| The Morning After: Jeff Bezos plans to step down as CEO of Amazon Posted: 03 Feb 2021 04:42 AM PST  Amazon's founder and CEO is stepping down this year. Jeff Bezos plans to stay involved with the business as executive chair of the Amazon board, but he says he plans to focus on other businesses and projects, including The Washington Post, the Day 1... |
| A quarter of Spotify users now listen to podcasts Posted: 03 Feb 2021 04:09 AM PST  A quarter of Spotify users now listen to podcasts on the streaming service, the company announced today. As part of its fourth-quarter earnings announcement, it said that its total user count had hit 345 million, of which 155 million are paying custo... |
| EV maker Karma wants to power electric cars with a methanol fuel cell Posted: 03 Feb 2021 03:20 AM PST  Karma is working on something different from its normal EVs — hydrogen cars that use methane as a base fuel, Autoblog has reported. Karma is teaming with Denmark's Blue World Technologies on a methanol fuel cell that reforms methanol into hydrogen, w... |
| Google Meet's 'green room' previews your audio and video quality Posted: 03 Feb 2021 02:31 AM PST  Google has launched a new feature for Meet that can make sure your video and audio are working properly before entering a meeting. While you can already check your environment for anything you don't want the other party to see in a call's "Ready to j... |
| Sony has already sold more than 4.5 million PS5s Posted: 03 Feb 2021 12:44 AM PST  Sony never seemed to have enough PlayStation 5 stock since it launched, but still managed to sell 4.5 million of the consoles in 2020 — matching PS4 sales during that console's 2013 launch quarter. Combined with sales of 1.4 million PS4 units, Sony's... |
| 'Call of Duty: Warzone' bans 60,000 confirmed cheaters Posted: 02 Feb 2021 11:11 PM PST  Call of Duty: Warzone has a huge cheating problem, enough to compel popular streamers to leave the game completely. Activision has been trying to combat the problem since last year by banning tens of thousands of cheating players en masse — in fact,... |
| Huawei's foldable Mate X2 will launch on February 22nd Posted: 02 Feb 2021 08:52 PM PST  Despite earlier rumors of Huawei possibly spinning off its consumer business, the company is still pushing ahead with a new flagship phone — a foldable one, even — later this month. According to Huawei's official Weibo account, the Chinese brand's ne... |
| EA points to growth for FIFA Ultimate Team, 'Apex Legends' and 'Sims 4' Posted: 02 Feb 2021 08:51 PM PST  EA released its quarterly earnings today, and raised its outlook for the full year based on the results. It pointed to titles that back up its live service focus, including Apex Legends, which had 30 percent growth in players, year over year.The game... |
| Adobe adds new URL shortcuts to make signing PDFs easier Posted: 02 Feb 2021 04:56 PM PST  Despite being nearly synonymous with PDFs, Adobe's Acrobat software hasn't kept pace with the advancements we've seen the company's competitors make to their online apps. In recent years, you've had to turn to the Acrobat desktop app if you wanted to... |
| TikTok owner ByteDance sues Tencent in China Posted: 02 Feb 2021 03:48 PM PST  Two of China's most visible tech companies are going to court. On Tuesday, TikTok owner ByteDance sued Tencent, according to Bloomberg. ByteDance claims Tencent broke the country's antitrust laws by blocking people from accessing content from Douyin... |
| 'Apex Legends' comes to Nintendo Switch on March 9th Posted: 02 Feb 2021 03:09 PM PST  We already knew that Apex Legends, the battle royale shooter by Respawn Entertainment, was coming to Nintendo Switch. But when? Various leaks had suggested the port would come out on February 2nd, but that's turned out to be inaccurate. Today, the re... |
| SpaceX SN9 Starship test ends in another fiery inferno Posted: 02 Feb 2021 01:48 PM PST  Another launch and another unsuccessful landing attempt by one of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft. After a week of drama involving the FAA, SpaceX tested its latest Starship prototype, SN9, out of its Texas launch facility on Tuesday afternoon. After... |
| YouTube and Search continue to make Alphabet tons of money Posted: 02 Feb 2021 01:24 PM PST  Google parent company Alphabet has released its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 results and the numbers are staggering. The company made $56.9 billion in the quarter that ended on December 31st, which is a 23 percent increase over the $46.1 billi... |
| Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon Posted: 02 Feb 2021 01:13 PM PST  Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon, announced today that he plans to step down as CEO this year. In Q3 he'll transition to the role of Executive Chair of the Amazon board, at which point Andy Jassy will take over as CEO. Jassy has been the CEO... |
| Facebook starts rolling out Messenger on Oculus headsets Posted: 02 Feb 2021 12:41 PM PST  Facebook is continuing to stitch its services more closely together — it's now rolling out Messenger on Oculus. People who have logged into a Quest or Quest 2 using their Facebook account will be able to chat with their Facebook friends while wearing... |
| 'Users' is a fascinating meditation on life and parenting in the digital age Posted: 02 Feb 2021 12:31 PM PST  One of the earliest images in Natalia Almada's virtuoso documentary Users is of an infant, tightly wrapped and strapped to a Snoo smart crib, robotically being rocked to sleep to the sound of manufactured white noise. By recreating many of the sensa... |
| Michael B. Jordan is Alexa's voice (and body) in Amazon's Super Bowl ad Posted: 02 Feb 2021 11:55 AM PST  Ahead of Sunday's match between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you can watch the ad Amazon will air during the Super Bowl. Titled Alexa's Body, it features an Amazon employee and the company's new $100 Echo model. Oh, and Black Pant... |
| Wikipedia's new code of conduct targets harassment and misinformation Posted: 02 Feb 2021 11:26 AM PST  The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the first Universal Code of Conduct to tackle misinformation and harassment on Wikipedia. The foundation says that the rules clearly spell out what behavior is acceptable. The code explicitly prohibits Wikipedia... |
| A Netflix employee accidentally killed Nintendo's live-action Zelda series Posted: 02 Feb 2021 10:47 AM PST  This story is six years in the making, and it involves Zelda, Star Fox, another fox, College Humor, Netflix, Nintendo and Adam Conover. Let's get into it:In February 2015, the Wall Street Journal reported Nintendo was putting together a live-action a... |
| FTC fines Amazon $61.7 million for withholding tips from Flex drivers Posted: 02 Feb 2021 10:34 AM PST  Amazon will pay a $61.7 million fine to settle allegations the company had failed to properly pay out tips to its Flex delivery drivers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday. The fine stems from a payment change the company impleme... |
| In ‘Searchers’, looking for love on dating apps is a revealing journey Posted: 02 Feb 2021 09:45 AM PST  Apps have taken over dating. Gone is the stigma of using a service like Match.com or OKCupid to find a partner — nowadays, finding someone via Tinder, Bumble or Hinge is the norm. Swiping mindlessly through potential lovers is so common we now do it... |
| I wish Google showed more faith in Stadia Posted: 02 Feb 2021 09:31 AM PST  Yesterday, Stadia Vice President and General Manager Phil Harrison announced that the studios Google built to make games for the cloud gaming service would close. Jade Raymond, the star producer that Google wooed to lead the effort, would depart the... |
| EA Sports is bringing back its college football game Posted: 02 Feb 2021 09:22 AM PST  EA Sports is once again ready for some College Football. It confirmed it's reviving the franchise with a to-the-point tweet. For those who never stopped believing...#EASPORTSCollegeFootball pic.twitter.com/2vDUYnbXEJ— EA SPORTS (@EASPORTS) February... |
| Facebook bans account of TV network associated with Myanmar military Posted: 02 Feb 2021 09:19 AM PST  In the aftermath of Monday's coup in Myanmar, Facebook has banned the account of a prominent TV station associated with the country's military. According to The Wall Street Journal, the page had been active since at least early 2020. During that time... |
| Instagram adds ‘recently deleted’ to protect your posts from hackers Posted: 02 Feb 2021 09:00 AM PST  Instagram's latest feature could help protect your post history from hackers. The app is adding a new "recently deleted" feature, which adds an extra step before a post can be permanently removed from your account. The feature is similar to the "rece... |
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