Redbox's new owner is the company that saved Sony's Crackle
Redbox has tried to keep itself relevant over the years with on-demand streaming video and free live TV, but it's still best-known as the company pushing movie disc rentals at kiosks. It might soon...
View Article'Mini Motorways' suddenly arrives on Nintendo Switch
Nintendo held its latest Indie World stream today and, as is often the case at these events, a few games that were shown off suddenly popped up in the Switch eShop. One of those is Mini Motorways, a...
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Here's everything Google announced at I/O 2022
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Google’s annual I/O developer conference returned to the historic Shoreline Amphitheatre. In an in-person event that saw the company share details on...
View ArticleIntel engineers, led by a Congressional hopeful, demand a union
Intel, which is both the biggest semiconductor company by revenue and the largest private employer in Oregon, is facing an apparent bid for unionization among its exhausted engineering workforce. In a...
View ArticleOpenSea's new measures hope to crack down on fake NFTs
OpenSea is putting in place a new system to spot NFT fakes and verify accounts, in an effort to cut down on the industry’s growing fraud problem. In a couple of blog posts, the NFT marketplace detailed...
View ArticleMeta is reportedly axing some Reality Labs projects
Facebook’s pivot to the metaverse continues to be messy. Meta’s Reality Labs division, home to its hardware efforts and other metaverse initiatives, will be cutting some of its projects, according to...
View ArticleTexas law that allows users to sue social networks for censorship is now in...
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals has paused the temporary injunction on controversial law HB 20, which another court blocked from taking effect last year. As Houston Public Media notes, the state...
View ArticleElon Musk faces a federal probe over late disclosure of his initial Twitter...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating Elon Musk's belated disclosure of his purchase of more than 5 percent of Twitter's share, The Wall Street Journal reports. The lag...
View ArticlePolyend's Play is an elegantly designed sample-based groovebox
Polyend’s Tracker is a fascinating piece of gear. It’s not for everyone, but it’s hard to argue with the value and power it delivers. This year the company is taking that same basic format, and going...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Discovery and BT are forming a massive sports TV business
Warner Bros. Discovery will soon be operating a massive sports programming platform for the UK and Ireland. The merged WarnerMedia and Discovery company already owns the Eurosport network, and now it's...
View ArticleBethesda delays 'Starfield' to 2023
Two of Bethesda's highest-profile games won't make their long-promised release dates. The Microsoft-owned company has delayed both the sci-fi RPG Starfield and Arkane's vampire shooter Redfall to the...
View ArticleFacebook Pay will soon become Meta Pay
Meta started renaming its products after the company switched its name: The Oculus Quest and Facebook Portal devices, for instance, are now known as the Meta Quest and Meta Portal. It's only natural...
View ArticleXbox update brings noise suppression to Party Chat
Chatting while gaming on your Xbox One Series X/S can be fun, but party chat members' poor quality mics that let in every barking dog and blaring TV? Not so much. Now, Microsoft is doing something...
View ArticleScientists reveal first image of the black hole in the center of our galaxy
Scientists have imaged a black hole before, but now they've captured a picture of the most important example — the one at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy. Researchers using the Event Horizon...
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The best mobile gaming controllers you can buy
Mobile gaming is serious business now. The biggest titles out there are games like Fortnite and Genshin Impact, helped along by legions of kids getting their first smartphone. Lots of game publishers...
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Ayn's Odin is the retro gaming handheld to beat
There are many, many ways to play retro games today. Plenty of those options are handhelds. But you might be surprised at how many of these devices feel jury rigged, cheap or often both. Worse, there’s...
View ArticleUK's Royal Mail aims to open up to 50 drone routes for rural deliveries
The UK's Royal Mail wants to set up as many as 50 drone routes over the next three years to make deliveries to remote communities. The plan, which requires approval from the Civil Aviation Authority,...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez, Warren blast Amazon for 'wholly inadequate' warehouse safety
Amazon's handling of the deadly Edwardsville, Illinois warehouse collapse in December is drawing criticism from key figures in Congress. Motherboardreports that Senator Elizabeth Warren and...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg shows off what Meta's next headset can do
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has provided a first proper look at the company's next mixed-reality headset, codenamed Project Cambria, in action. The "high-end headset" is scheduled for release later this...
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Android Auto is getting a major UI update
After all the big hardware and software announcements during the I/O 2022 keynote presentation, today Google is sharing some updates for cars with Android Auto and vehicles with infotainment systems...
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