| The Morning After: Twitter fixed the retweet button Posted: 17 Dec 2020 04:20 AM PST  HBO Max waited until the year was almost up, but now an agreement has been reached with Roku that will bring HBO back to the streaming platform starting today (it's also available on Sony's PS5, assuming you can actually buy one). The timing works ou... |
| 'Death Stranding' PC update adds 'Cyberpunk 2077' missions and gear Posted: 17 Dec 2020 03:50 AM PST  Kojima Productions isn't done with Death Stranding. Today, the developer announced a special patch for the PC version that adds some Cyberpunk 2077-themed content. According to IGN, that includes some new missions that will feature currently unknown... |
| NASA approves Blue Origin's New Glenn for future uncrewed missions Posted: 17 Dec 2020 02:55 AM PST  NASA has approved Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy lift rocket for future unmanned scientific and exploration missions, even though the 310 foot reusable booster has yet to fly. The contract, part of the space agency's NASA Launch Services (NLS), is an... |
| Overwatch's latest free-for-all map lets you fight through a cat cafe Posted: 17 Dec 2020 02:10 AM PST  Blizzard has surprised the Overwatch community with a new Free-For-All map called Kanezaka. The fictional town is set in Japan, just below Hanamura, and features a pottery shop, night-club and cat cafe. In a YouTube video, game director Jeff Kaplan e... |
| Facebook runs more newspaper ads attacking iOS 14 privacy changes Posted: 17 Dec 2020 01:00 AM PST  Facebook isn't done attacking the iOS 14 privacy changes Apple is rolling out next year. The social network has taken out another full-page newspaper ad slated to run in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the Washington Post today. This time... |
| 'Hades' on Nintendo Switch can transfer saved games to and from PC Posted: 16 Dec 2020 11:45 PM PST  The Cross Save feature for Hades on the Nintendo Switch is finally live. When Supergiant Games launched the game for the platform back in September, the indie action RPG already came with the feature. It was disabled, though, and you needed the tools... |
| China's Chang'e-5 probe returns to Earth with lunar samples Posted: 16 Dec 2020 10:08 PM PST  For the first time since the 1970s, Reuters reports a mission has brought samples from the moon back to Earth. China's capsule separated from its orbiter and landed in Inner Mongolia at about 2 AM local time. According to China's Xinhua news agency,... |
| Google adds 'The Mandalorian's' Grogu as a 3D object on Search Posted: 16 Dec 2020 08:38 PM PST  Google has added a new 3D object to its growing collection of augmented reality treasures you can unearth on Search, and this one's for The Mandalorian fans. When you do a query for "Baby Yoda" or "Grogu" — that's Baby Yoda's official name as reveale... |
| Zoom will continue its unlimited free calls for upcoming holidays Posted: 16 Dec 2020 05:55 PM PST  While we continue to celebrate holidays at a distance to avoid spreading COVID-19, Zoom lifted the 40-minute limit on free calls for Thanksgiving day. Now the company has announced it will continue the trend for several days throughout the rest of De... |
| Retweets are back to normal as Twitter ends its quote tweet experiment Posted: 16 Dec 2020 04:32 PM PST  Twitter is ending its experiment that encouraged users to quote tweet rather than retweet. The company first implemented the change in October as part of its work to prepare for the 2020 presidential election. Twitter said at the time that it hoped t... |
| Future Snapdragon phones can get up to four years of security updates Posted: 16 Dec 2020 04:00 PM PST  Back in 2017, Google announced Project Treble, a modular redesign of Android's low-level system architecture that was supposed to reduce the time it took for phone manufacturers to update their devices with the latest version of its mobile operating... |
| Google Photos lets you relive a day through your Maps timeline Posted: 16 Dec 2020 03:36 PM PST  Since 2015, Google has offered a timeline feature through Maps that allows you to retrace where you were on a specific day in the past. Despite coming out at around the same time, Google Photos is only now starting to take advantage of that functiona... |
| Twitter will show you personalized funny tweets Posted: 16 Dec 2020 02:35 PM PST  Twitter wants to make it easier for you to see funny tweets. The service is trying out a new personalization feature that aims to surface tweets that fit your sense of humor. The update is part of Twitter's topics feature, and is specifically part of... |
