Fortnite's latest update adds climbable monsters and brings back Tilted Towers
Fortnite may be on to a new chapter, but Epic Games is keen to bring back the past in more ways than one. To begin with, the developer has added decidedly Toothless-like climbable monsters (Klombos)...
View ArticleRoku is making a Weird Al mockumentary starring Daniel Radcliffe
It took more than a decade, but Weird Al is finally about to get the documentary he has always deserved. You may recall back in 2010 Funny Or Die released a trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story....
View ArticleMicrosoft Game Pass tops 25 million subscribers
Microsoft's bid for Activision Blizzard may be the highlight of the day, but the company also revealed a major milestone for its Game Pass service in the process. The all-you-can-play offering now has...
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Lenovo made a $329 Snapdragon-powered Windows 11 tablet for students
Lenovo has revealed its latest batch of devices geared toward students. Perhaps the most eye-catching offering is a Snapdragon 7c-powered Windows 11 tablet. The company suggests the 10w Tablet might be...
View Article'Cuphead' animated series comes to Netflix February 18th
You won't have to wait as long for Netflix's Cuphead show as you did for the video game. Netflix has revealedThe Cuphead Show premieres February 18th, and has offered a trailer to show just what you...
View ArticleTwitter expands misinformation reporting to three more countries
Twitter's experiment with misinformation reporting is now available in more countries. As TechCrunchreports, Twitter has expanded the "it's misleading" reporting test to Brazil, Spain and the...
View ArticleCOVIDTests.gov is accepting orders for free rapid tests a day early
Folks in the US can now order free, at-home COVID-19 tests from a United States Postal Service website, one day earlier than expected. Last week, the Biden administration said people would be able to...
View ArticleIsraeli police reportedly used Pegasus spyware to conduct domestic surveillance
Israeli police have employed NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to extract data from phones belonging to Israeli citizens, according to an investigation by the country’s Calcalist business publication. Police...
View ArticleAmazon series starring actors on the autism spectrum debuts this week
A show that stars three actors who all identify as being on the autism spectrum will debut on Amazon Prime Video this week. Rick Glassman, Albert Rutecki and Sue Ann Pien play three 20-something...
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HP's new Fortis laptops for students are a bit more kid-proof
Giving a computer to a kid is basically putting it through a torture test. So HP is launching its new line of rugged Fortis laptops made to stand up to the abuse of students.Comprised of a range of...
View ArticleYouTube (mostly) abandons its original content ambitions
YouTube is further backing away from original productions. Business chief Robert Kyncl has revealed that YouTube is shrinking its Originals program. From now on, the unit will only finance projects...
View ArticleA health-monitoring app for Olympic attendees reportedly has glaring security...
Just over two weeks before the 2022 Winter Olympics are set to get underway in Beijing, researchers have issued a report claiming that an app many attendees are using has major security issues. The...
View ArticleSnapchat is limiting friend recommendations for teen accounts
Snapchat is changing up its friend recommendation feature following calls for increased safety on the app. The company is making it harder for adult strangers to find teens in its app by limiting...
View ArticleAT&T and Verizon delay 5G rollout at some airports after airlines warn of...
AT&T and Verizon say they will voluntarily delay the deployment of their new C-Band 5G services near some US airports after several carriers, including Delta, United and Southwest Airlines, wrote...
View ArticleMarvel's 'Moon Knight' series premieres March 30th on Disney+
Disney+ is finally close to releasing Moon Knight. The Marvel series is now set to debut March 30th, and the trailer shows just how the streaming service will handle the mercenary turned superhero....
View ArticleWork-life balance is a surgical implant away in Apple TV+ series 'Severance'
Apple's latest TV+ sci-fi series is decidedly stranger than usual — but also one of its most star-studded. The tech firm has released the first trailer for Severance, a Black Mirror-like thriller...
View ArticleApple and Google oppose Senate antitrust efforts, claiming they'd hurt...
With the Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled to discuss the American Innovation and Choice Online Act and the Open App Markets Act this week, Apple and Google are stepping up their opposition to both...
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Microsoft consolidating the video game industry is bad for everyone
It was cute at first. When Xbox head Phil Spencer took the stage at E3 2018 and announced the acquisition of five notable studios – Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games and The...
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Reddit 'revamped' its block feature so blocking actually works
Reddit is “revamping” its block feature so that blocking on Reddit functions more like other social platforms. With the change, blocking a user on Reddit will not just block that person’s posts from...
View ArticleLyft is spending millions to stop Massachusetts drivers from becoming employees
Lyft has already splashed out $14.4 million towards a likely November ballot measure in Massachusetts which would cement its drivers as contractors, rather than employees — and the vast majority of...
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