social networks, which had blocked an unsubstantiated New York Post article. As Twitter and Facebook Clamp Down, Republicans Claim ‘Election Interference’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFacebook and Twitter clamped down on an unsubstantiated New York Post article about Hunter Biden. YouTube has gone a different route. In Hubbub Over New York Post Report, YouTube Stands Apart Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAmazon Prime Day is over, but you can still score some board game deals. Best Prime Day board game and tabletop game deals still available: Save on Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion and Space Marine Adventures – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWill Aaron Tveit pull a Steven Bradbury at the 2020 Tony Awards? Not necessarily. Tony Awards: Aaron Tveit is the only nominee in his category. He could still lose. – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBoth Donald Trump and Joe Biden have town hall events airing at the exact same time on Thursday. TikTokers want Biden’s ratings to tower Trump’s. TikTokers are trying to tank Donald Trump's town hall ratings – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company plans to be the first self-driving car developer to test driverless cars in urban areas. Cruise AV is now allowed to test fully driverless cars on California streets – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google says Duplex has completed 1M+ bookings, from restaurant reservations to movie tickets, since launch and is piloting shopping and food ordering tasks — Google today offered an update on the status of Duplex, its A.I. technology that uses natural conversations to get things done … Google says Duplex has completed
Read MoreIf you’ve got $2,000 handy, you too can glide along in silence on the Walkcar. Cocoa Motors' weird electric 'bathroom scale' scooter is coming to the US – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreKyle Orland / Ars Technica: Sources: GameStop will get a share of the lifetime digital sales revenue for any Xbox console they sell, but the specific cut is unknown and likely small — But the size of the unprecedented revenue-sharing deal is up for debate. — In a seemingly unprecedented deal … Sources: GameStop will
Read More[Dan Royer] shared a tip about how to get a reliably tight fit between 3D printed parts and other hardware (like bearings, for example.) He suggests using crush ribs, a tried-and-true solution borrowed from the world of injection molding and repurposed with 3D printing in mind. Before we explain the solution, let’s first look at
Read MoreThe companies have said they would do more to stop misinformation and hacked materials from spreading. This is what that effort looks like. Facebook and Twitter Dodge a 2016 Repeat, and Ignite a 2020 Firestorm Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAfter so many months of delay, Sony is releasing a lot of new info on the PlayStation 5 in short order. Today, we got a look at what the new user interface looks like — and if you wanted more stuff in your console menu, then you certainly got that. The Home Screen looks similar to the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you prefer buying older PlayStation games over the web or on mobile, you won’t be able to do that for much longer. Sony is sending emails to PlayStation gamers that confirm a revamped digital storefront coming between October 21st and 26th, which will remove users’ options to
Read MoreGoogle may have finally figured out the perfect way to monetize YouTube’s 5bn+ videos. Google wants YouTube to become a major ecommerce platform Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Assistant is now available on newer Samsung smart TVs in the US, the companies announced. The AI helper will be available on Samsung 2020 smart TV models, including the 2020 8K and 4K QLED models, the 2020 Crystal UHD TVs, 2020 Frame and Serif sets, and 2020
Read MoreGoogle will now let people search by humming or find a specific spot in a video. Google upgrades search features as it faces antitrust scrutiny Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA group of eight powerful Democratic and Republican attorneys general plan to forge ahead with their own antitrust investigation into Google even after the Department of Justice files its own lawsuit against the search-and-advertising giant. Some states plan to forge ahead with their own Google probe, as federal lawsuit appears imminent Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNow that there’s more data to analyze, the college enrollment news is even worse than projected. About a month into the fall 2020 semester, undergraduate enrollment is now running 4 percent below last year’s level. Fall 2020 Undergrad Enrollment Worse than Expected; Slips by 4% Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has been experiencing an outage that began in the early evening on Thursday, with some users reporting problems sending tweets and refreshing their timelines starting shortly after 5:30PM ET. Just after 7PM ET, tweets began to cross our timelines, and things may be returning to normal. “We
Read MorePhoto by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images Amazon extended its work-from-home policy into 2021 for corporate employees, but call center workers in the Philippines contracted by the company’s Ring subsidiary continue to work in person with increased risk of COVID-19 infection, as detailed in a report for NBC News by Olivia Solon and April Glaser. Employees of
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook says a “small number” of customers have been locked out of their new Oculus Quest 2 headsets, following a string of reports that buyers were unable to use the virtual reality headsets because their Facebook accounts were suspended. On Twitter, it urged users to contact Oculus
Read MoreDigital coupon redemptions have exceeded those of paper coupons, according to Inmar Intelligence, a market-research firm. This is partly due to the growing popularity of rewards or loyalty apps, which often exclusively offer the best deals that a company has to offer. Read more… How to Save Money on Fast Food Using Rewards Apps Source:
Read MoreWith the pandemic still raging on in much of the United States, it stands to reason that we’ll continue socializing outdoors for much of the foreseeable future. In fact, the New York City Council has made its outdoor retaurant program permanent and will allow restaurants to use portable heaters during the winter… Read more… Feast
Read MoreU.S. News has once again ranked all the diets, with the groundbreaking result that…they are all different ways to eat food. Amazing. Their website does provide a nice comparison of the various diets’ pros and cons, but the whole concept of declaring one diet better than another is broken to begin with. Read more… There
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