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io9GamesTwitch and Facebook Gaming Are Having One Hell of a Year. YouTube Gaming? Eh, Not so Much
As the world descended into lockdown last year, people overwhelming tuned into livestreams to connect with others and stave off boredom while stuck in their homes. And that pandemic-fueled growth shows no signs of slowing down even as the world attempts to return to business as usual, with both Twitch and Facebook Gaming seeing record … Continued
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Tech NewsReddit’s Reportedly Cooking Up Its Own Clubhouse-Like Voice Chat Feature
Rumor has it the front page of the internet may be the latest online platform cooking up a social audio feature a la the voice-only chat app Clubhouse. Reddit is quietly working on incorporating moderator-run voice chats onto the platform, a person familiar with the matter said in a Friday Mashable report. In an interview … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsSamsung’s Upgraded Smart Tracker Can Help You Find Your Keys Using AR
On Thursday, Samsung announced plans to launch an upgraded version of its Galaxy SmartTag smart trackers, the aptly named SmartTag+, globally on April 16 with a U.S. rollout expected sometime “in the coming weeks.” These smart trackers attach to your keys, wallet, or whatever you frequently misplace to help you hunt them down via an … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceEmails Show Amazon Pressured USPS to Install Mailbox at Alabama Warehouse Ahead of Union Vote
Amazon reportedly pressured the United States Postal Service to expedite the installation of a mailbox outside of its Bessemer, Alabama warehouse ahead of a high-profile union vote, a move union supporters argue is a blatant tactic to intimidate employees. That’s according to a series of internal USPS emails obtained in a Freedom of Information Act … Continued
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Tech NewsPinterest Is Reportedly Eyeing VSCO Acquisition
The online pinboard site Pinterest is reportedly in talks to scoop up VSCO, a photo-editing and sharing app that you may remember for inspiring a teen subculture back in 2019. Negotiations remain ongoing, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the New York Times, and there’s still no word on a possible price for … Continued
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Tech NewsThese Text Message Receipts Reportedly Led Feds to Rep. Matt Gaetz
Federal investigators began looking into Florida U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz following a mysterious after-hours visit to a Florida tax agency where a former local official was allegedly churning out fake IDs, the Daily Beast reports. Little did they know that was just the tip of the iceberg. Gaetz now faces a Justice Department probe into … Continued
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Tech NewsEven Atari’s Reanimated Corpse Is Getting in on the NFT Grift
Let me start right off the bat with the disclaimer that this is not an April Fool’s joke. Atari, or rather, the corporate entity that now runs the shell of the beleaguered video game company, has jumped on the non-fungible token hype train to shamelessly cash in on that arcade nostalgia. The NFTs, “limited edition” … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceAmazon Was Reportedly Considering a Chain of Discount Stores Before the Pandemic Hit
Another purported casualty of the coronavirus pandemic has surfaced, folks: Amazon brick-and-mortar discount stores. Yep, the e-commerce giant considered opening up permanent retail locations to peddle unsold inventory before the world descended into lockdown, Bloomberg reported Thursday. While the fallout from covid-19’s spread has shuttered a record number of stores across America and recent consumer … Continued
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Tech NewsWeWork Is Finally Going Public Thanks to Merger With BowX Acquisition
Nearly two years after WeWork imploded ahead of its planned initial public offering, the office-sharing startup is finally going public. On Friday, WeWork announced a merger with special-purpose acquisition company BowX Acquisition Corp. The deal values WeWork at $9 billion, a far cry from the ridiculously inflated $47 billion it was valued at in the … Continued
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Tech NewsLinktree Raises $45 Million for Its ‘Link in Bio’ Social Commerce Service
“Link in bio.” If you, like me, are constantly doomscrolling online, you’ve probably come across the phrase before. Between the endless conveyer belt of new social media platforms and the fact that most limit users to just one URL in their bio, it’s led to a growing demand for landing pages to house all those … Continued
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Tech NewsParler Says It Warned the FBI of Violent Posts Threatening the Capitol Before Jan. 6 Insurrection
