Motorola expands its budget-friendly phone lineup with the $160 Moto G Pure
Motorola is expanding the Moto G lineup with another budget-friendly device. The $160 Moto G Pure runs on the MediaTek Helio G25 octa-core processor, rather than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 seen in the...
View ArticleLyft now lets you pay for your Tinder date's ride
Now that in-person dating is making a comeback, Lyft and Tinder want to encourage more of those face-to-face encounters. As teased in March, the Tinder app now includes an Explore hub that lets you buy...
View ArticleAMC Theaters now lets you buy digital gift cards with Dogecoin
AMC is leaning into its relatively newfound status as a meme stonk by letting people buy gift cards with Dogecoin. The theater chain already had plans to accept bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin...
View ArticleCourtney Barnett's web app lets you remix her latest singles
You don't have to be a Kanye fan (or buy a gadget) to remix a new album. MusicTechnotes that Courtney Barnett has shared a free, web-based stem mixer that lets you chop up three singles from the...
View ArticleMicrosoft made a translucent controller for the Xbox's 20th birthday
On November 15th, 2001, Microsoft released the original Xbox, in the process, it changed the console landscape forever. Twenty years later, the company plans to celebrate the birthday of its first-ever...
View ArticleArcade 2.0 has actual playable instruments and an AI-powered sample processor
Output first made a name for itself with meticulously sampled software instruments like Analog Brass & Winds and Exhale, that made use of Native Instruments' Kontakt Player. The company even got...
View Article'Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City' trailer is full of zombies
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, a reboot of the movie series, will hit theaters on November 24th, and Sony Pictures has provided a taste of what's in store with the first trailer. Writer and...
View ArticleYouTube cancels its much-maligned Rewind once and for all
YouTube scrapped its Rewind 2020 video due to COVID-19 and social unrest, but it's not coming back now that the turmoil is (partly) calming down. As Tubefilter first confirmed, YouTube is cancelling...
View ArticleDisney is reportedly developing a 'WandaVision' spin-off starring Kathryn Hahn
Marvel Studios is reportedly developing a new Disney+ series that will see WandaVision’s Kathryn Hahn reprise her role as Agatha Harkness, according to Variety. If the project moves forward, Jac...
View ArticleThe Internet Archive's 'Wayforward Machine' paints a grim future for the web
The Internet Archive is marking its 25th anniversary by peering into the future to predict what the web might look like a quarter of a century from now. The non-profit took the opportunity to rail...
View ArticleEidos' Quebec game studios shift to a four-day work week
Eidos is joining the ranks of game developers pushing back against crunch time. The Square Enix-owned studio has announced that its Quebec locations (Montreal and Sherbrooke) are shifting to a...
View ArticleThe Geneva International Motor Show is canceled for a third straight year
The 2022 Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) won’t go forward due to the coronavirus pandemic. Following cancellations in 2020 and 2021, the trade show was supposed to return on February 19th, 2022,...
View ArticleYouTube's accessibility upgrades include multiple audio tracks
YouTube is improving video accessibility for both viewers with sight issues and those beyond the English-speaking world. To start, the company is testing the option of adding multiple audio tracks to...
View ArticleClaire Foy will star as Sheryl Sandberg in TV series about Facebook
More than a decade after Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher dramatized the rise of Facebook with The Social Network, a new TV series will attempt to tell the story of the company’s more recent history. Per...
View ArticleYouTube blocks ads on climate change denial videos
YouTube's reduced tolerance for misinformation now extends to climate science. The Google service has enacted a new policy barring ads and monetization for content that contradicts the...
View ArticlePanasonic's BS1H is a box-style camera with a full-frame sensor
In 2020, Panasonic announced the BGH1, its first-ever box-style camera. The company took the internals of its well-liked Micro Four ThirdsGH5S and rehoused them in a body better suited for video...
View ArticleTesla is moving its headquarters to Texas from California
Turns out Tesla isn't just building a factory in Austin, Texas — it's also moving its headquarters to the city from California. Elon Musk has announced the move at the company's most recent annual...
View ArticleApple opens its Detroit Developer Academy to 100 students
Apple has opened its Developer Academy in Detroit, first announced early this year as part of its Racial Equity and Justice initiative. The project, done in collaboration with Michigan State University...
View ArticleApple's 2020 iPad Air has never been cheaper on Amazon
Apple's 2020 iPad Air was a big improvement over the previous year's model, thanks to the nicer iPad Pro-like design, great performance and strong battery life. The main problem with it was the $599...
View ArticleAMD vows to fix Ryzen processor slowdowns on Windows 11
Installing Windows 11 might make the apps on your AMD-powered computer slower, the chipmaker has warned. AMD has published documentation on a couple of Windows 11 bugs affecting its Ryzen processors,...
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