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Discord on Xbox won’t need a phone soonDiscord on Xbox is getting way better. Xbox Insiders can test an update that remo...
19/10/2022

Discord on Xbox won’t need a phone soon

Discord on Xbox is getting way better. Xbox Insiders can test an update that removes having to use your phone to connect to voice chats.

You’ll be able to join Discord calls direct from Xbox soon.

With many major sectors totally frozen and reeling from losses, tech’s biggest players are proving themselves to be the ...
16/05/2020

With many major sectors totally frozen and reeling from losses, tech’s biggest players are proving themselves to be the exception to the rule yet again. On Friday, Facebook confirmed its plans to buy Giphy, a popular gif search engine, in a deal believed to be worth $400 million. Facebook has indicated it wants to forge new developer and content relationships for Giphy, but what the world’s largest social network really wants with the popular gif platform might be more than meets the eye. [ 537 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/with-pandemic-era-acquisitions-big-tech-is-back-in-the-antitrust-crosshairs/

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I hate rollouts. I really do. Whenever a company announces some new, awesome feature, but drops the phrase “rolling out”...
16/05/2020

I hate rollouts. I really do. Whenever a company announces some new, awesome feature, but drops the phrase “rolling out” into the description, I can’t tell you how annoyed I get. Invariably, it means I have to wait a week or more to try something out while seeing everyone I know get their special access before me. Read more... Continue reading...
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Kevin Rose has been in the spotlight since cofounding the early social news aggregation site Digg in late 2004. A genial...
16/05/2020

Kevin Rose has been in the spotlight since cofounding the early social news aggregation site Digg in late 2004. A genial whiz kid turned serial entrepreneur, he has since become as well-known for launching a whole lot of slickly designed products, some of them out of his startup incubator Milk (later acquired by Google), and North, an incubator that would later lead him to a site for watch enthusiasts called… [ 2,214 more words ]
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When Apple killed the headphone jack and introduced AirPods, they changed the earbud game forever. Today, “true wireless...
15/05/2020

When Apple killed the headphone jack and introduced AirPods, they changed the earbud game forever. Today, “true wireless” earbuds have trickled down to the budget realm, and the market is flooded with affordable alternatives. Read more... Continue reading...
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Image: Fitbit Fitbit, which makes fitness-tracking wearables, will be shifting supply chain resources to make emergency ...
15/05/2020

Image: Fitbit Fitbit, which makes fitness-tracking wearables, will be shifting supply chain resources to make emergency ventilators, Fitbit CEO James Park said to CNBC. The ventilators will be used to help treat COVID-19 patients and could help bolster the national supply of the medical devices, which have been in need during the pandemic. “There was a lot of concern about the shortage of ventilators and we realized we had expertise already around the supply chain,” Park said to CNBC. [ 47 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/fitbit-is-reportedly-planning-to-build-ventilators-to-help-treat-covid-19-patients/

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Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images A bipartisan group of senators are sounding the antitrust enforcement alarm Friday ...
15/05/2020

Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images A bipartisan group of senators are sounding the antitrust enforcement alarm Friday over Facebook’s newly announced acquisition of Giphy, a GIF-making and sharing website. On Friday, Facebook announced that it would acquire Giphy for the reported price of $400 million. Giphy is one of the largest GIF sites on the internet and social media and messaging services like Twitter, Tinder, Slack and iMessage already have Giphy integrated into their apps. [ 50 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/facebooks-giphy-acquisition-sounds-antitrust-alarms-in-congress/

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NASA’s plan to return to the Moon is ambitious enough on its own, but the agency is aiming to modernize international co...
15/05/2020

NASA’s plan to return to the Moon is ambitious enough on its own, but the agency is aiming to modernize international cooperation in space in the process. Today it published a summary of the “Artemis Accords,” a new set of voluntary guidelines that partner nations and organizations are invited to join to advance the cause of exploration and industry globally. [ 576 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/nasas-artemis-accords-set-forth-new-and-old-rules-for-outer-space-cooperation/

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Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images GrubHub has come under intense scrutiny of...
15/05/2020

Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images GrubHub has come under intense scrutiny of late for what critics and some restaurant owners say are exploitative fees made only worse during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, a revealing BuzzFeed News story has shed light on another controversial yet longtime practice around phone ordering. The company, which also owns the Seamless and Eat24 services and is the largest food ordering platform in the US, uses an assortment of fees to collect revenue from restaurants, ranging from fees for marketing to various commissions on orders made through the web and its app. [ 31 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/go-read-this-buzzfeed-news-story-about-grubhubs-controversial-phone-ordering-fees/

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The Buffalo, New York solar panel factory. | Image: Tesla Panasonic has resumed its work making battery cells at Tesla’s...
15/05/2020

The Buffalo, New York solar panel factory. | Image: Tesla Panasonic has resumed its work making battery cells at Tesla’s Gigafactory outside Reno, Nevada, the company tells The Verge. But Panasonic will not return to work at Tesla’s Buffalo, New York solar panel factory this weekend as planned. Mark Shima, president of Panasonic Solar North America (PSNA), has told employees in emails obtained by… [ 73 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/panasonic-resumes-work-at-teslas-nevada-gigafactory-but-not-in-new-york/

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In yet another escalation of the ongoing U.S.-China feud over Chinese tech giant Huawei, Donald Trump’s administration t...
15/05/2020

In yet another escalation of the ongoing U.S.-China feud over Chinese tech giant Huawei, Donald Trump’s administration took steps to greatly expand punitive trade sanctions against the company on Friday, Reuters reported. Read more... Continue reading...
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Discord has already taken a few steps to help people stay connected during The Quarantine, but with its latest update, D...
15/05/2020

Discord has already taken a few steps to help people stay connected during The Quarantine, but with its latest update, Discord may have just given gamers a true replacement for competing video chat apps like Zoom, Hangouts, and others. Read more... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/discord-becomes-an-even-better-zoom-alternative-for-gamers-with-the-addition-of-1-button-video-chat/

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Fitbit wants to join the host of companies making ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company chief James Park tol...
15/05/2020

Fitbit wants to join the host of companies making ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company chief James Park told CNBC in an interview that Fitbit is shifting its production to make the potentially life-saving equipment, with plans to submit... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/fitbit-hopes-to-make-ventilators-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

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After missing its initial March 19th release date, Konami's TurboGrafx-16 mini will finally make its way to North Americ...
15/05/2020

After missing its initial March 19th release date, Konami's TurboGrafx-16 mini will finally make its way to North America on May 22nd. When it becomes available next Friday, you'll be able to pick it up for $100. At the start of March, Konami delayed... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/konamis-delayed-turbografx-16-mini-arrives-in-the-us-may-22nd/

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There’s a lot to like about Microsoft’s Surface Earbuds. They’re comfortable, sound great and offer more playback contro...
15/05/2020

There’s a lot to like about Microsoft’s Surface Earbuds. They’re comfortable, sound great and offer more playback controls than most wireless buds. But one problem reared its head during our review: They use an archaic pairing method, which only conn... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/surface-earbuds-suffer-a-major-limitation-for-solo-bud-wearers/

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The debut of Half-Life: Alyx has already added more than a million new VR users to Steam, and now comes the next step: m...
15/05/2020

The debut of Half-Life: Alyx has already added more than a million new VR users to Steam, and now comes the next step: mods. The game’s latest update brings beta support for the Steam Workshop so users can add their own levels, textures, animations a... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/valve-opens-up-half-life-alyx-level-editing-tools-to-the-community/

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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft’s Surface Duo is meant to be a showcase for its unique, dual-scree...
15/05/2020

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft’s Surface Duo is meant to be a showcase for its unique, dual-screen design, so it may be a bit more forgivable that its specs don’t include the latest and greatest components or anything all that’s impressive by way of battery life and storage. According to Windows Central, the phone will ship with the older Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (which… [ 68 more words ]
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The internet is piecing together an alleged UFO crash landing in Brazil on Wednesday, with convincing evidence. Here’s a...
15/05/2020

The internet is piecing together an alleged UFO crash landing in Brazil on Wednesday, with convincing evidence. Here’s a Reddit thread, a Twitter video at night, a Twitter video in the daytime, and even a close-up YouTube video of the suspected spacecraft on Earth—although, upon further soul-crushing inspection, the… Read more... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/dead-drop-keep-the-ufo-news-cycle-coming/

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Justice Department and a coalition of state attorneys general are likely to ...
15/05/2020

