Canada considers law requiring Facebook, Google to pay news publishers
Canada may soon echo Australia in making internet companies pay news publishers to use their content. CBC Newsreports Canada's ruling Liberal Party has introduced legislation requiring that Facebook,...
View ArticleDozens of gig workers have been the victims of homicide
Over 50 gig workers have been killed on the job in the United States since 2017, according to a report released today by Gig Workers Rising. Of that figure, nearly two-thirds (34 deaths) occurred this...
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The Peloton Guide wouldn’t let me skip a single push-up
Peloton continues to take steps beyond cardio exercise with Guide, a set-top camera ($295) that brings strength training to the lineup. It’s joined by a new all-inclusive $39 monthly subscription (with...
View ArticleGOG renews its focus on classic games, starting with 'The Wheel of Time'
GOG originally stood for "Good Old Games," and the online store wants to better match the expectations associated with that name. It's launching a revival that will do more to highlight and support...
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MLB is turning to an electronic pitch-calling system to fight cheating
For well over a century, baseball catchers have signaled pitches with their fingers, but that could soon become a thing of the past in the big leagues. Major League Baseball has approved the use of a...
View ArticleESPN will air tonight’s Nets and Knicks game with decade-spanning classic...
On November 1st, 1946, the Toronto Huskies and New York Knicks played what is now considered the first game in NBA history. With the league celebrating its 75th birthday this season, ESPN hopes to take...
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OpenAI's DALL-E 2 produces fantastical images of most anything you can imagine
In January, 2021, the OpenAI consortium — founded by Elon Musk and financially backed by Microsoft — unveiled its most ambitious project to date, the DALL-E machine learning system. This ingenious...
View ArticleESPN is getting into NFTs with the help of Tom Brady
When Orlando Magic point guard Jalen Suggs became one of the first amateur athletes to auction an NFT, it was hard to imagine the technology entering the mainstream. After all, most of us still had no...
View ArticleTwitter appears to have quietly altered a key way deleted tweets can be...
Twitter might finally be delivering an edit button, but the company appears to have quietly altered a key way deleted tweets can be preserved. As writer Kevin Marks first pointed out, the company...
View ArticleMeta won't host its F8 developer conference this year
Meta still isn't keen on reviving its F8 conference, but this time it's not due to the pandemic. The Facebook parent firm revealed that it "will not hold" F8 in 2022 as it retools for "building the...
View ArticleTHQ Nordic will host a digital game showcase on August 12th
THQ Nordic will host its second annual digital showcase on August 12th, the publisher announced on Wednesday. The company said it would announce new games as well as share updates on previously...
View ArticlePolice reports suggest a larger pattern of AirTag stalking
It’s been clear for a while that bad actors are planting location trackers on other people without their knowledge to track their locations. Trackers have been used in car thefts as well. Now,...
View ArticleXbox controllers can now switch TV input back to your console
You won't have to reach for a remote the next time you're ready to return to your Xbox after a TV session. Microsoft is rolling out an update that lets you press the Xbox button on your controller to...
View ArticleApple can now fix Face ID on the iPhone X without replacing the whole device
Apple debuted a program in March that let it repair Face ID on newer iPhones without replacing the whole device, but it left the iPhone X out of the equation — frustrating if you're determined to use...
View ArticleMLB's latest streaming deal brings Sunday games to Peacock
Major League Baseball and NBCUniversal's Peacock have reached a deal that will see 18 games throughout the 2022-23 season broadcast on the streaming service, per the latter's tweet Thursday.BATTER UP!...
View ArticleRemedy is remaking the first two Max Payne games for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S
Remedy is remaking Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. In a surprise announcement on Wednesday, the Finnish studio said it was working with Rockstar Games to fully remaster the first two...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg thinks this looks like a home office
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg — a real, human man who works — understands the plight of those who work remotely. The 37-year old founder of one of the world’s largest companies is actually working remotely...
View ArticleThe SEC is reportedly investigating Amazon over its use of third-party seller...
Back in 2020, a Wall Street Journal report revealed that Amazon employees routinely used data collected from third-party sellers to launch competing products for the company's private-label business....
View ArticleGoogle is clamping down on out-of-date Android apps
Google has unveiled new policies for the Play Store that will effectively bar any existing Android Apps that are significantly out of date. All apps in the Store must target an API level within two...
View ArticleFacebook may crack down on Russian government accounts to fight disinformation
Facebook says it’s eyeing new ways to limit the influence of official Russian government accounts as it sees a surge in cyber espionage and “covert influence operations” tied to “government-linked...
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