| The Morning After: SpaceX's latest Starship explodes on the landing pad Posted: 04 Mar 2021 04:34 AM PST  I tested some of the best TVs available from LG, Samsung, Sony and Vizio, all with HDMI 2.1 inputs that should allow for a gaming experience surpassing anything previously possible. The only problem is that right now, things don't always work like th... |
| Samsung and Mastercard are working on a fingerprint payment card Posted: 04 Mar 2021 03:45 AM PST  Samsung is collaborating with Mastercard on a biometric scanning payment card with a built-in fingerprint reader, Samsung has announced. The technology appears to be similar to Mastercard's biometric payment cards unveiled in 2017 that let you au... |
| UK opens antitrust probe into Apple’s App Store policies Posted: 04 Mar 2021 02:51 AM PST  Apple is facing yet more pushback in Europe over its iOS App Store policies for developers. The UK's competition regulator has launched an antitrust investigation into the iPhone maker for alleged anti-competitive behavior. The Competition and Ma... |
| Microsoft gives Windows 10 Insiders a redesigned news feed Posted: 04 Mar 2021 02:16 AM PST  With most people getting their news online through social media and dedicated apps, Microsoft is updating the way Windows 10 presents the news to make it more eye-catching in a bid to stand out from the crowd. Insiders can check out the updated desig... |
| Apple's new service lets you transfer your iCloud Photos to Google Posted: 04 Mar 2021 01:10 AM PST  You don't have to manually download your iCloud Photos collection to transfer it to Google Photos anymore. Apple has launched a new service that automates the process — all you have to do is log in to your iCloud account at the tech giant's D... |
| Amazon UK's first checkout-free Fresh grocery store opens in London Posted: 04 Mar 2021 12:47 AM PST  Amazon has opened its first checkout-free store outside of the US, a Fresh store powered by the "Just Walk Out" tech used in US Go stores. The shop, located in the West London borough of Ealing, offers Brits the same automated shopping expe... |
| WhatsApp adds voice and video calls to its desktop app Posted: 04 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PST  One-on-one voice and video calling is now finally available on WhatsApp's desktop app for Window and Mac. The Facebook-owned messaging service only offered the feature on its mobile app until late last year, when it started testing it by rolling... |
| Amazon's new Alexa app runs directly on your Xbox Posted: 03 Mar 2021 10:49 PM PST  Microsoft has slowly opened the Xbox platform to non-Cortana home automation voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, but now Amazon is going one step further. Now an Alexa app for Xbox is poised to roll out "in the coming days&q... |
| Bloomberg: Next Nintendo Switch can output 4K and has a 7-inch OLED Posted: 03 Mar 2021 06:27 PM PST  So what's next for the Nintendo Switch after a record breaking 2020? According to Bloomberg, a model with a larger OLED screen. The business outlet's sources indicate Samsung Display will start producing rigid 7-inch, 720p OLED touchscreens f... |
| House Democrats ask YouTube to explain extremism policies Posted: 03 Mar 2021 05:13 PM PST  House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee are again pushing YouTube to explain its policies around extremist content. In a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai Wednesday, the committee leaders said that "incendiary content that indoctri... |
| SpaceX's SN10 Starship sticks the landing -- and then explodes Posted: 03 Mar 2021 03:26 PM PST  After a last-second abort earlier today, SpaceX launched the SN10 Starship on a high-altitude flight test that took it 10 km above the Earth. The main difference between this test and earlier flights is that not only did it properly maneuver through... |
| Amazon is reportedly close to a deal to carry more exclusive NFL games Posted: 03 Mar 2021 03:09 PM PST  Amazon and the National Football League are close to signing a deal that could see Prime Video carry far more games than it already does, according to The Wall Street Journal. If the deal goes through, Amazon will reportedly have exclusive rights to... |
