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• Google Workspace is the new name for Google's productivity suite
• Instagram's classic 'Polaroid' icons return for its 10th anniversary
• A smarter, more capable Flippy robot knows how to fry 19 things
• YouTube Music’s free tier allows personal library casting
• NVIDIA CEO says RTX 3080 and 3090 supply shortage will last throughout 2020
• What's on TV: 'FIFA 21,' 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' and 'The Boys' finale
• Instagram marks its 10th anniversary with new anti-bullying features
• Bloomberg: Apple Stores drop most third-party headphones and speakers
• John McAfee arrested for tax evasion, charged by SEC for touting ICOs
• Instagram starts labeling ‘state-controlled media’ accounts and posts
• Warner pushes 'Dune' theatrical release back a year, to October 2021
• Ubisoft debuts Viking history podcast ahead of 'Assassin's Creed Valhalla'
• Google and Samsonite’s smart backpack is a better use of Jacquard
• Keep your glasses free from fog with this spray
• Amazon Prime Video adds on-demand replays for Thursday Night Football
• Twitch clarifies its ban on terrorist and extremist content
• 'Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered' arrives on November 6th
• Spotify now lets you search for songs by lyrics
• NVIDIA wants to make video calls better with AI
• 'Ghost of Tsushima' co-op mode arrives on October 16th
• 'Free Guy' trailer makes Ryan Reynolds an existential NPC
• Apple's movie store now has Disney movies in 4K
• NVIDIA's RTX A6000 and A40 are its new pro-grade GPUs
• The Studio home workout display works with your existing gym equipment
• Regal will close theaters again on October 8th amid movie delays

Google Workspace is the new name for Google's productivity suite Posted: 06 Oct 2020 03:50 AM PDT Google is rebranding its productivity tools in an attempt to better cater for people who are working from home. G Suite, itself formerly Google Apps, is being rechristened as Google Workspace, with new logos and branding but not much else. The idea i...

Instagram's classic 'Polaroid' icons return for its 10th anniversary Posted: 06 Oct 2020 02:55 AM PDT When Instagram launched 10 years ago today, the app world was more... skeuomorphic. To celebrate those pre-flat design days, the social network has introduced an Easter egg that lets you revert back to the "Polaroid" icons of yore (via TechCrunch). T...

A smarter, more capable Flippy robot knows how to fry 19 things Posted: 06 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT The restaurant industry has never been for the faint of heart, what with the razor-thin profit margins and continuous churn of employees. Combine that with the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic and, well, it's no surprise that ten...

YouTube Music’s free tier allows personal library casting Posted: 06 Oct 2020 12:54 AM PDT YouTube Music can now cast your uploaded songs to a smart speaker even if you don't have a premium account. 9to5Google has confirmed the welcome change, which is merely one of the many transformations the app has gone through and will keep on going t...

NVIDIA CEO says RTX 3080 and 3090 supply shortage will last throughout 2020 Posted: 05 Oct 2020 10:31 PM PDT You'll have to watch retail websites like a hawk and be ready to refresh like mad if you want to get an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or 3090 before the year ends. According to Tom's Hardware, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has admitted that demand for the graphi...

What's on TV: 'FIFA 21,' 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' and 'The Boys' finale Posted: 05 Oct 2020 09:04 PM PDT This week spooky season is taking over with a slew of horror-themed TV shows and movies. FIFA 21 arrives for sports gamers, while Chasing the Crown: Dreamers to Streamers makes a reality TV show out of wannabe Twitch stars. If you'd like to feel as i...

Instagram marks its 10th anniversary with new anti-bullying features Posted: 05 Oct 2020 09:01 PM PDT Instagram is officially 10 years old, and is marking the end of its first decade with new features meant to encourage users to be nice to one another. The company says it's expanding its in-app warnings that "nudge" users when they try to post a nast...

Bloomberg: Apple Stores drop most third-party headphones and speakers Posted: 05 Oct 2020 06:51 PM PDT If you needed confirmation that Apple has big plans for personal audio, Bloomberg reports that its stores have stopped selling speakers and headphones from several competitors. Based on checks and what employees have been told, the outlet reports tha...

John McAfee arrested for tax evasion, charged by SEC for touting ICOs Posted: 05 Oct 2020 03:25 PM PDT Today the Justice Department announced that a 2016 US presidential candidate has been indicted for tax evasion. After John McAfee was arrested in Spain, the Tax Division unsealed an indictment from June 15th claiming that he failed to file tax return...

Instagram starts labeling ‘state-controlled media’ accounts and posts Posted: 05 Oct 2020 03:02 PM PDT Over the last week, Instagram has started labeling state-backed media, following through on a policy the company's parent Facebook announced last October and started implementing on its own social media network this past June. The labels were first s...

