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Twitch bans the PogChamp emote following Capitol Hill riots

Posted: 07 Jan 2021 03:55 AM PST

Twitch has banned the popular PogChamp emote after the face of it, Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, encouraged further violence. "We've made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote following statements from the face of the emote encouraging further viole...

Apple releases limited edition AirPods Pro to celebrate the Year of the Ox

Posted: 07 Jan 2021 03:05 AM PST

Apple has launched a pair of limited edition AirPods Pro for the Year of the Ox, and it's cute enough that even those who don't celebrate the Lunar New Year may be inclined to buy it. The pair's charging case comes engraved with a special ox icon, wh...

Golf fans can see PGA Tour players’ heart rates thanks to new wearable partnership

Posted: 07 Jan 2021 02:00 AM PST

The PGA Tour will use Whoop fitness straps to show the heart rates and other biometric data of players "during defining moments throughout the season," it announced. The new project could provide interesting data for golf fans by showing which player...

Snapchat locks Donald Trump's account, as well

Posted: 07 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST

Facebook and Twitter aren't the only social networks that blocked Donald Trump on their platform. Snap has revealed that it has also placed a restriction on the outgoing president's account, preventing him from sharing anything on its app. Rachel Rac...

Sony finds a home for Crystal LED screens -- virtual set backgrounds

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 09:55 PM PST

The first time we saw Sony's Crystal LED display in 2012, it looked amazing but still wasn't on track to compete with OLED. Since then Sony has returned to CES with Crystal LED panels similar to Samsung's MicroLEDs, advertising it as a way to build u...

Facebook locks out Donald Trump for 24 hours

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 05:45 PM PST

Facebook is also imposing new restrictions on Donald Trump. The social network said that it will bar the president from posting to his page for the next 24 hours. The company cited "two policy violations" as reason for its decision."We've assessed tw...

LG refreshes its light Gram laptop lineup with Intel Evo certification

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 05:00 PM PST

As usual, LG is taking advantage of CES to roll out a refreshed version of its thin-and-light Gram laptop series. For 2021 the company says its laptops are Intel Evo platform certified, which applies a baseline of battery life, fast charging and quic...

Twitter suspends Donald Trump

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 04:14 PM PST

Twitter has temporarily suspended Donald Trump after the president tweeted his support for a violent mob that descended on the nation's Capitol as Congress met to certify the results of the November election.The company says it has locked Trump's acc...

Facebook and YouTube remove Trump video calling rioters ‘very special’

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 03:07 PM PST

Facebook and YouTube both removed a video posted by Donald Trump, in which he addressed the rioters who descended on Washington D.C as Congress convened to certify the results of the November election. In the one-minute clip, the president told his s...

Twitter applied warning labels to Trump's tweets prior to his 12 hour suspension

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 01:44 PM PST

Twitter has suspended Donald Trump and locked the president out of his account for the next 12 hours, after warning that his tweets posed a "risk of violence." The company had originally slapped new warning labels on Trump's tweets, which stated that...

How 'Bugsnax' studio Young Horses stays sustainable and deeply strange

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 12:10 PM PST

If you ran into Philip Tibitoski in a coffee shop or brushed past him in the street, you'd never know he helped create some of the silliest video games of the past decade. He's calm and self-possessed, and he thinks before he speaks in a low tenor. H...

SolarWinds hackers accessed some of the DOJ’s email accounts

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 11:43 AM PST

More details on the fallout from last month's SolarWinds hack continue to come out. On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced it was also a victim of the attack, which US intelligence agencies said earlier in the week was "likely" carried...

Intel is using its RealSense tech for facial recognition

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 11:13 AM PST

Intel has found another use for its RealSense depth-sensing camera. It married the tech with a neural network to develop a facial recognition system that can enable access to the likes of smart locks and ATMs with only a glance.Similar to Apple's Fac...

Netflix won't work on Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS after June 30th

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 10:50 AM PST

Netflix will stop streaming to Nintendo 3DS and Wii U devices later this year. In a support document spotted by Eurogamer, Nintendo says the company will discontinue support for the two consoles on June 30th, 2021 (coincidently, that's the same day M...

Earin's A-3 true wireless earbuds have an open design with no ear tips

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 10:22 AM PST

CES is typically a time when several companies unveil new true wireless earbuds, but Earin isn't waiting until next week. Today, the company revealed the A-3: its third-gen true wireless model that features an open design without an ear tip. Several...

Facebook's redesigned Pages make it easier to see verified content

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 09:59 AM PST

In its biggest refresh since it finished rolling out its new desktop website last year, Facebook showed off a new Pages design on Wednesday. If you're not familiar with them, they're the public-facing profiles celebrities and politicians, as well as...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will push for online sports betting

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 09:27 AM PST

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has had a change of heart when it comes to online sports betting. He'll make legalization a focal point of his State of the State address next week, according to the New York Daily News."New York has the potential to be...

Apple says a record $540 million was spent on apps this New Year's Day

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 08:46 AM PST

If you thought Apple device owners would splurge on apps during a holiday season when they were stuck at home... you guessed correctly. Apple has revealed that the App Store broke a single-day spending record on New Year's Day, with people spending o...

Amazon pledges $2 billion toward affordable housing in three hub cities

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 08:14 AM PST

Amazon says it will provide over $2 billion to build and preserve 20,000 affordable homes in three of its key employment areas — the Seattle region, Nashville, Tennessee and Arlington, Virginia. The Housing Equity Fund will offer below-market capital...

You can install Samsung’s latest MicroLED TVs yourself

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 08:01 AM PST

While LG and Sony have pushed OLED for their premium TVs, Samsung has pursued another display technology: MicroLED. It relies on tiny self-emitting LEDs to deliver the same deep black levels and extreme contrast you get from OLEDs, but without the li...

Samsung's new Frame TV rotates between portrait and landscape modes

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST

Samsung has carved out a unique niche for itself with The Frame, a TV set that looks more like an artsy picture frame than a piece of consumer electronics. You can even buy high quality artwork to display when you're not binging Netflix. This year, S...

Samsung's 4K and 8K Neo QLED TVs are powered by Mini-LEDs

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST

Sure, MicroLED may be Samsung's most high-end TV technology right now, but the company hasn't forgotten about its mainstream QLED TVs. This year, Samsung is unveiling 8K and 4K Neo QLED sets at CES, which deliver better backlight and brightness perfo...

Samsung's new TVs can track your workout reps and form

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST

Ever wonder if you're holding your plank properly or if you're squatting deep enough? Or have you wished there was something that could accurately keep track of your reps? Samsung's latest TVs might be able to help. A new feature in the company's jus...

Samsung's latest experiments include a phone app to calibrate your TV

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 07:41 AM PST

Samsung is once again revealing C-Lab experiments at CES, and this year they reflect the stay-at-home reality of the pandemic. The company has unveiled in-house projects that include EZCal, a mobile app that automatically calibrates your TV's picture...

Get your sweatpants ready, virtual CES 2021 is about to begin!

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 07:15 AM PST

Instead of braving the hordes in endless trade show halls, questionable restrooms and very poor food decisions, we've swapped our badges for comfy clothes and solitude for CES 2021. The first ever virtual edition of the show doesn't officially start...
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