| HBO Max comes to Roku starting tomorrow Posted: 16 Dec 2020 01:42 PM PST  Just in time for the Christmas debut of Wonder Woman 1984, WarnerMedia and Roku have cut a deal to get HBO back on the streaming platform. You can add the channel via Roku's store here, and according to their blog post the HBO Max app will be live as... |
| Twitter will start removing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation next week Posted: 16 Dec 2020 12:44 PM PST  Starting next week, Twitter will begin removing tweets that make false or misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines. Posts that suggest vaccines can harm or control people, that make false claims about their adverse side-effects or that suggest COVID... |
| Texas announces a multi-state antitrust suit against Google Posted: 16 Dec 2020 12:40 PM PST  Texas has kicked off the latest in a slew of legal actions against major tech companies. The state's attorney general, Ken Paxton, said Texas is filing a "multi-state lawsuit against Google for anti-competitive conduct, exclusionary practices and dec... |
| New York Times and other US media join The Coalition for App Fairness Posted: 16 Dec 2020 12:15 PM PST  Back in September, Epic, Spotify and a variety of other companies both big and small came together to form The Coalition for App Fairness in an effort to pressure Apple and Google to change their app store policies. Since then, the alliance has grown... |
| Amazon's custom Ka-band antenna will deliver less expensive satellite internet Posted: 16 Dec 2020 12:06 PM PST  SpaceX isn't the only company trying to cash in on the orbital broadband internet game with its beta Starlink service. Amazon has also been hard at work with a similar solution, dubbed Project Kuiper. This $10 billion network of 3,000-plus satellites... |
| HBO Max has landed on PS5 Posted: 16 Dec 2020 11:23 AM PST  If you've been lucky enough to get your hands on a PlayStation 5, you can now use it to watch HBO Max. The service has landed on the console ahead of the December 25th streaming premiere of Wonder Woman 1984.Xbox Series X and Series S owners have had... |
| Kickstarter cautionary tale 'Unsung Story' hits Steam early access tomorrow Posted: 16 Dec 2020 11:01 AM PST  One of the most infamous games in Kickstarter history has something approaching a release date. After more than six years, a change of developers and too many twists and turns to count, Unsung Story is coming to Steam early access on December 17th. A... |
| Save up to 56 percent on these DIY kits perfect for children Posted: 16 Dec 2020 10:55 AM PST  DIY kits make excellent presents around the holidays. Not only do they allow children to learn valuable skills through hands-on projects, but also they provide children with a tangible or intangible reward that makes overcoming the challenges inheren... |
| NASA's Lunar Gateway will feature Canadian Space Agency robotics Posted: 16 Dec 2020 10:22 AM PST  The Lunar Gateway, NASA's outpost that will orbit the moon as part of its upcoming Artemis program, will be equipped with external robotics from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), NASA announced today. The culmination of an earlier partnership around A... |
| There’s now a Google Reader-style RSS feed for your newsletter habit Posted: 16 Dec 2020 10:06 AM PST  One issue some people are facing amid the boom in email newsletters is staying on top of all the ones they're interested in while managing their inboxes. Substack, one of the most prominent newsletter platforms, is trying to remedy that by rolling ou... |
| Google adds new word and puzzle games to smart displays Posted: 16 Dec 2020 09:44 AM PST  Google is adding new games to Assistant-enabled smart displays like the Nest Hub to give people something new to play in time for the holidays. The additions fit broadly into three categories. In the first one, you'll find word games like Voice Quest... |
| Prime Gaming members can claim a free wintry 'Fall Guys' costume Posted: 16 Dec 2020 09:30 AM PST  Season three of Fall Guys is underway and with its wintry theme, wrapping up your jelly bean while they're diving around seems quite fitting. If you're an Amazon Prime Gaming member, you can now snag a free Winter Warmer Bundle, which includes an exc... |
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