A series based on Michael Caine’s 1969 Italian Job is in the works for Paramount Plus. The original film was remade in 2003 and starred Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Ed Norton, and Jason Statham. Donald De Line, one of the producers of the 2003 remake, will work on the show in some capacity, according to
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ever since LastPass announced that it was tweaking its free tier to only allow a single category of device — mobile or computer — there’s been a lot of interest in finding alternatives among LastPass users. Luckily, once you do find an alternative, it’s pretty easy to pull
Read MoreStephanie Condon / ZDNet: Nvidia beats with Q4 revenue of $5B vs. $4.8B expected, up 61% YoY, data center revenue of $1.9B, up 97% YoY, and gaming revenue of $2.5B, up 67% YoY — The GPU maker beat Q4 market expectations with record sales in its two key areas of business. — Nvidia on Wednesday
Read MoreThe US has felt the impact of recent shortages and supply chain backups, including for computer chips and medical supplies. Biden orders review of supply chain for semiconductors, critical resources – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreIf you’re a medical professional, first responder or military member you can also save 20%, while federal employees may be able to get an Eargo hearing aid for free. Save 0 on Eargo Neo HiFi, next-generation invisible in-ear hearing aids – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThroughout the pandemic, many former office workers have been necessarily glued to their computer monitors. As work migrated online, video tools like Zoom and Google Hangouts have become the rare outlet for regular face-time with colleagues. But short of an alternative for seeing your co-workers without a screen in… Read more… How to Overcome 'Zoom
Read MorePresident Biden signed an executive order Wednesday addressing growing concern over a global semiconductor shortage hampering the production of goods like automobiles and smartphones. The White House’s executive order directs the federal government to conduct 100-day reviews of supply chains in four sets of products, including computer chips and large capacity batteries, like those used
Read MoreDisneyland Resort has also become a coronavirus vaccine super site. Disney announces California Adventure event in March: the latest Disneyland reopening updates – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto by Yuzo Koshiro / Twitter It’s not hard to listen to your favorite video game soundtracks online. Just load YouTube or some other music streaming services, and search there. But that experience pales in comparison to hearing (and seeing) that music played through the hardware it was originally composed on. Legendary gaming composer Yuzo
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit’s status page currently shows a major outage, and many of The Verge’s staff are unable to load it. Loading the site results in a blank white page. The site seems to have gone down after GameStop stock shot up 100 percent in late hours of trading. One
Read MoreJeremy Milliner / The Streamable: ViacomCBS says paid streaming subs for Showtime and CBS All Access climbed to 19.2M in Q4, up from 17.9M in Q3; Pluto TV hit 43M global MAUs, up from 36M in Q3 — Ahead of the official launch of Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS announced where they stand in the world of
Read MoreEverything you need to cut your own hair (or entrust your spouse with the duty), including cordless clippers, hair guards and even the requisite cape. Cut your own hair with this haircut kit because we never leave home anymore – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAs part of Lifehacker’s Fitness challenge, I am trying out various meditation techniques for 30 days. This is the second week of my challenge, and I’ve taken a new step towards developing a consistent meditation routine: I increased the length of my meditation sessions and tried midday meditation rather than morning… Read more… How Beginning
Read MoreImage: Microsoft/343 Industries Showtime’s upcoming Halo TV series is getting a new home — the live-action adaptation of the popular sci-fi shooters will now debut exclusively on the relaunched Paramount Plus streaming service when it arrives at the beginning of 2022, Deadline reports. There have been a few attempts at adapting Halo to live action
Read MoreImage: Joe Weisenthal GameStop is up… again, by a lot. Before market close on Wednesday, the video game retailer’s shares started to soar, and GME just closed at $91.71 — up nearly 104 percent for the day. It’s the highest the stock has been since it fell back down to Earth at the beginning of
Read MoreFor most of us, the solution to having a non-dimmable LED light bulb but needing a dimmable one is a simple as a drive to the store to get the right kind of bulb. But that seems downright boring, not to mention wasteful, so when [Leo Fernekes] was faced with this problem, he looked for
Read MoreAfter a year of travel restrictions, nearly a third of all credit card holders have not redeemed their credit card rewards. But will these rewards expire before you’re ready to use them? Fortunately, most cards don’t have a hard cutoff date, although that comes with one caveat—some rewards eventually expire if you… Read more… How
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Read MoreDoes Amazon’s new 360-degree moving smart screen outdo Google’s stationary flagship display? Here’s how they measure up. Amazon Show 10 vs. Google Nest Hub Max – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMarcella McCarthy / TechCrunch: Brazil-based RecargaPay, which lets users top up prepaid cell phones online, raises $70M Series C, bringing its total raised to over $100M — RecargaPay, a Brazil-based fintech that allows users to top off their prepaid cell phones online, announced this morning that they’ve closed … Brazil-based RecargaPay, which lets users top
Read MoreNot to be outdone by Disney+ and HBO Max, Viacom recently announced its own streaming service, creatively named Paramount+, will launch on March 4. The unrelenting number of newer streaming services—Disney+, Discovery+, Apple TV+ and all the plus-es you can think of—when placed alongside legacy companies like Hulu and… Read more… Is Paramount+ Worth It?
Read MoreSingularly focused but cool under pressure Continue reading… Gigabyte’s Aorus 15G is great at gaming, but not much else Source: New feed
Read MoreReuters: Thomson Reuters says it will spend $500M-$600M over two years to develop its AI and ML tools as it transitions to a “content-driven technology company” — NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thomson Reuters Corp will streamline technology, close offices and rely more on machines to prepare … Thomson Reuters says it will spend 0M-0M over
Read MoreOn CNET’s I’m So Obsessed podcast, the band’s lead singer, Serj Tankian, discusses how activism is woven into the fiber of System of a Down. He also shares plans for new music. Truth to Power shows System of a Down's growth as artists and activists – CNET Source: CNet
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