Parler, the online safe haven for bigots and far-right extremists, claims it repeatedly alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation about “specific threats of violence being planned at the Capitol” ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, the company’s lawyers said in a letter to lawmakers dated Thursday. After seeing record growth in the latter half … Continued
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EartherMultiple Tornadoes Tear Through Alabama, Shutting Down Amazon Warehouse
Authorities reported several injuries and fatalities in Alabama as tornadoes tore through the Birmingham metro area on Thursday. The storms, which come on the heels of roughly 50 tornadoes that hit the region last week, left flattened homes and extensive property damage in their wake. The National Weather Service received reports of at least 10 … Continued
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Tech NewsTrump Plans to Launch a Social Media Platform and It’s Gonna Be Huge
Former President Donald Trump is planning to return to social media with “his own platform,” his advisor said Sunday. And none of those fake news meanies will be invited. Neener neener neener. OK, so that last part was me, but considering how fiercely we know this man-child holds grudges, I suspect any Trump-powered social media platform … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsHow Many Slaps Does it Take to Cook a Chicken? This YouTuber Built a Slapping Rig to Find Out
Is it possible to cook an entire meal with the power of slaps? That’s the question YouTube creator Louis Weisz set out to answer in his latest video. Now you can impress your friends by telling them you know how many slaps it takes to cook a chicken: at least 135,000. Weisz first tackled this … Continued
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Tech NewsBrazilian Regulators Fine Apple Nearly $2 Million Over Charger-Less iPhone 12
Regulators in the Brazilian state of São Paulo slapped Apple with a nearly $2 million fine on Friday for failing to include chargers within iPhone 12 boxes, according to 9to5Mac and a Google translation of a report from Brazilian tech news outlet Tilt. The consumer protection agency Procon-SP also accused Apple of engaging in misleading … Continued
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io9GamesThis Game Reimagines Pokémon as a Playable Font Where Creatures Capitalize Instead of Evolve
Fontemon is the answer to a question absolutely no one asked: What if Pokémon was a playable font? Oh, and let’s set it in Minnesota too. Because why the hell not. The font-turned-Pokémon-parody was spotted by software engineer Daniel Feldman this week and created by developer Michael Mulet. Playing it is as simple as typing, … Continued
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EartherEarth ScienceLong-Dormant Volcano in Iceland Awakens in Fiery Eruption
A long-dormant volcano erupted on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Friday, shooting a fountain of lava that lit the night sky roughly 19 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of the nation’s capital, the Icelandic Meteorological Office reported Friday. The eruption, estimated to be the peninsula’s first in almost 800 years, follows weeks of increased seismic activity in … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceInspired by Alabama Coworkers, Amazon Employees Nationwide Begin Union Talks: Report
A slew of Amazon workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver, and Southern California are looking into unionizing, emboldened by their Alabama coworkers’ high-profile union campaign, Bloomberg reported Friday. Amazon workers have been fighting to organize for years, citing backbreaking workloads, unsafe conditions amid the global covid-19 pandemic, dystopian workplace surveillance, and Amazon’s history of … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaZuck Slowly Shrinks and Transforms Into a Corncob Ahead of Apple’s Looming Privacy Updates
Facebook has pushed back against Apple’s planned rollout of anti-tracking tools at every possible opportunity, but now the social media giant seems to be changing its tune in a last-ditch effort to save face. On Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook may actually be in a “stronger position” after the privacy updates to iOS and … Continued
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EartherEPA’s Climate Change Sub-Site Is Back, Baby
The Environmental Protection Agency relaunched its website’s climate change section on Thursday, nearly four years after the Trump administration took it offline in a bid to downplay the threats of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions. “Climate facts are back on EPA’s website where they should be,” said EPA administrator Michael Regan in a press statement. “Considering the … Continued
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