From The Verge: Microsoft is now allowing developers to access a preview version of its Microsoft Dev Box cloud-powered workstations. The software giant announced Microsoft Dev Box earlier this year, and it’s effectively an easy way for developer to spin up powerful cloud PCs for testing...
From PC Mag: If you don't regularly check your stocks or download many new apps, you may not be familiar with Apple's advertising efforts. But that could change soon.
The company currently displays ads inside its News and Stocks apps, plus the App Store. According to Bloomberg, though, Apple plans...
From CNET: More than 1 million people worldwide are paying for Snapchat's subscription service, the social media company said Monday.
It's the first time Snapchat's parent company, Snap, has revealed how many people subscribe to Snapchat Plus, a subscription service the social media company...
From The Verge: Text-to-image AI systems are booming in both ability and popularity right now, and what better proof than their appearance in the world’s hottest app: TikTok.
The video platform recently added a new effect it calls “AI greenscreen” that allows users to type in a text prompt that the...
From CNET: If you're an Uber user who takes advantage of the app's Uber Rewards loyalty program, you'd better use up your points: The program is being discontinued.
In an email to users Saturday, the company said the free program would go bye-bye soon, as Uber turns its attention to its paid Uber...
From PC Mag: Microsoft's attempts to finalize its Activision Blizzard acquisition have inadvertently revealed how poorly the Xbox One console in all its forms sold.
As Game Luster reports, Microsoft needs to get the sign-off for its $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition from competition...
In my ROCCAT Burst Pro Air review introduction, I talked about how my friend and I were test driving some cars at the local Acura dealership. When the salesperson asked her what she currently drives, she said she drives her "sister's Lexus", which in reality, while completely true, is actually a rusted out 1996 ES300 that is probably worth $500 with a full tank of gas. But why was the salesperson so thoroughly convinced that my friend is...
If you ask me, the one thing I have really enjoyed doing on my birthday over the past several years is to take the day off and get free stuff. I know others like to have parties or spend the day relaxing on their own, but I enjoy going out with one or two people and collect the various gifts from these businesses. A lot of the businesses require some sort of membership or subscription like an email newsletter, which means you will need to...
From The Verge: Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong — known in the West as Jay Y. Lee — has won a presidential pardon by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, allowing the grandson of Samsung’s founder to resume leadership of the powerful conglomerate, Bloomberg reports. The pardon will be formalized on...
From PC Mag: Demand for PCs has cooled to the point that x86 CPU shipments saw a historic plunge in Q2, according to Mercury Research, which tracks component sales.
Mercury Research says desktop CPU shipments during the May to June period fell to their “lowest level in nearly three decades,"...
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