From TechCrunch: Let’s talk about the grown-up stuff — the adult content that Tumblr says it’s banning starting today. The wording of the company’s initial plans was admittedly confusing, upsetting both artists and sex workers who have begun to rely on the platform as a kind of safe place for self...

From Polygon: Nintendo has announced that the Nintendo Switch is the fastest-selling video game system of this generation, according to data from The NPD Group.

“From its launch in March 2017 through November 2018, Nintendo Switch has sold more than 8.7 million units, outpacing U.S. sales of all...

From ExtremeTech: Last year at Computex, Intel debuted an overclocked 5GHz 28-core Xeon CPU. It was always obvious that the CPU was more of a demonstration model than an actual shipping product — the 1.2kW cooler that Intel had to use to hit those kinds of clock speeds was a sign that 5GHz was a bit...

From The Verge: Microsoft has resolved a number of blocking bugs that prevented some Windows 10 users from installing the latest October 2018 Update. The software giant originally re-released this update last month, following some file deletion issues after its original release in October. Microsoft...

From PC Mag: AT&T has turned on the first US mobile 5G network today, but it'll be a few more days before you can get online with it. On Friday, the carrier will start selling the world's first consumer mobile 5G device, the Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot, in 12 cities.

"This is the first...

From Recode: Colin Kroll, the co-founder and CEO of HQ Trivia, the gameshow app, died after an alleged drug overdose, according to TMZ.

Police discovered Kroll in his apartment in New York City early Sunday morning.

Kroll, 34, had recently been named the CEO of HQ Trivia, a company he co-founded...

From eWeek: In the latest milestone update of Mozilla Firefox, users of the open-source web browser have lost what was once a key feature.

Firefox 64, which became generally available on Dec. 11, dropped direct integrated support for RSS feed preview and live bookmarks. RSS (Really Simple...

From CNET: Once the Internet Research Agency was outed on Facebook and Twitter, Instagram became the new haven for Russia's disinformation campaign.

That's the take away from two comprehensive reports on Russia's social media manipulation efforts released on Monday. One is from researchers at New...

From PC Mag: Last week, Apple announced plans to invest $1 billion building a new Austin campus that will be home to 5,000 employees initially. This week, Google announced a $1 billion investment to build a new New York City campus called Google Hudson Square.

The new campus has been made possible...

From CNET: Lenovo has updated its wallet-friendly ThinkPad L series with the latest versions of Intel's eighth-gen Core processor. The ThinkPad L390, with its traditional clamshell design, starts at $659 (‎£522, AU$915), and the two-in-one version, the L390 Yoga, starts at $889 (‎£705 or AU$1,235)...