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Here’s a look at Mark Cuban’s podcasting platform Fireside

Last month, The Verge broke news of Mark Cuban and Falon Fatemi’s new app Fireside, which promises to deliver a “next-gen podcast platform.” Now, The Verge has gotten a first look, and provided a better sense of the app’s functionality and interface. It’s currently in beta on iOS with a limited number of testers, most of whom appear to work in venture capital or as podcasters. However, their chats are visible to anyone, […]

todayMarch 8, 2021

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Verizon support suggests that 5G customers “turn on LTE” to save Battery Life

Despite its relentless promotion of 5G phones and the fact that it spent more than $45 billion bidding on a new faster spectrum, Verizon support now is advising people on Twitter to turn off their phones’ 5G access to preserve battery life. In a Sunday morning tweet, Verizon support helpfully suggested that “one way to help conserve battery life is to turn on LTE” if users found their batteries were […]

todayMarch 3, 2021

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Microsoft is finalizing its Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows PCs

Microsoft is finalizing its Xbox Game Streaming app for Windows PCs, which includes access to streaming games from the company’s xCloud service. Once released, the app will let Windows users stream games from their Xbox Series S / X consoles, and from xCloud. Currently, you can’t stream games from the new Xbox consoles to Windows PCs, as this is unsupported in the existing Xbox Console Companion app. This new app […]

todayMarch 2, 2021

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The Verge holds Live Online Event on Real-World Implications of Section 230 Reform

The tech website The Verge has announced it will be holding a Live Online Event on Monday, March 1st at 2pm ET / 11am PT to talk about Section 230 and the future of tech regulation.  Section 230, which turned 25 years old this February, has played a central role in shaping the internet. Over the past year, Congress has introduced several proposals to change the law — some of […]

todayMarch 1, 2021

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Google is changing its Diversity and Research Policies in the wake of AI team co-leader’s Firing

According to Axios, Google is changing its policies related to research and diversity after completing an internal investigation into the firing of ethical AI team co-leader Timnit Gebru.  The company intends to tie the pay of certain executives to diversity and inclusivity goals. It’s also making changes to how sensitive employee exits are managed.   Although Google did not reveal the results of the investigation, the changes seem to be […]

todayFebruary 25, 2021

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Apple lawyers are fighting for Valve’s Steam data in ongoing litigation with Epic Games

Apple subpoenaed Valve in November as part of its ongoing litigation with Fortnite developer Epic Games, and it’s demanding that Valve provide extensive sales data for more than 400 games, according to a new filing (via PC Gamer). The move comes amid Apple’s ongoing fight over Epic’s efforts to avoid paying iOS App Store fees. Apple argues that Valve’s data is necessary to calculate the size of the market of […]

todayFebruary 24, 2021

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Diablo News from BLIZZCON 2021

Diablo II is getting remastered for console and PC Diablo II is getting a big overhaul in a new remaster. After a few leaks, Blizzard officially announced Diablo II Resurrected at its online-only edition of Blizzcon 2021. The new version of the game — which first launched back in 2000 — will launch this year on PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S, with cross-progression between PC […]

todayFebruary 23, 2021

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover beams back first Images from its Wild Landing

NASA just released a cache of tantalizing photos from its Perseverance rover after landing on Mars Thursday, with one showing the rover getting dropped off by the rocket-powered platform it used to gently descend on the Red Planet’s surface. Scientists are poring through hundreds of images and expect to release more — including videos and audio — in the coming days. The SUV-sized Perseverance rover touched down at Mars’ Jezero […]

todayFebruary 22, 2021

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