| Europol confirms world's largest dark web marketplace has been taken offline Posted: 13 Jan 2021 04:55 AM PST  Law enforcement agencies from multiple countries have teamed up to take down what Europol is calling the "world's largest" illegal marketplace on the dark web. DarkMarket had almost 500,000 users when it was taken offline. It had over 2,400 sellers a... |
| The Morning After: LG's cheaper 4K OLED TVs are on the way Posted: 13 Jan 2021 04:51 AM PST  The second day of CES, after a rush of news from the likes of AMD and NVIDIA, concluded with the announcement of the finalists for the Best of CES 2021 awards. As we note in the full rundown, we weren't sure how this year's CES would turn out, onli... |
| LivingPacket will trial its next-gen smart delivery parcels in France Posted: 13 Jan 2021 04:22 AM PST  LivingPackets is one step closer to making the traditional cardboard box redundant. Last year, the startup announced a sustainable and re-usable replacement called The Box. It was made from a recyclable expanded polypropylene and featured an E Ink di... |
| Bandsintown Plus offers exclusive concert streams for $10 per month Posted: 13 Jan 2021 03:55 AM PST  The music industry is still in a bind. Many artists make the bulk of their income from performing live concerts around the world. Conventional gigs aren't happening, though, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. One potential solution could be Ban... |
| Amazon follows Netflix with mobile-only video subscriptions in India Posted: 13 Jan 2021 03:15 AM PST  Amazon Prime Video and Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest mobile carrier, are teaming up to launch a mobile-only video service. Variety reports that Prime Video Mobile Edition will bolt on to a number of the carrier's pre-paid plans, with a month'... |
| AT&T's cord-cutting TV Now service is no longer accepting signups Posted: 13 Jan 2021 02:40 AM PST  AT&T is killing off its skinny bundle AT&T TV Now service, less than 18 months after its introduction as a replacement for DirectTV Now. New customers can no longer sign up for the bundle, though existing users will be able to continue to use... |
| TikTok changes privacy settings for its youngest users Posted: 13 Jan 2021 02:00 AM PST  TikTok is introducing a new set of "enhanced" privacy settings that restricts certain features for younger teens and changes the app's default settings on accounts belonging to older teens who are under 18. Unsurprisingly, the biggest changes affect... |
| Bitcoin exchange owner who helped scam eBay buyers sentenced to 10 years in prison Posted: 13 Jan 2021 01:30 AM PST  Rossen G. Iossifov, the Bitcoin Exchange owner who was accused of laundering money for a Romanian gang putting up fake car listings on eBay, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to the Department of Justice, Iossifov was sentenced "for... |
| GameFly adds Elite rental subscription tiers and a movies-only option Posted: 12 Jan 2021 11:12 PM PST  GameFly has expanded its video game rental service with new subscription tiers, which could have customers paying either more or less, depending on their needs. To start with, it now has movies-only subscription plans, likely for those who don't have... |
| YouTube removes content from Donald Trump's channel, blocks new uploads Posted: 12 Jan 2021 08:42 PM PST  After a Trump rally and march ended with an assault on the Capitol by supporters of the president, many social media companies responded by banning his accounts or limiting Donald Trump's posts. YouTube previously removed a video where Donald Trump c... |
| What's new on TV this week: 'Wandavision' and 'One Night in Miami' Posted: 12 Jan 2021 08:26 PM PST  This week the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to Disney+, as Wandavision premieres Friday morning with two episodes available for streaming. For sports fans, while college football has wrapped up its season there are still several major NFL playoff m... |
| Watch the ASUS ROG CES 2021 keynote in 12 minutes Posted: 12 Jan 2021 06:28 PM PST  ASUS ROG is completely focused on delivering products designed for PC gamers, and for CES 2021 the company didn't disappoint. It revealed the new ROG Flow X13, which is an ultraportable laptop that has extra gaming power when you need it thanks to an... |
