| Amazon will start streaming Robert Kirkman's 'Invincible' on March 26th Posted: 22 Jan 2021 03:00 PM PST  Amazon has shared the first trailer for Invincible. The upcoming adult animated series sees The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman and Steven Yeun reunite for another project. This time around, Yeun stars as 17-year-old Mark Grayson, who struggles to come...  |
| The first big 'Cyberpunk 2077' patch has arrived Posted: 22 Jan 2021 02:36 PM PST  As promised, the first of two early-2021 patches for CD Projekt Red's troubled Cyberpunk 2077 has arrived. This updates the game to version 1.1 on PC, consoles and Stadia, and according to the notes it lays the groundwork for future updates, while al...  |
| Blizzard is gobbling up Vicarious Visions Posted: 22 Jan 2021 12:48 PM PST  Game publisher Activision is folding one of its oldest support studios into Blizzard. On Friday, the company told GamesIndustry.biz all 200 team members of Vicarious Visions are now employees of Blizzard. And moving forward, they'll be "fully dedicat...  |
| Democrats ask Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to rework their suggestion algorithms Posted: 22 Jan 2021 11:41 AM PST  A group of more than 30 democratic lawmakers led by Representatives Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) are calling on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to make substantive changes to their recommendation algorithms. In three separate letters...  |
| Cadillac's upcoming Celestiq flagship EV has a tint-shifting smart roof Posted: 22 Jan 2021 10:09 AM PST  GM has high hopes for its upcoming Cadillac Celestiq sedan, slated for release in 2023. The flagship EV is being built to help the brand recapture its reign as "the Standard of the World." As such, it's expected to arrive packed to the gills with cut...  |
| The best deals we found this week: $40 off Google's Pixel 4a 5G and more Posted: 22 Jan 2021 09:20 AM PST  This week brought a return of some holiday sale prices, plus a few deals that are even better than those we saw late last year. Google's Pixel 4a 5G fell to a new record-low price, while the 8th-generation iPad remains on sale for $299. If you want t...  |
| Pinterest adds eyeshadow to its virtual makeup kit Posted: 22 Jan 2021 09:00 AM PST  Pinterest has expanded its Try On feature with a new makeup category: eyeshadow. The app will now give you a way to virtually try on eyeshadow products from Lancome, YSL, Urban Decay and NYX Cosmetics. You can access the selection by tapping the Pint...  |
| President Biden appoints 'world-class' cybersecurity team in wake of hacks Posted: 22 Jan 2021 08:35 AM PST  President Biden is elevating the importance of cybersecurity in light of the SolarWinds hack that compromised multiple government institutions. Reuters reports that Biden has appointed (and will soon appoint) a host of officials well-versed in cybers...  |
| Microsoft increases Xbox Live Gold prices for new members Posted: 22 Jan 2021 07:33 AM PST  Microsoft continues sending not-so-subtle signals that it would really, really like you to drop Xbox Live Gold in favor of Game Pass. The company has raised prices for new Xbox Live Gold memberships across the board, with the changes becoming more no...  |
| Podcast: Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra review Posted: 22 Jan 2021 05:30 AM PST  We're back in review mode this week! Cherlynn dishes her thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra, and whether they're worthy upgrades over last year's phones. Do all those cameras make a difference? And is there a point to releasing a Galaxy...  |
| The Morning After: The Galaxy S21 reviews are in Posted: 22 Jan 2021 04:50 AM PST  The verdict is in for Samsung's Galaxy S21 series. We've got two separate reviews for you today, one on the premium Ultra variant and another for the standard S21 — which should also inform you of what to expect from the S21+ model. Don't expect any...  |
| Apple's next MacBook Air could be even thinner and lighter Posted: 22 Jan 2021 04:02 AM PST  Last week, Bloomberg reported that Apple was planning a redesigned MacBook Air. It was a footnote, however, in a larger piece that focused on some upcoming MacBook Pro laptops. Today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has provided some more detail on the next...  |
| YouTube finally delivers HDR videos on the Xbox One Posted: 22 Jan 2021 03:40 AM PST  You can finally watch YouTube videos in HDR on last-gen Xbox One S and One X consoles, along with the latest Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X models, according to Google. As spotted by Flat Panels HD and confirmed by Engadget, opening a YouTube HDR vi...  |
| Touchless tech mimics the ability to ‘press’ an elevator button Posted: 22 Jan 2021 03:05 AM PST  In their COVID—19 information page, both the CDC and the WHO warn people against touching their faces with unwashed hands, since the virus can survive on surfaces. There's been a rise in the use of touchless technologies as a result, and Singaporean...  |
| Tucows closes its once-popular software download site Posted: 22 Jan 2021 02:30 AM PST  It was inevitable, really. In the early days of the internet, Tucows was known as a reliable place to find and download new software. Today, however, most people are happy to use a modern App Store — Microsoft and Apple both run their own — or naviga...  |
| The View40 is Honor's first phone after splitting from Huawei Posted: 22 Jan 2021 01:31 AM PST  Honor has unveiled the flagship View40 5G, its first phone since it was sold off by Huawei, Engadget Chinese has reported. Released in China as the V40, it could well come to Europe and elsewhere at a later date under the View brand. The V40's headli...  |
| Google says it will disable Search in Australia if it's forced to pay for news Posted: 21 Jan 2021 09:43 PM PST  Google has been at odds with the Australian government ever since the latter started working on a mandatory code of conduct that would require Facebook, Google and others to pay news outlets for using their content. Now, according to The Sydney Morni...  |
| 'Uncharted' movie release date slides to February 11th, 2022 Posted: 21 Jan 2021 06:47 PM PST  Word of an Uncharted movie started floating around even before the second game in the series came out. We've been talking about it since at least 2008, many years before filming supposedly wrapped in October of last year. However, in the era of COVID...  |
| Alphabet will 'wind down' Loon's internet-broadcasting balloons Posted: 21 Jan 2021 05:43 PM PST  In 2013 Google shocked us by announcing Project Loon, an effort to distribute wireless connections from balloons floating 20km above the Earth. Now, as first reported by Wired, Google's parent company Alphabet is pulling the plug on it, apparently be...  |
| Elon Musk announces $100 million prize for new carbon capture tech Posted: 21 Jan 2021 04:11 PM PST  Things we already know: The world is growing uncomfortably warm due to humanity's insistence on burning fossil fuels. Elon Musk is currently the wealthiest human on the planet. Yet for being among the wealthiest people on the planet, Musk's philanthr...  |
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