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Justice Department and a coalition of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust charges against Google in the coming months, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. The reporting is consistent with earlier statements by Attorney General William Barr, who said he expected a decision to be made sometime this summer. [ 67 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/the-us-government-is-getting-ready-to-sue-google-for-monopolizing-online-ads/

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Tesla officials visited two sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week to search for a location for its future and fifth gigafac...
15/05/2020

Tesla officials visited two sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week to search for a location for its future and fifth gigafactory, according to a source familiar with the situation. Company representatives also visited Austin recently for a potential site for a factory that will produce its all-electric Cybertruck and Model Y crossover. A final decision has not been but Austin and Tulsa are among the finalists, according to the source. [ 380 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/tesla-scouts-head-to-tulsa-austin-as-hunt-for-cybertruck-gigafactory-location-nears-end/

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A few years ago, I stopped being afraid of birds and realized that, actually, I really liked them. It just clicked one d...
15/05/2020

A few years ago, I stopped being afraid of birds and realized that, actually, I really liked them. It just clicked one day. It’s cool that there are so many that I can see relatively close to my house, they make for challenging photo subjects, and, in general, I love any subject that provides a large number of random… Read more... Continue reading...
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If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. When the pandemic started wreaking havoc on the U.S. in March, ...
15/05/2020

If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. When the pandemic started wreaking havoc on the U.S. in March, several telecom companies were quick to respond to the FCC’s pledge to “Keep America Connected.” But that pledge seems to have come with a major caveat, as some customers are starting to find out:… Read more... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/tell-your-isp-if-you-need-a-coronavirus-hardship-extension-or-your-service-could-be-suspended/

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Editing Ryan has been one of the best experiences in my career as an editor. They can write about physics like no one el...
15/05/2020

Editing Ryan has been one of the best experiences in my career as an editor. They can write about physics like no one else and have helped me understand concepts I never thought I could get my mind around, from dark matter to quantum computers to weather (actually, I still don’t understand weather). Perhaps even more… Read more... Continue reading...
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Here are some of the latest developments in covid-19 research, including whether people can develop immunity, the effect...
15/05/2020

Here are some of the latest developments in covid-19 research, including whether people can develop immunity, the effects of covid-19 on the brain, and the potential for the pandemic to grow even larger than it has already. Read more... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/latest-coronavirus-science-the-link-between-pandemics-and-psychosis/

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CBS All Access isn’t done launching new Star Trek shows. After bringing the franchise back to TV with “Star Trek: Discov...
15/05/2020

CBS All Access isn’t done launching new Star Trek shows. After bringing the franchise back to TV with “Star Trek: Discovery” in 2017, then revisiting some beloved characters with “Star Trek: Picard” earlier this year, the streaming service has placed a straight-to-series order for “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” which will depict the early days of the Enterprise, before Captain Kirk took command. [ 280 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/cbs-all-access-greenlights-strange-new-worlds-a-new-star-trek-series-about-pike-and-spock/

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Like nearly every other fully developed organism on the planet, human beings are driven by an instinct to f**k. In fact,...
15/05/2020

Like nearly every other fully developed organism on the planet, human beings are driven by an instinct to f**k. In fact, a significant portion of the world economy revolves around f**king or the desire to f**k—to the extent some say humans are now becoming desensitized to arousal. But unless you are a lizard in New… Read more... Continue reading...
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There are times when everything sucks and you just want to rage against the machine—sometimes literally, as is the case ...
15/05/2020

There are times when everything sucks and you just want to rage against the machine—sometimes literally, as is the case with one of the movies on this list we’ve compiled. Check out some of our favorite films to watch when you’re craving a good old fashioned revolution against a tyrannical system that exploits the… Read more... Continue reading...
https://techpowernews.com/9-revolution-movies-for-when-you-feel-like-burning-it-all-down/

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Photo by James Bareham / The Verge American consumers spent more this past quarter on video games than they ever have be...
15/05/2020

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge American consumers spent more this past quarter on video games than they ever have before, to the tune of $10.9 billion — up 9 percent from the year before, according to industry analyst NPD Group (via Bloomberg). The period covers only January to March, meaning spending in the current quarter ending June 30th might end up being just as high, if not higher. [ 66 more words ]
https://techpowernews.com/us-spending-on-video-games-just-hit-a-new-quarterly-record/

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