| Gmail’s web client can’t handle inclusive emojis properly Posted: 03 Mar 2021 02:24 PM PST  If you frequently use Gmail's native web client to send emails, you may have noticed something odd about how it handles emoji. Google may have said goodbye to its distinctive blobs in 2017, but for whatever reason, Gmail on the web still renders most... |
| Parler sues Amazon again, this time in Washington state Posted: 03 Mar 2021 12:52 PM PST  Parler may have voluntarily withdrawn its federal lawsuit against Amazon, but the company isn't ready to give up its legal battle just yet. On the same day it dropped that previous suit, the company filed a new one against Amazon in a Washington stat... |
| Facebook will start accepting political ads again on March 4th Posted: 03 Mar 2021 11:49 AM PST  Facebook will lift its ban on political ads, including those that touch on social issues, on March 4th, the company announced on Wednesday. The social media giant put the policy in place after polls for the 2020 presidential election closed on the ni... |
| EA bans a FIFA player for life after racist abuse of ex-footballer Ian Wright Posted: 03 Mar 2021 11:36 AM PST  EA has banned a FIFA player for life after he sent racist messages to a former soccer player. Patrick O'Brien lost an Ultimate Team game with a virtual version of Ian Wright, which led to the teenager sending 20 abusive messages to Wright over In... |
| Zynga buys the studio behind 'Torchlight 3' Posted: 03 Mar 2021 10:52 AM PST  Zynga has gobbled up Echtra Games, the developer of Torchlight 3 (Via Rock Paper Shotgun). The studio was started by Blizzard North co-founder and Diablo series co-creator Max Schaefer after he left his previous stint at Runic Games in 2016. Runic, w... |
| Netflix's Fast Laughs is a TikTok-style comedy feed for your phone Posted: 03 Mar 2021 10:23 AM PST  Sometimes, all you want from Netflix is a good laugh. The service's latest mobile feature is designed to do just that. Fast Laughs is a TikTok-style feed of clips from stand-up specials as well as comedy shows and movies. It even has a "LOL&... |
| Nintendo's Switch Pro Controller drops to $59 on Amazon Posted: 03 Mar 2021 10:07 AM PST  The Joy-Cons are great, but when you need to get some serious gaming done on your Switch, you're better off picking up Nintendo's Pro Controller. Right now you can save a little money while you're at it too — the Pro Controller is currently $59 at Am... |
| How to choose the best TV for gaming Posted: 03 Mar 2021 10:00 AM PST  Over the last few weeks, I've been testing several of the newest TVs that promise HDMI 2.1 support in combination with NVIDIA's 30 Series graphics cards, the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5. It's time to try things out because this ge... |
| Bag maker Peak Design calls out Amazon for its copycat ways Posted: 03 Mar 2021 09:52 AM PST  Amazon is well-known for its copycat ways, but it's not so often that another company calls it out on it, much less in a way that's funny. But that's exactly what Peak Design did today when it uploaded a video to YouTube comparing its Eve... |
| Xbox Game Pass is full of sports games this month Posted: 03 Mar 2021 09:27 AM PST  The next wave of games coming to Xbox Game Pass will probably ignite that competitive spark in you. Microsoft revealed several major sports titles are coming to the service, starting with Madden NFL 21. That's available to Game Pass subscribers o... |
| Amazon Fire TV adds more live channels, including IMDb TV and Plex Posted: 03 Mar 2021 09:00 AM PST  Amazon has bolstered Fire TV's lineup of live TV services with a few more options. IMDb TV, XUMO and Amazon's news app are available now and Plex's live TV service will be integrated into the Live features soon. All of those apps are free, ad... |
| Facebook takes down hundreds of fake Instagram accounts in Russia Posted: 03 Mar 2021 08:56 AM PST  Facebook has taken down hundreds of fake Instagram accounts in Russia that were trying to interfere with protests in the country. The company says it found a network of 530 accounts that "targeted domestic audiences throughout the recent protests in... |
| Apple's creepy new show 'Calls' is a star-filled visual podcast Posted: 03 Mar 2021 08:38 AM PST  True crime podcasts and audio thrillers are all the rage, so why not make an entire TV show around dramatic phone calls? That seems to be the main pitch for the new Apple TV+ series Calls, which debuts on March 19th. Don't expect any sophisticate... |
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