Showing posts with label Tech News Alert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tech News Alert. Show all posts

Friday, July 12, 2019

Facebook’s $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing joke

Facebook’s stock went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations broke today. That, as the Ne...

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Trump apparently knows what Bitcoin is, and he doesn’t like it

President Donald Trump took some time out of his evening to tweet about cryptocurrencies today, announcing to the world that he is “not a f...

YouTube drafting ‘creator-on-creator harassment’ rules after Steven Crowder incident

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Head of NASA’s human exploration program demoted as agency pushes for Moon return

The head of NASA’s human exploration program has been replaced within the agency, just months after Vice President Mike Pence challenged NA...

Chinese EV startup Seres halts US launch, lays off 90 people in Silicon Valley

Seres, the Chinese EV startup formerly known as SF Motors, is laying off 90 people in its Silicon Valley office, the company announced in a...

Monday, July 8, 2019

Google says Stadia games will remain playable even if publishers stop supporting the platform

Google has updated the FAQ page for its upcoming Stadia cloud gaming service and it includes one notable tidbit of new information. The co...

Friday, July 5, 2019

Nintendo president: ‘we must keep up’ with cloud gaming tech

In some ways, the Nintendo Switch can already provide one of the biggest benefits of cloud gaming : the ability to sling a game from a big ...

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Samsung’s earnings were likely hit by Huawei but boosted by Apple

Samsung Electronics expects its second-quarter operating profit to have more than halved from a year previously, falling about 56 percent t...

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Samsung has reportedly fixed the Galaxy Fold

Monday, July 1, 2019

Samsung teases Galaxy Note 10 event on August 7th

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Netflix is reportedly adapting Neil Gaiman’s Sandman

Another Neil Gaiman property is being adapted for the small screen. The Hollywood Reporter says that Netflix is closing in on a deal with...

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Biden pushes smart guns as solution for gun violence during primary debate

During Thursday night’s Democratic debates , former Vice President Joe Biden pitched his “smart gun” policy on the national stage when aske...

Here are Jony Ive’s most important — and indulgent — Apple product videos

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

These are the best, most objectively powerful Pokémon fusions

In case you missed it, Pokémon fusions are back in the news, thanks in part to a recent Tumblr meme and helped along by a small but growin...

Monday, June 24, 2019

Amazon Prime Day 2019 sales start on July 15th

Amazon Prime Day is back on July 15th for the biggest sale event in Amazon’s annual tradition of deals and discounts. And this year, Amazo...

Sunday, June 23, 2019

Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro could land in September

IHS Markit analyst Jeff Lin believes that Apple’s rumored “all-new” 16-inch MacBook Pro will be unveiled in September, as noted by Forbes ...

Saturday, June 22, 2019

US cyberattack reportedly hit Iranian targets

Yahoo News is reporting that a “retaliatory digital strike against an Iranian spy group” was carried out this past Thursday. The Washingt...

Microsoft’s new Windows Terminal now available to download for Windows 10

Microsoft first unveiled its new command line app for Windows, dubbed Windows Terminal , at Build earlier this year. It’s a new central loc...

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

UK to indefinitely delay age-verification system for online porn

The United Kingdom will likely delay its controversial age-verification system for online pornography ‘indefinitely,’ according to a report...

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Tesla Arcade hands-on: using a Model 3 steering wheel as a game controller

Tesla is pulling its secret video game features out of the shadows and bringing them front and center starting today as Tesla Arcade , a ne...