From The Verge: In a bold bid to turn digital crooks away from a life of crime, Microsoft is offering a 50 percent discount on its Office suite to some people using pirated versions. Ghacks reports that a new message in the Office ribbon bar is appearing on pirated Office apps, tempting people with...

From PC Mag: PowerColor is a name we've associated with graphics cards for the past 24 years, but the Taiwanese company is branching out to offer a mechanical gaming keyboard.

A partnership with Ducky, a well-known professional keyboard manufacturer also based in Taiwan, has resulted in the special...

From CNET: Google plans to deploy an additional cash bonus of $1,600, or its equivalent to employees worldwide, according to a Reuters report published Thursday, as a support measure for its global workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic.

All employees, including interns and members of Google's...

From The Verge: Sonos announced plans today to make its speakers and other products last longer and use less energy. It’s part of the company’s larger plan to make itself more sustainable, with a focus on minimizing e-waste and the pollution that drives climate change.

A big part of Sonos’ new...

From PC Mag: Phone maker Oppo thinks pop-up cameras on smartphones are annoying, so it developed a camera capable of retracting instead.

As The Verge reports, ahead of this year's Oppo Inno Day on Dec. 14, the company released a short teaser video attached to a tweet demonstrating how its new...

From CNET: Roku and Google's YouTube have reached a multiyear distribution deal for Roku to offer both the main YouTube app and Google's app for its live-channel streaming service, YouTube TV, Roku said Wednesday.

The agreement comes a day before Google's deadline to either reach a deal or it...

From Corsair Press Release: SCUF Gaming today introduced SCUF Reflex, Reflex Pro, and an inaugural first-person shooter model, Reflex FPS. All three models of the Reflex controller are designed specifically for PlayStation 5 (PS5).

SCUF Reflex encompasses all the groundbreaking features synonymous...

From The Verge: Messenger Kids, the child-friendly version of Meta’s Messenger service (aka Facebook Messenger), is being updated with a dark mode, as well as new audio effects for voice messages, the service has announced.

Dark mode came to the main Messenger app at the beginning of 2019, but now...

From PC Mag: Google is making it easier to start or join video meetings or audio calls from inside the Gmail app.

Starting this week, it will be possible to initiate a video chat or audio call from within Google Chat in Gmail, but only during one-on-one conversations. Both Android and iOS users...

From CNET: Samsung on Monday announced a restructuring of the company that includes the replacement of the chiefs of its three major business units and the merging of its mobile and consumer units. The reshuffling represents the electronics giant's most dramatic corporate makeover in four years...