From The Verge: The SuperSpeed USB branding is no more thanks to a new set of guidelines currently being rolled out by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the body that manages and maintains the USB standard.

It’s part of a rebranding initiative that the organization kicked off last year with the...

From PC Mag: Turns out the rumors were true: Google is shutting down its Stadia game-streaming service.

Stadia launched in November 2019, but Google now says the cloud-gaming service failed to resonate with consumers.

“While Stadia's approach to streaming games for consumers was built on a...

From CNET: Amazon is handing out pay raises and new benefits for its warehouse workers across the country. Amazon said its average starting wages are now $19 an hour, up from $18. Warehouse employees now earn between $16 and $26 an hour, depending on position and location.

Amazon's new benefit...

From Corsair Press Release: Elgato today announced the launch of Wave DX. A premium XLR microphone with proven dynamic capsule technology designed in close cooperation with Lewitt Audio, Wave DX works with any XLR preamp or audio interface to produce studio-quality sound right out of the box.

Built...

From The Verge: Poor communications from Twitch have led to confusion following the service announcing that Chrome, Edge, and Firefox are currently the only web browsers officially supported by the popular streaming platform. No context was provided within the announcement, though it appears the...

From PC World: Adobe’s beginner-friendly “Elements” photo and video editing programs have been around for over twenty years now, a good chunk of the time that Photoshop itself has been around. So what does Adobe have up its sleeve to get people to upgrade? GIFs. Yup, it’s GIFs. The meme-friendly...

From CNET: Well ahead of the holiday shopping season, Amazon introduced on Wednesday a slew of new or updated devices: a Kindle e-reader, Echo smart speakers, Ring and Blink security cameras, Fire TVs and accessories and Eero network hardware. (Yup, I think that constitutes a slew.)

Most notably...

From The Verge: Amazon has some new products on the way. The company is holding an invite-only, virtual event today, where it’s expected to introduce products from across its lineup of brands.

Chances are, there’s going to be a lot to see. Amazon is unusually good at keeping its upcoming releases...

From PC Mag: Apple has apparently scrapped plans to increase production of the iPhone 14 after projected demand predicted before release simply hasn't materialized.

As Bloomberg reports, people familiar with the matter claim Apple was planning to increase iPhone 14 production by six million units...

From CNET: Not every generation of processor breaks new ground. Intel's 12th generation introduced its hybrid core "Alder Lake" architecture, which like Apple's M series of processors splits the CPU cores into performance-optimized and efficiency-optimized types. For the 13th-gen "Raptor Lake"...