Sirius XM buys podcast company Stitcher for $325 million

From CNET: Sirius XM is buying podcast company Stitcher from E.W. Scripps for $325 million. The deal will push Sirius XM, known for its satellite radio, further into the podcast market, it said on Monday.

"The addition of Stitcher is an important next step as we continue to develop and strengthen...

ROCCAT Vulcan 121 AIMO Review (Page 1 of 3)

"1.5 hours ought to be enough for anybody," I thought to myself as I was selecting the connecting return flight from San Antonio to Calgary via Atlanta in December of last year. After all, what could go wrong? As fate would have had it, the flight from San Antonio to Atlanta delayed a little over an hour, and unfortunately, there is only one flight from Atlanta to Calgary per day. To add salt to the wound, our entire group of four was split up...

FSP CMT260 Review (Page 1 of 4)

Another online semester has been completed at the University of Calgary and many students are beginning to move into the summer semester. Continuing into the summer semester sounded quite attractive given it is another online semester, which would give me the opportunity to sit in the comforts of my home and study. Although this option was tempting and many other students have opted to take it, I have gladly decided to take a couple of months off...

Sony Invests $250M in Unreal Engine and Fortnite Maker Epic Games

From PC Mag: This week, Sony made a $250 million strategic investment in a company that's going to play a key role in the success of the PlayStation 5. That company is Epic Games, best known for the Unreal Engine and as the developer of Fortnite.

You may remember back in May, Epic released a demo...

Google confirms new Nest smart speaker with official photo and video

From The Verge: Google has responded to the inadvertent reveal of a new Nest smart speaker through regulatory filings by, well, confirming its existence. The company just sent The Verge an official photo of the device, referring to it only as “what the Nest team is working on from home.”

The...

Report suggests new ARM-powered MacBook Pro, Air may arrive this year

From CNET: Apple has teased that it will ship the first computers running its own Apple A-series ARM chips later this year. Now, a new report from notable Apple watcher Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities suggests that the first computers packing the new processors could be a 13.3-inch...

ASUS Republic of Gamers Strix XG17AHP Now Available

From ASUS Press Release: ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the availability of Strix XG17AHP, the world’s fastest portable monitor. Strix XG17AHP features a 17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS display with wide viewing angles and super-fast 240 Hz refresh rate for a very smooth gaming experience...

Google’s upcoming Nest speaker revealed in regulatory filing

From The Verge: A new smart speaker from Google has been spotted as part of a regulatory filing in Japan. Android Police believes this device to be the long-coming sequel to the original Google Home speaker, which hasn’t gotten a follow-up since its original release in 2016.

The new speaker carries...

Amazon Decides Sellers Must Publicly Display Their Name and Address

From PC Mag: Amazon really wants its customers to have confidence the products they are buying are legitimate, especially when they choose to purchase from a third-party seller. So from September, Amazon is insisting sellers publicly list their name and address.

As GeekWire reports, such details...

Dell intros white XPS 15, new XPS Desktop and 32-inch curved 4K monitor

From CNET: If you always yearned for a white Dell XPS laptop but needed something bigger than 13 inches, now you're in luck: Dell has expanded its white scheme to the 2020 models of the XPS 15, as well as to the redesigned, smaller XPS Desktop. The company also launched new, sleeker-looking models...

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