Image: 7-11 If you reside in Dallas County, Texas, you have a chance to spend the night in what I think is the ultimate gamer’s paradise: a 7-Eleven complete with snacks, a Slurpee machine, and the hard-to-find PS5 available to use during your stay. Starting February 1st, residents who are 18 years or older will
Read MoreIt’s almost February, which means the biggest spectacle in football is just around the corner. Played during a pandemic, however, Super Bowl LV will be a lot different than the 54 Super Bowl games that came before it. The good news is, you don’t need a cable subscription to watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take
Read MoreCecilia D’Anastasio / Wired: A look at r/WallStreetBets, a 2M-member subreddit that helped push GameStop’s stock to record highs and is now facing allegations of harassment — The denizens of the WallStreetBets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short seller alleged an accompanying harassment campaign. A look at r/WallStreetBets, a 2M-member
Read MoreHaving a bad day can happen from time to time, but then there are longer stretches that can turn into weeks or months of feeling unmotivated, lost, or hopeless. Life may keep piling it on, but here are a few starting points for how you can climb out of your hole and get back on
Read MoreSure it is a cheap stage trick, but using a lenticular lens at the right angle and in front of the right background can render what’s behind it invisible. That’s not news, but [Ian] spent some time investigating how to make the best one he could. His instructions cover how to create your own with
Read MoreDan Primack / Axios: Source: Clubhouse raised around $100M from a16z at a $1B post-money valuation — Clubhouse, a San Francisco-based audio social network, raised around $100 million led by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz at a $1 billion post-money valuation, Axios has learned. Source: Clubhouse raised around 0M from a16z at a B post-money valuation
Read MoreSara Fischer / Axios: Google details its work on a privacy-conscious cookie substitute, called Federated Learning of Cohorts, claims ~95% effectiveness compared to cookie-based ads — Google on Monday said new test results show promising signs that the technology it’s hoping will replace cookie-based ad targeting is working. Google details its work on a privacy-conscious
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A consumer advocacy group in Europe has filed the latest lawsuit against Apple saying the company intentionally throttled older iPhones in Italy. First reported by TechCrunch, the potential class-action lawsuit seeks €60 million (roughly $73 million) in compensation — or about €60 per device — for owners of
Read MoreSpotify Spotify isn’t limiting its audio ambitions to podcasts and music. Today the company announced it’s furthering its audiobook experiments with the release of nine new audiobooks available exclusively in the app. As first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, among the works, which are all part of the public domain, are David Dobrik narrating Mary
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple launches Time to Walk for Apple Watch and Fitness+, offering 25 to 40 minute episodes of original audio from influential people, available today — Apple has officially unveiled its new Time to Walk feature for Apple Watch and Apple Fitness+ subscribers. Apple launches Time to Walk for Apple Watch and
Read MoreThe January 16th “Green Run” test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) was intended to be the final milestone before the super heavy-lift booster would be moved to Cape Canaveral ahead of its inaugural Artemis I mission in November 2021. The full duration static fire test was designed to simulate a typical launch, with the
Read MoreRetail and e-commerce firms set to benefit from demand for digital wallets despite cost concerns for merchants. Digital wallet spending to skyrocket in the next five years, study suggests Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreChristine Hall / Crunchbase News: Melio, a B2B payments startup focused on small businesses, raises $110M Series C2, following an $80M Series C in Sept. 2020, at a $1.3B valuation — Melio, a fintech company with a presence in New York and Israel, is giving small businesses a way to digitally manage their business-to-business payments
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The competition for streaming services is playing out in the same way the tech industry has over the past decade: a small handful of big names, backed by a lot of money. But for every Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, and Hulu, there are a dozen smaller, more
Read MoreWatching Kamala Harris sworn in as our country’s first female vice president (not to mention our first vice president of color) last week felt like a triumphant moment for many women and girls. It was also a reminder of how much sexism, gender discrimination, and misogyny women have to overcome in order to achieve… Read
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge If you’ve found yourself wanting some peace and quiet, whether it’s from the upstairs neighbor’s kid stomping around above you or just to silence other distractions, today’s marquee deal has your name written all over it. The Sony WH-1000XM4 are $72 off at Amazon, Best Buy, and other
Read MoreThree upcoming blasters offer new angles for Nerf battles. Nerf's Rival Curve Shot blasters let you twist your shots – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGet a major tactical advantage in your next Nerf battle. Nerf's Rival Curve Shot lets you blast around corners – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Smart lock maker Latch says it will go public by merging with a SPAC at a $1.56B valuation, expecting to raise ~$450M in cash — Deal between startup and SPAC sponsored by property firm values Latch at $1.56 billion — Latch Inc., a maker of smart locks and building-management software … Smart
Read MoreAlexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images AMC Theatres has raised nearly $1 billion in funding since December 14th, staving off bankruptcy for several more months, the company announced today. The announcement comes just days after several major studios, including Paramount, Sony, and Disney’s Fox, all delayed many of their films to the latter half of the year. In
Read MoreIt follows employees unionizing in the US. Google workers set up international union alliance – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WWE Network, the standalone video service from World Wrestling Entertainment, won’t be going it alone for much longer — at least in the United States. Today, WWE and NBCUniversal announced that the service, which offers live streams of pay-per-view events, a large roster of original shows, and a
Read MoreIn a new ad that some might find slightly sneaky, Redmond tries to explain why the Surface Pro 7 is far, far better than Apple’s sad little machine, Apple's MacBook Pro is an expensive joke, says Microsoft Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreRita Liao / TechCrunch: Autonomous driving startup Uisee raises $150M from investors including Chinese state-backed National Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrade Fund — There is no lack of state funding for China’s smart driving startups nowadays as the country advances its goal to become a global leader in artificial intelligence in a decade’s time. Autonomous driving
Read MoreJessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: NBCUniversal and Twitter announce a multi-year global content partnership to bring live, trending content, like sports highlights, to Twitter — – Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Twitter on Monday announced a multi-year global content partnership. — The deal is an effort to expand … NBCUniversal and Twitter announce a multi-year global content partnership
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