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• The Morning After: A closer look at the Xbox Series X
• Apple will let you pre-order apps up to six months in advance
• Nanoleaf adds Triangles to its colorful Shapes light panels
• Renault's Mégane eVision concept offers a look at its future EV lineup
• GameStop will get a cut of digital revenue from every Xbox it sells
• PlayStation Store will stop selling PS3, PS Vita games on mobile and the web
• Twitter updates its 'Hacked Materials' policy after NY Post controversy
• Sony’s Spatial Reality Display lets you gawk at 3D objects without glasses
• Gamefly's rental business now belongs to a media wholesaler
• Twitter confirms outage was caused by 'inadvertent change'
• GM will test fully driverless cars in SF later this year
• Google debuts an Apple Watch YouTube Music app
• Google Search will help you identify that song stuck in your head
• FCC's Ajit Pai wants to 'clarify' the meaning of Section 230
• Google will push Hangouts users to Chat in 2021
• Amazon says third-party sellers made more than $3.5 billion from Prime Day
• Watch Einride’s autonomous truck take on the ‘Top Gear’ track
• Snapchat finally lets users add music to their snaps
• Save $120 when you buy the Galaxy Buds and Watch Active 2 together
• Senate Republicans want to subpoena Twitter CEO over blocked Biden story
• Next-gen consoles get 60 fps 'Destiny 2' on December 8th
• This best-selling air purifier is on sale for $117
• 'Cyberpunk 2077' will hit Stadia the same day as consoles and PC
• YouTube TV will let you check fantasy football scores in its mobile apps
• YouTube cracks down on QAnon videos that target individuals or groups

The Morning After: A closer look at the Xbox Series X Posted: 16 Oct 2020 04:20 AM PDT With less than a month to go before the Xbox Series X officially launches, Jessica Conditt is ready with a preview to show you what Microsoft's new console is capable of.  Beyond simply higher resolution, super-fast switching with quick resume and u...

Apple will let you pre-order apps up to six months in advance Posted: 16 Oct 2020 04:09 AM PDT Apple has updated its App Store policy for pre-orders, allowing developers to offer their apps up to half a year before they're officially released. In a post on its Developer portal, the tech giant has announced that developers can "let customers pr...

Nanoleaf adds Triangles to its colorful Shapes light panels Posted: 16 Oct 2020 03:33 AM PDT Nanoleaf has unveiled the latest light panels in its Shapes series, this time in the form of a triangle. Like the previous hexagon models, you can put them together in different patterns and then use them to mirror your TV, sync to music or control t...

Renault's Mégane eVision concept offers a look at its future EV lineup Posted: 16 Oct 2020 01:50 AM PDT Renault has unveiled the Mégane eVision, a key concept car that previews not just the future Megane hatchback, but its entire EV lineup and others in the Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi alliance. The styling is based on the Renault Morphoz concept along wi...

GameStop will get a cut of digital revenue from every Xbox it sells Posted: 16 Oct 2020 12:22 AM PDT Microsoft and GameStop have inked a deal that would give the latter a portion of the tech giant's digital sales revenue for every next-gen Xbox the gaming retail chain sells. The companies published a press release about their collaboration last week...

PlayStation Store will stop selling PS3, PS Vita games on mobile and the web Posted: 15 Oct 2020 10:21 PM PDT You won't be able to purchase PS3, PS Vita and PSP games on the PlayStation Store in a few days' time if you access it on mobile or the web. A few days ago, Eurogamer reported that Sony sent an email to development partners, notifying them of the cha...

Twitter updates its 'Hacked Materials' policy after NY Post controversy Posted: 15 Oct 2020 07:58 PM PDT In response to a New York Post article this week about Hunter Biden that used emails of dubious sourcing, Twitter blocked links to it, eventually citing the company's existing policies around hacked materials. These policies have come under scrutiny...

Sony’s Spatial Reality Display lets you gawk at 3D objects without glasses Posted: 15 Oct 2020 06:00 PM PDT 3D TVs are effectively dead — consequently, so is the race to deliver glasses-free 3D sets at home. But that doesn't mean the technology is entirely useless. Sony's new Spatial Reality Display (or SR Display), for example, uses eye-tracking technolog...

Gamefly's rental business now belongs to a media wholesaler Posted: 15 Oct 2020 04:01 PM PDT You may have forgotten about GameFly, but someone else hasn't. The video game rental subscription service has a new owner: Alliance Entertainment. The physical media distributor, one of the largest in the US, has purchased GameFly for an undisclosed...

Twitter confirms outage was caused by 'inadvertent change' Posted: 15 Oct 2020 02:56 PM PDT Just a day after Twitter got caught up in an outrage cycle over whether or not it should allow leaks to a certain story and Senate Republicans floated the idea of sending a subpoena to CEO Jack Dorsey, the service is suddenly inaccessible for many pe...

