From CNET: Google on Monday said it will be free for businesses to list products in the company's search results, a change that escalates Google's already-fierce rivalry with Amazon.
Previously, Google showed shopping listings as a panel of sponsored links from advertisers bidding on specific...
A couple of weeks ago, I was locked out of my University of Calgary IT account. Since the University of Calgary uses a central authentication system, a lock on my account means I could not access anything, and this ranges from the main portal to my email. At first, I thought the system was down, but when other people reported no problems, I knew it had to be me. Therefore, I made a call to IT support, who told me my account was locked because...
Back in grade 10, when I was entering a new school, there were a lot of people who I did not know in my classes. I started to learn about some of the people that sat around me, but I did not know them too well. As such, I wanted to make a cool first impression with all of them. During one of the classes, I was trying to listen to my teacher when suddenly a fly appeared. It was flying around my face, so I started to swat it with my hand. With my...
From The Verge: Amazon is acquiring self-driving car startup Zoox in a deal estimated to be worth over $1 billion. The deal will give Amazon control of the nearly 1,000-person startup that has been developing an electric self-driving vehicle. Rumors of the acquisition first emerged last month, when...
From PC Mag: Microsoft continues to place the focus on just one next-gen Xbox Series X console launching, but behind the scenes a second, cheaper and lower-performance console is being prepared. At least, that's what a growing amount of evidence suggests.
As The Verge reports, a freshly leaked Xbox...
From CNET: Microsoft is shuttering its retail stores around the world, the company said Friday, transitioning its direct sales focus to online outlets like Microsoft.com and the stores inside Xbox and Windows.
Flagship Microsoft Store locations, including stores in London, New York, Sydney and at...
From PC Mag: We may be very late in the PlayStation 4's lifecycle, but Sony is still rightly concerned about protecting the millions of people who use its consoles to play games and download entertainment via the PlayStation Network. So this week, Sony publicly launched the PlayStation Bug Bounty...
From The Verge: Hey — the new email service from Basecamp that’s been the subject of the latest fight over Apple’s App Store policies — has announced that starting today, it’ll be open for anyone to join, no invite code required.
The public launch of the service comes alongside a second piece of...
From CNET: Google is starting a licensing program to pay publishers for some content. The search giant on Thursday said it'll pay publishers for "high-quality content" for a news feature that'll launch later this year.
"A vibrant news industry matters — perhaps now more than ever, as people look...
From The Verge: Nvidia is releasing a new driver update today that will support Microsoft’s DirectX 12 Ultimate and the latest GPU scheduling feature of the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. Nvidia’s DirectX 12 Ultimate support means its latest RTX cards support Microsoft’s latest set of gaming and...
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