Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch appears to have banned SayNoToRage, a popular Destiny streamer, after several women said that he harassed them or touched them without consent. Their stories played a large role in kicking off the recent wave of harassment and assault allegations from Twitch streamers and other members of the
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Steph Korey, the co-CEO of luggage company Away, will be stepping down from her role within the year, co-founder Jen Rubio and co-CEO Stuart Haselden told staff today, after employees voiced concern over Korey’s recent social media behavior. “Steph’s personal social media activity does not reflect the
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple’s AirPods are among the most popular headphones on the market. They’re compact, easy to pair with your devices, and they offer reliable connectivity, which can sometimes be a problem with truly wireless earphones. So there’s a chance that you might be looking for a deal on them.
Read MorePhoto: Olympus Olympus is becoming the latest camera company to release an app that allows customers to use its mirrorless cameras as high-quality webcams with a new OM-D Webcam Beta app, via PetaPixel. For now, the OM-D Webcam Beta only supports Windows computers and works with five of Olympus’ mirrorless cameras: the OM-D E-M1X, the
Read MoreThis week, Epic’s free game is a fast-paced experience that, like the Wizard of Oz, starts in black and white and transforms into technicolor. Play Hue, a colorful puzzle adventure platform game, for free – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDoes your voice assistant often seem a little too eager to chime in? A recent study by Ruhr University Bochum and Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy found over 1,000 words and phrases that Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant frequently misidentified as activation commands (also known as “wake words”). Here are… Read more… You
Read More{$inline_image} Amazon Prime Video’s dedicated app for Windows 10 is now live in the Microsoft Store, the company announced Thursday. It allows you to stream videos and download them for offline viewing. While it’s always been possible to stream Prime Video content through a browser like Chrome, there was no way to download videos on
Read MoreT-Mobile is shutting down the service to bolster its own offering. Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy S20 is the only device unaffected. Sprint customers say goodbye to their 5G service – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe internet is changing, and the freewheeling, anything-goes culture of social media is being replaced by something more accountable. Goodbye to the Wild Wild Web Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBy cutting out the middleman, these online-only brands offer high-quality products at lower prices. Best direct-to-consumer cookware to buy for 2020: Made In, Brigade Kitchen and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs the United States’ post-pandemic reopening plans increasingly look like a bad on-again-off-again relationship in many states, many workers have been concerned about losing their unemployment benefits. Read more… That Extra 0 Unemployment Benefit Could Get Extended Source: Life Hacker
Read More{$inline_image} Recently, headlines warned of a new flu virus with “pandemic potential,” based on a study of viruses on pig farms in China. There’s no need to immediately start freaking out, however: While it’s always a safe assumption there will be another pandemic someday, this one is not cause for concern just yet. Read more…
Read MoreRecently, headlines warned of a new flu virus with “pandemic potential,” based on a study of viruses on pig farms in China. There’s no need to immediately start freaking out, however: While it’s always a safe assumption there will be another pandemic someday, this one is not cause for concern just yet. Read more… Wait,
Read MoreThe yawning void known as J2157 eats stars like ours for breakfast. Perhaps every breakfast. Fastest-growing black hole devours about one sun every day – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHotels are gross. There, I said it. It’s something we often forget about, especially if we’re staying at a place that’s a bit classier than the Schitt’s Creek Motel, but anywhere you sleep where 1) other people have slept and 2) someone else has to clean is invariably going to fail you. That’s just the
Read MoreThey’re like 65-inch TVs, only smaller. The best 55-inch TV for 2020: LG, TCL and more compared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new privacy feature in iOS 14 has exposed a number of popular apps and raised concerns about clipboard privacy. In the video above, I explain why this is concerning, but not something to panic about. Read more… TikTok and Other Apps Are Secretly Reading Your Clipboard Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreBattle royale fatigue may be a problem for Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter. Is Twitch integration enough to set ‘Hyper Scape’ apart? Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe government has reportedly opened a safety investigation into the issue after leaked emails allegedly confirm Tesla was aware of a battery cooling issue. Tesla Model S battery faults were known issue inside automaker, report says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has made 746 arrests and dismantled dozens of organized crime groups after intercepting millions of encrypted text messages, BBC reports. The messages were sent through EncroChat, a subscription-based phone system popular among career criminals. The NCA said in a press conference
Read MoreForget seven years for every calendar year. Your pet’s genes tell a different story of aging. That old 'dog years' calculation for pups' ages is usually wrong, research finds – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe series is being produced by the team behind Westworld. Fallout series in the works for Amazon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter engineers have been working since January on an internal effort to replace problematic yet commonplace programming language like “master” and “slave,” CNET reported. It’s part of a larger effort among open-source developers who have been working to remove references to slavery from the programming community. Microsoft-owned GitHub
Read MoreAnduril Industries US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has signed a deal with Anduril, the “virtual border wall” startup launched by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. The Washington Post reports that the agency awarded Anduril a five-year contract to deploy portable surveillance towers meant to detect moving vehicles and human figures across the US border. The
Read MoreAmazon is making a new Fallout TV series based on the popular post-apocalyptic RPG games from Bethesda. There are virtually no details on the project, except that it’ll be an Amazon Prime original produced by Kilter Films. A report from The Hollywood Reporter adds that the project is coming from Westworld creators Lisa Joy and
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