From The Verge: Bending Spoons has laid off all of the staff behind mobile filmmaking app Filmic Pro, including Filmic CEO Neill Barham. Christy Keenan, a spokesperson for Bending Spoons, confirmed the layoffs in an email to The Verge, saying that “all 22 members of the original Filmic team” were...
From PC World: Microsoft has quietly reduced the amount of Microsoft Rewards points users can earn, enraging users who have used the points to offset some of Microsoft’s more expensive services, like Game Pass.
Microsoft has removed the daily 15-point bonus for using Microsoft Edge, and has reduced...
From CNET: Phone makers like Google and chip makers such as Qualcomm suggest that 2024 will be the year of on-device AI. Last month at its annual Executive Summit, MediaTek, the producer of the silicon that ends up in millions of phones and smart devices, highlighted the advantages to using...
When I was a bit younger and online gaming was not yet as popular as it was today, one of my favorite weekend activities was getting a group of friends together and having a LAN party. We used to cram a whole bunch of desktop PCs into a room too small for all of us. As we were setting up, we would discuss the games we would play or the strategies we would attempt. Setting up everyone to ensure everything would run smoothly, however, always took...
From PC Mag: The first Tesla Cybertruck customers finally received their vehicles today. They've been patient: Tesla first announced the futuristic electric pickup in 2019, and pushed back deliveries several years as the company worked through design and production issues.
A dozen customers...
From The Verge: In a blog post published today, Meta says it’s expanding and updating its child safety features aimed at protecting kids — even as reports pile up about how its platforms recommend content sexualizing children.
Over the course of several months, The Wall Street Journal has detailed...
From ExtremeTech: It's no secret that Chinese gamers and other nationals have recently been clamoring to acquire as many RTX 4090 GPUs as possible. Nvidia's flagship gaming GPU was officially banned from being sold in the country on Nov. 17 out of fears the cards would be repurposed for military and...
From Tom's Hardware: The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 is almost here. We'll get our first taste of the game on December 5 at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT.
The announcement for the trailer is almost comical in how sparse it is. A blog post on Rockstar Games' website reads only "Trailer 1. Tuesday...
From PC Mag: A US senator is vowing to block the nomination of a new National Security Agency (NSA) chief until the US spy agency answers whether it's buying location and web browsing data on Americans.
The threat comes from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), who’s pledging to hold up the nomination of Lt...
From ExtremeTech: Almost a year ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook pronounced the company would aspire to use US-made chips in some of its products. On Dec. 7, 2022, we reported on Mr. Cook's attendance at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new TSMC fab in Arizona, where he stated the company would someday be...
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