Netflix Dodges App Store Tax With a New External Sign-Up Page on iOS

From PC Mag: iPhone and iPad users looking to subscribe to Netflix via the streaming platform's iOS app are being redirected to an external website which removes the need to pay the App Store tax.

As 9To5Mac reports, the redirection looks to be rolling out globally and takes advantage of a new iOS...

Microsoft is speeding up the Xbox Series X / S boot time

From The Verge: Microsoft is speeding up the boot time of its Xbox Series X / S consoles. In the latest Xbox Insider test builds of the Xbox dashboard, the cold boot startup time has been reduced by around 5 seconds. Microsoft was able to speed up the boot sequence by creating a shorter bootup...

ROCCAT Burst Pro Air Review (Page 1 of 4)

Recently, my friend told me she is looking for a good used car for around $10,000. Unfortunately, anyone who has been shopping for a used car in recent times would know a budget of $10,000 in 2022 probably has less reasonable options than someone with $5,000 just a few years back. Since we have very little choices anyway, and my friend is new to the owning a vehicle, I decided to take her to look at new cars instead. It is not that the new cars...

GAMDIAS CHIONE M3-240W Review (Page 1 of 4)

In my introduction of the DeepCool AK400, I talked about the city of Vancouver and all the delicious East Asian food there. While the context of that story was based around my church pastor, I had actually gone recently myself to visit family and friends I had not seen in a while. This was actually my fourth time in Vancouver over the past ten months, so naturally you may wonder why I did not see them earlier on those trips. The answer is simply...

Instagram Adds Photo Remix, Reel Template Tools

From PC Mag: Instagram this week introduced new features in an attemtp to "make it more fun and easy to collaborate, create and share reels."

Some users may have already spotted the "Remix this photo" popup on their feed—an invitation to collaborate with other creators by adding your own spin on...

Twitter Shows User Growth, Misses Estimates Amid Musk Takeover Dispute

From CNET: The number of people using Twitter every day jumped in the second quarter as the social network negotiated a deal to sell itself to billionaire Elon Musk for $44 billion, but the company's revenue and profit took a hit.

In the quarter ending on June 30, roughly 237.8 million daily users...

The new Google Wallet is now available to all users

From The Verge: The new Google Wallet app is available to all customers now, shortly after people in 39 countries started seeing it available on their phones Monday.Some people have had trouble pulling it up via search in Google Play or getting the update, but they can try this link, or find it via...

Netflix Acquires Australian Animation Studio Animal Logic

From PC Mag: Netflix will acquire Australian animation studio Animal Logic, which has worked on films like Happy Feet, The LEGO Movies, and the upcoming DC League of Super-Pets, among others.

Animal Logic has also provided visual effects for franchises like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The...

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