| The home fitness tech that will help us stay active in 2021 Posted: 12 Jan 2021 05:41 PM PST  It shouldn't surprise anyone that home fitness surged in popularity in 2020. Exercise equipment went out of stock as soon as the lockdowns started here in the US, and a flurry of fitness apps and videos flooded our feeds. How should consumers decide... |
| Sonos on where streaming music is going next Posted: 12 Jan 2021 04:55 PM PST  Coincidentally, home audio and smart speaker company Sonos launched its first foray into original content, Sonos Radio, just as the pandemic took hold in the US. It forced people indoors, and Sonos owners had the chance to use their speakers more tha... |
| Visa abandons $5.3 billion acquisition after DOJ objections Posted: 12 Jan 2021 03:35 PM PST  Visa has abandoned its $5.3 billion bid to acquire fintech startup Plaid. In an announcement on Tuesday, the US Department of Justice said the two companies have agreed to call off their merger. The agency filed a lawsuit to block the deal last Novem... |
| What the NBA bubble can tell us about the future of sports Posted: 12 Jan 2021 03:20 PM PST  Sports leagues are the most public face of the struggle to balance every day comforts with the realities of COVID-19, and the NBA is no exception. The league's last season finished with an abbreviated slate of regular season and playoff games that ha... |
| The future of gaming laptops with ASUS ROG Posted: 12 Jan 2021 02:50 PM PST  Now that we've got new NVIDIA RTX 30-series GPUs and AMD's Ryzen 5000 chips on the way, it's a great time to be in the market for a gaming laptop. To see where ASUS ROG is headed, we chatted with Jeff Kampman, part of the company's technical marketin... |
| Watch AMD's CES keynote in 4 minutes Posted: 12 Jan 2021 02:38 PM PST  AMD's CES presentation was largely about its Ryzen 5000 series CPUs. It announced laptop versions of the chips with major claims about their performance — AMD is promising upwards of 20 hours of battery life in some use cases. Also on the docket was... |
| Gig economy drivers in California sue to overturn Prop 22 Posted: 12 Jan 2021 02:30 PM PST  Despite passing with a wide 58 to 42 percent margin in November, California's Proposition 22, which sought to keep gig-economy workers in the state classified as independent contractors, hasn't become any less controversial. In a filing with the stat... |
| Watch NVIDIA’s CES 2021 keynote in 10 minutes Posted: 12 Jan 2021 01:43 PM PST  NVIDIA had plenty of news to share at its CES keynote and to save you watching the entire thing, we've crammed all the biggest announcements into a 10-minute video. Along with new G-Sync displays, the company revealed that laptops with RTX 30 series... |
| Presenting the Best of CES 2021 finalists! Posted: 12 Jan 2021 01:00 PM PST  We'll admit, we weren't entirely sure what to expect when we agreed to judge the annual Best of CES Awards without an in-person show. How many companies would show up to an online-only show? What would we lose without being able to wander the halls o... |
| Vote for the Best of CES 2021 People's Choice award! Posted: 12 Jan 2021 01:00 PM PST  Now that we've announced our Best of CES finalists, it is time for you, the people, to choose your favorite gadgets from the show. Head on over to this link to pick your top three from our list of finalists. You have until 3PM ET tomorrow, January 13... |
| Google and Microsoft chat accessibility in tech Posted: 12 Jan 2021 12:52 PM PST  Plenty of new toys are being announced across all kinds of categories at CES 2021, including a number of accessibility-focused products. But it isn't just within niche areas that companies should be thinking about accessibility; inclusive design shou... |
| Airbnb is banning anyone who took part in the attempted coup Posted: 12 Jan 2021 12:43 PM PST  With some eight days before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20th, Airbnb is implementing additional measures to prevent anyone who took part in the US Capitol riot on January 6th or is otherwise associated with a hate group from u... |
| Mozilla brings its VPN to Mac and Linux Posted: 12 Jan 2021 12:19 PM PST  The Mozilla VPN has at last landed on Mac and Linux. Following a Private Network extension it brought to Firefox in 2019 and a closed beta, Mozilla rolled out a Windows and Android VPN in July. It later introduced an iOS version. The VPN is currently... |
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