GM will test fully driverless cars in SF later this year Posted: 15 Oct 2020 02:42 PM PDT General Motors and its self-driving car unit Cruise say they'll start testing unmanned autonomous vehicles in San Francisco by the end of 2020 (via NBC News). On Thursday, the subsidiary said it received a permit from California's Department of Motor...

Google debuts an Apple Watch YouTube Music app Posted: 15 Oct 2020 01:23 PM PDT If you're one of those rare YouTube Music subscribers with both an iPhone and Apple Watch, you won't be left out in the cold when Google shuts down Play Music later this month. As of today, the company has a YouTube Music app available for the Apple...

Google Search will help you identify that song stuck in your head Posted: 15 Oct 2020 01:09 PM PDT Over a billion people every day use Google Search, the company said. Despite having worked on the software for more than 20 years, every day there are 15 percent of queries that Google has never seen before. To keep up with the constantly changing qu...

FCC's Ajit Pai wants to 'clarify' the meaning of Section 230 Posted: 15 Oct 2020 12:43 PM PDT The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said in a statement Thursday he plans to "move forward with a rulemaking to clarify" Section 230. "Social media companies have a First Amendment right to free speech," Pai wrote. "But they do not...

Google will push Hangouts users to Chat in 2021 Posted: 15 Oct 2020 11:59 AM PDT Google is, once again, changing up its messaging app strategy. The company plans to make Chat, its Slack-like app, free for everyone in 2021, when it will push people currently using Hangouts to use Chat instead. If you're having trouble keeping trac...

Amazon says third-party sellers made more than $3.5 billion from Prime Day Posted: 15 Oct 2020 11:44 AM PDT Thanks to Prime Day 2020, small- and medium-sized businesses in 19 countries made $3.5 billion this week on Amazon. That's according to the retailer's own stats. In typical Amazon fashion, the company didn't disclose how much revenue it made during t...

Watch Einride’s autonomous truck take on the ‘Top Gear’ track Posted: 15 Oct 2020 11:40 AM PDT Einride recently revealed its revamped autonomous delivery truck, which is more aerodynamic than the previous version. To give a glimpse of the Pod in action, the Einride team put the AV through its paces on the Top Gear track in Surrey, England.It's...

Snapchat finally lets users add music to their snaps Posted: 15 Oct 2020 10:54 AM PDT Snapchat is finally bringing music to posts. The company updated its app with a new music feature called "Sounds" that allows users to add songs that will play alongside their posts. It's available now to all of Snapchat's iPhone users (no word yet o...

Save $120 when you buy the Galaxy Buds and Watch Active 2 together Posted: 15 Oct 2020 10:41 AM PDT If you or someone you love is a fan of Samsung's wearables, you can get a couple of solid ones for less thanks to a bundle offer at Best Buy. When you buy a Galaxy Watch Active 2, you can add on a pair of Galaxy Buds+ or Galaxy Buds Live earbuds and...

Senate Republicans want to subpoena Twitter CEO over blocked Biden story Posted: 15 Oct 2020 10:20 AM PDT The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote next week on whether to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after the company blocked a New York Post story on Joe Biden. Twitter said the article violated its rules on doxxing and hacked materials, as it contain...

Next-gen consoles get 60 fps 'Destiny 2' on December 8th Posted: 15 Oct 2020 10:08 AM PDT With its November 10th release date, Destiny 2's new Beyond Light expansion is releasing just in time for the launch of Microsoft and Sony's next-generation consoles. But those who plan to buy an Xbox Series X, Series S or PlayStation 5 at launch wil...

This best-selling air purifier is on sale for $117 Posted: 15 Oct 2020 09:55 AM PDT When it comes to living a happy, healthy and productive life, few things are more important than breathing truly clean air. Yet far too many people assume that the air they're surrounded by is naturally free from harmful particles and pollutants, whe...

'Cyberpunk 2077' will hit Stadia the same day as consoles and PC Posted: 15 Oct 2020 09:24 AM PDT You'll be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 through Chrome, a Chromecast Ultra or even your phone next month. CD Projekt Red will bring the hotly anticipated RPG to Google Stadia on the same day it hits other platforms.Before now, the publisher said Cyberp...

YouTube TV will let you check fantasy football scores in its mobile apps Posted: 15 Oct 2020 08:36 AM PDT YouTube TV is ready for some fantasy football. With its Fantasy View feature, which is available today, you track how well your team is doing while you're watching games. You'll need to link your NFL.com fantasy account to YouTube TV to keep an eye o...

YouTube cracks down on QAnon videos that target individuals or groups Posted: 15 Oct 2020 08:22 AM PDT With just weeks to go before the 2020 presidential election, YouTube has confirmed it is expanding efforts to crack down on harmful conspiracies being shared on its platform, with a specific focus on prohibiting "content that targets an individual or...

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