Warner pushes 'Dune' theatrical release back a year, to October 2021 Posted: 05 Oct 2020 01:44 PM PDT It seems Dune fans will have to wait to watch the latest film adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece. According to separate reports from Collider and The Warp, Warner Bros. has delayed the upcoming movie almost a full year to October 1st, 2...

Ubisoft debuts Viking history podcast ahead of 'Assassin's Creed Valhalla' Posted: 05 Oct 2020 11:20 AM PDT To whet your appetite a bit more for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft wants to teach you about the history of Vikings. It made a podcast called Echoes of Valhalla and all five episodes are now available on Spotify. Ubisoft described the documenta...

Google and Samsonite’s smart backpack is a better use of Jacquard Posted: 05 Oct 2020 11:00 AM PDT When Google and Levis launched their Jacquard smart jacket in 2017, the world was a very different place. Most people actually commuted, they didn't just roll out of bed in their underwear.  The idea of a smart jacket that would help you interact wit...

Keep your glasses free from fog with this spray Posted: 05 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT If you've been wearing a protective mask outside in order to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus, we salute you. Your valiant efforts have undoubtedly helped to reduce the number of infections and have subsequently reduced the burden on health...

Amazon Prime Video adds on-demand replays for Thursday Night Football Posted: 05 Oct 2020 10:37 AM PDT When the NFL's Thursday Night Football block returns to Amazon Prime Video on October 8th, you'll have a new way to keep up with everything that happens during a game. If you want to rewatch a segment of play, you won't have to wait for the broadcast...

Twitch clarifies its ban on terrorist and extremist content Posted: 05 Oct 2020 10:17 AM PDT Twitch has updated its community guidelines to clarify its ban on terrorist and extremist content. It said that it's doing so to "reinforce the fact that this type of content has no place on Twitch." We've clarified our policy prohibiting terrorist...

'Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered' arrives on November 6th Posted: 05 Oct 2020 09:23 AM PDT EA has revved up its engines for a remastered version of Need For Speed Hot Pursuit. It'll land on PC, Xbox One and PS4 on November 6th, almost 10 years to the date after the original game was released. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered will arri...

Spotify now lets you search for songs by lyrics Posted: 05 Oct 2020 08:46 AM PDT The ongoing feature battle between Spotify and Apple Music continues. The two leading music services often add features seemingly inspired by their competition; the latest is lyric search. A Spotify engineer tweeted earlier today that users can now i...

NVIDIA wants to make video calls better with AI Posted: 05 Oct 2020 08:22 AM PDT Video calling has become more common than ever following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help your calls look and sound better, NVIDIA has unveiled an AI-powered suite of tools that video call app developers can tap into.NVIDIA Maxine powers a...

'Ghost of Tsushima' co-op mode arrives on October 16th Posted: 05 Oct 2020 08:00 AM PDT You won't have to wait too much longer to play Ghost of Tsushima with your friends. Sucker Punch has confirmed that the game's co-op Legends mode will arrive October 16th as part of a free version 1.1 update that also includes a New Game+ single-play...

'Free Guy' trailer makes Ryan Reynolds an existential NPC Posted: 05 Oct 2020 07:42 AM PDT The video game movie Free Guy is still on its way, and a new trailer suggests it might be more of a thoughtful movie than you think. The clip reiterates the basic premise — a non-player character (Ryan Reynolds) realizes he's part of a video game and...

Apple's movie store now has Disney movies in 4K Posted: 05 Oct 2020 07:40 AM PDT Apple has offered 4K movies for rent and sale for three years now, something that came alongside the first Apple TV 4K hardware. But right off the bat, Disney was a holdout, and it has only offered its movies in lowly 1080p on Apple's storefront sinc...

NVIDIA's RTX A6000 and A40 are its new pro-grade GPUs Posted: 05 Oct 2020 07:40 AM PDT NVIDIA now has a solution for professionals eager to get their hands on its new Ampere architecture: the RTX A6000 and A40. They're two power-house cards that easily outclass the drool-worthy $1,499 RTX 3090, with 10,752 CUDA cores and 48GB of VRAM....

The Studio home workout display works with your existing gym equipment Posted: 05 Oct 2020 07:00 AM PDT "Smart" workout equipment has gotten a lot of attention this year, what with the coronavirus shutting down gyms. Some of the more elaborate smart workout setups involve giant displays that stand in for a personal trainer, and a new one launches today...

Regal will close theaters again on October 8th amid movie delays Posted: 05 Oct 2020 06:29 AM PDT Cineworld didn't waste much time deciding on whether or not it should close Regal movie theaters again. The parent company has announced that it will temporarily close all 536 Regal theaters in the US on October 8th due to a "challenging theatrical l...

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