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Never Gonna Give You Up: Fortnite now lets you Rickroll your friends

In a wonderful Valentine’s Day surprise, Fortnite has introduced a new emote inspired by the Rickrolling meme, and it’s incredible. It plays part of the actual song by Rick Astley, “Never Gonna Give You Up,” and your in-game character dances just like Astley does in the music video. The emote, called “Never Gonna,” is available in Fortnite’s in-game shop right now for 500 V-bucks, which approximates to about $5. You […]

todayFebruary 18, 2020

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China’s Coronavirus Outbreak is Impacting the Tech Industry

The Verge reports that the tech sector is currently feeling the impact of the coronavirus, with companies closing offices, stores, and factories in China as well as restricting employees from nonessential travels to the country. The closures, which were initially expected to last through the Lunar New Year holiday week in late January, have now extended to February 10th, though it is still unclear whether most companies will be back […]

todayFebruary 10, 2020

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Warner Bros. turns to AI to help Predict Film Success

The Verge reports that Storied film company Warner Bros. has signed a deal with Cinelytic, an LA startup that uses machine learning to predict film success. A story from The Hollywood Reporter claims that Warner Bros. will use Cinelytic’s algorithms “to guide decision-making at the greenlight stage,” but a source at the studio told The Verge that the software would only be used to help with marketing and distribution decisions […]

todayJanuary 17, 2020

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8 Big Takeaways from CES 2020

CES 2020 is in the books, and if there’s only one major takeaway, it’s this: in the absence of one clear Next Big Thing, there are a lot of ideas getting thrown at the wall. Many of them are intriguing, but overall it seems like we’re waiting for some parts of the consumer electronics ecosystem to mature. That trend expresses itself differently in different types of product categories, but it […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020

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Spotify joins Google and Twitter, will ‘pause’ political ads in early 2020

As first reported by AdAge, Spotify states that it will “pause” political advertising early in 2020 on its ad-supported tier and its original and exclusive podcasts, saying it doesn’t have the resources to properly vet such ads.   “At this point in time, we do not yet have the necessary level of robustness in our processes, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content,” the company said in […]

todayDecember 30, 2019

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New Samsung Galaxy Buds appear to be on the way, just not on Santa’s Sleigh

Filings for what appear to be a new set of Samsung Galaxy Buds have hit the FCC, indicating that a new version of Samsung’s wireless earbuds might be arriving soon — and the Droid Life reports that the filings have a tantalizing piece of information that might indicate improved battery life. In a diagram of where the required FCC labeling may appear on the new Galaxy Buds, you can see that […]

todayDecember 25, 2019

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The Verge’s Ten Best Video Games of 2019

It’s never easy narrowing down a list of the best games of the year, but 2019 seemed particularly difficult for the editors at The Verge. There wasn’t a single blockbuster that dominated the conversation, but that doesn’t mean it was a bad year for games — in fact, the depth and breadth of titles was impressive. During the voting process, The Verge staff called out forty-five different games as ranking […]

todayDecember 23, 2019

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Yap is becoming the New “It” Room for Chatting

Are you a fervent chatter?  You might want to check out Yap, the new chat application built by Postlight, a digital product studio, that seems to be the new "it" room for chatting it up.  Yap is pretty simple. It’s a six-person chat room (“Because seven is annoying,” says the official blog), where every message you post erases the one you posted before it; you can only say one thing […]

todayDecember 18, 2019

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The Best Black Friday (and Before) Deals on Nintendo Switch Consoles, Games and Accessories

It’s tough to keep track of all the gaming deals that will kick off on Black Friday. That’s sort of a good problem to have; it means that there’s no shortage of deals on consoles, games, and accessories for the Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 4, and the Xbox One X and S.   Below are the best deals that the experts at The Verge have found on Nintendo Switch consoles, games, […]

todayNovember 27, 2019

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