| Vivo phones are coming to Europe Posted: 21 Oct 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Vivo has expanded its reach and announced its entry into the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain. The Chinese tech manufacturer has also presented its first European line-up at an online media briefing broadcast from Dusseldorf, Germany, rev... |
| Google Assistant can now play Spotify podcasts on your Nest speakers Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:20 AM PDT  Users around the world can now use Google's Assistant to play and control Spotify podcasts in English, Spotify has confirmed to Engadget. Until now, the voice assistant has only supported its own Google Podcasts, with third-party services limited to... |
| Facebook is testing a Nextdoor-like 'Neighborhoods' feature in Canada Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:20 AM PDT  Facebook is testing a feature called Neighborhoods that would allow users to join community-based groups, much as you can with Nextdoor. Screenshots spotted by social media consultant Matt Navarra show the product being used in Calgary (also using th... |
| 'Fortnite' will host a Halloween ‘cross reality’ concert for singer J Balvin Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:00 AM PDT  Epic Games has teamed up with Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin for Fortnite's next big event: A Halloween concert that Epic says would combine an artist's performance and its XR technology (cross reality) technology for the first time. The singer'... |
| 'Pokémon Go' gets AR Mapping tasks to enable more realistic effects Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:03 PM PDT  Pokémon Go players may see a new tag marking some PokéStops next time they check the app. Niantic has officially launched AR Mapping tasks for level 20 Trainers and up, almost five months after the company announced that it's launching the feature. W... |
| Quibi chairman reportedly looked into selling its content library Posted: 20 Oct 2020 08:38 PM PDT  Not sure about whether or not Quibi will make it? The mobile-first video service with its "quick bites" content approach and Turnstyle technology for portrait or landscape viewing has failed to make much of an impact on viewers this year. Execs blame... |
| GMC's 1,000HP Hummer EV is an 'all-electric supertruck' Posted: 20 Oct 2020 05:13 PM PDT  During a livestream Tuesday coinciding with the start of the first game of the World Series, GMC executives took to a virtual stage and unveiled the first new Hummer model in more than a decade and the first ever to sport an electric power plant. Plu... |
| AOC's 'Among Us' Twitch stream peaked at over 435,000 viewers Posted: 20 Oct 2020 04:47 PM PDT  About a year ago the campaign for Donald Trump joined Twitch to push promotional live streams, and tonight, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will host her first stream on the service. Trump's foray into Twitch streaming was curious after hi... |
| Ford will use its Escape SUV to power a self-driving car service Posted: 20 Oct 2020 03:38 PM PDT  With the unveiling of its latest autonomous test vehicle, Ford believes it's one step closer to offering a commercial self-driving car service (via NBC News). In a new Medium post, the automaker detailed its fourth-generation autonomous test vehicle,... |
| NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully collected bits of an orbiting asteroid Posted: 20 Oct 2020 03:15 PM PDT  NASA made history on Tuesday afternoon as its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully "tagged" the asteroid 101955 Bennu, and in doing so collected a small sample of regolith from the passing celestial body's surface. This marks the first time that a NASA... |
| One-time Foursquare competitor Gowalla is coming back as an AR app Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:20 PM PDT  We'll forgive you if you don't remember Gowalla. It was a short-lived Fourspace competitor Facebook acquired in 2011 for a modest $3 million. Well, it turns out Gowalla is coming back as a social app with an augmented reality twist thanks to the work... |
| Snap is adding new users and growing its ad business during the pandemic Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:05 PM PDT  While the coronavirus pandemic has hit the ad industry hard, Snap seems to be navigating it just fine. Snapchat app added 11 million new users, according to its third-quarter earnings report, bringing its total daily active users up to 249 million. M... |
| Apple's HomePod gets its new intercom feature today Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:20 PM PDT  Apple has rolled out HomePod Software 14.1, adding intercom functionality and a handful of other updates to its devices a month before the launch of the HomePod Mini. The 14.1 update allows the speakers to work as an intercom system, sending announce... |
| Netflix predicts it will hit 200 million subscribers this year Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:18 PM PDT  Netflix has just released the results for its most recent quarter (PDF), revealing that it slightly missed its own projections, adding 2.2 million customers worldwide over the last three months instead of the 2.5 million it predicted. The company war... |
| Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REx try to collect an asteroid sample at 5PM ET Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:00 PM PDT  Later today, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will attempt to briefly make contact with the asteroid Bennu to collect samples from the surface of the planetoid. Since 2018, the craft has been studying Bennu, sending NASA images and telemetry on the aster... |
| Netflix plans to boost subscriptions with 48-hour StreamFest Posted: 20 Oct 2020 12:22 PM PDT  Netflix is planning StreamFest, a two-day event beginning December 4th that makes the streaming service free for those who haven't subscribed. The event was outed in the code of the Netflix Android app, and the company confirmed the news to Protocol.... |
| Windows 10's October update is rolling out with a refreshed Start menu Posted: 20 Oct 2020 11:47 AM PDT  Your Start menu is about to get a fresh lick of paint. Microsoft has started rolling out the Windows 10 October 2020 update, and while it's far from the biggest update to the operating system, there are still few new things worth noting.First, there'... |
| Apple will delete the fan-made app that brought Stadia to iPhone Posted: 20 Oct 2020 11:41 AM PDT  The iOS app Stadium Full Screen Browser won't be available on the App Store much longer, according to developer Zach Knox. Though it doesn't mention Stadia anywhere in the description, Stadium is designed to allow Google's cloud gaming service to run... |
| A Telegram bot network is being used to create deepfake nudes Posted: 20 Oct 2020 11:37 AM PDT  A security firm called Sensity says it recently discovered a network of deepfake bots on chat app Telegram creating computer-generated naked images of women on request. As of July 2020, the firm found that the bots have generated deepfakes of approxi... |
| These wireless earbuds claim to last 100 hours on the go Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT  If Prime Day didn't yield the Bluetooth earbud deal you were hoping for, all is not lost. These RX Wireless Sports Earbuds might not wear the Apple or Bose name, but they offer impressive features and a reasonable price point worth a closer look. At... |
| Amazon's Luna game streaming platform is now in early access Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:40 AM PDT  Just a few weeks after Amazon revealed its game streaming service Luna, it's now in early access. The company said hundreds of thousands of people applied for a spot in the program, and a small number of them will receive invitations starting today.... |
| Best Buy revives Prime Day prices for Amazon devices Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:05 AM PDT  If you missed out on Prime Day prices on Amazon's own gadgets, you have a second change to grab some of them at Best Buy. The company just kicked-off a limited-time sale on Echo speakers, Fire TV devices and other Amazon-made products, bringing most... |
| Parallels brings Windows 10 to Chromebooks Posted: 20 Oct 2020 10:00 AM PDT  Chromebooks have become increasingly popular in both schools and businesses in recent years, but they still carry a bit of stigma when it comes to software compatibility. And it's true that there are lots of apps you can get on a Mac or Windows PC th... |
| A mini 'Pong' arcade machine is on the way Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:51 AM PDT  Atari and UNIS have teamed up for another Pong arcade machine you can play at home, albeit one that's much smaller than UNIS' coffee table-sized analog models. The Mini Pong Jr has a 7.9-inch LCD screen and two classic dial controls so you can play w... |
| Pit Boss adds WiFi to its latest Pro Series pellet grills Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:46 AM PDT  When it comes to pellet grills, Pit Boss has a range of options that can compete with bulk of the competition, but at a more affordable price. The company has been giving backyard cooks the ability to smoke, grill, sear and more for a while now, but... |
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