From CNET: Facebook parent company Meta has reportedly shut down its experimental video speed-dating service, Sparked, after less than a year of testing.

Those who used the service were informed via email that it would shut down on January 20, 2022, according to TechCrunch. The email read in part...

From The Verge: Leica has introduced the latest generation of its venerated M rangefinder camera, the new M11. The M11 is very similar in appearance to the M10 line it’s replacing, with much of the claimed 40 new improvements found on the inside. Leica says the M11 will be available starting today...

From PC Mag: The Austin Police Department is investigating potentially fraudulent QR code stickers found on more than two dozen parking meters across the Texas capital.

Earlier this month, local parking enforcement officers discovered Quick Response barcodes on city-wide pay stations; people...

From CNET: A new Xbox One hasn't been made in over a year. That's after Microsoft stopped production at the end of 2020 to turn its focus to the new Xbox Series X|S, The Verge reported Thursday.

The Xbox One had a seven year run after debuting in 2013.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to...

From The Verge: Logitech’s Litra Glow is a small LED light that’s designed to illuminate you while you’re sitting at your desk. It’s designed primarily with content creators like Twitch streamers or YouTubers in mind, but should work just as well for smartening you up on a Zoom call. In other words...

From PC Mag: Uber quietly ended support for Apple Watch late last year, forcing users to instead reach for their phone to hail a ride.

Despite Monday's report by MacRumors—confirmed by Uber's Help page—the wearable platform (as of press time) remains available for download from the App Store, but...

From CNET: Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card with 12GB of memory, a 2GB bump over the 10GB version of the RTX 3080 that came out in 2020.

The upgraded 12GB RTX 3080 will be available starting today from Nvidia's partners, though specific pricing could...

From ARCTIC Press Release: Today, ARCTIC presents the complete Freezer 35 air cooler family. In total, the series includes four versions of the single-tower CPU cooler for different requirements and areas of application, whose heatsinks are identical in construction. The compact dimensions ensure...

From The Verge: Spotify is disbanding its founding podcast studio and laying off some of the team. An affected employee tells The Verge that Studio 4, or Spotify Studios as it’s been referenced externally, consisted of 10 to 15 employees and produced shows like Dissect and Chapo: Kingpin on Trial...

From PC Mag: Messaging app Signal is getting a new interim CEO in Brian Acton, the WhatsApp co-founder who left Facebook on bad terms several years ago.

Outgoing Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike announced today that he's stepping down after spending almost a decade developing the code behind the...