How to watch the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Discord, Snap and X testify about...
The CEOs of five social media companies are headed to Washington to testify in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about child safety. The hearing will feature Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Snap CEO Evan...
View ArticlePayPal is laying off 2,500 employees
PayPal is laying off nine percent of its workforce, the company’s CEO Alex Chriss told staff in a letter on Tuesday that PayPal made public hours later. The decision will impact about 2,500 employees,...
View ArticleMicrosoft's gaming revenue was up 49 percent in Q2, mostly thanks to the...
Microsoft posted another blowout earnings report for Q2 of the 2024 fiscal year, with revenues of $62 billion (up 18 percent from last year) and profits of $21.9 billion (a 33 percent increase). But...
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Microsoft’s legal department allegedly silenced an engineer who raised...
A Microsoft manager claims OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 has security vulnerabilities that could allow users to generate violent or explicit images (similar to those that recently targeted Taylor Swift). GeekWire...
View ArticleElon Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package has been tossed out by the court
In 2018, Tesla awarded Elon Musk a $56 billion pay package that helped propel him to the top of world's richest lists. Now, a judge in Delaware has rendered the deal between the company and the CEO to...
View ArticleUniversal Music threatens to pull songs from TikTok over payment terms
Universal Music Group (UMG) is threatening to pull all of its music from TikTok today following a breakdown in negotiations over royalties, the company wrote in an open letter. That would mean TikTok...
View ArticleSamsung's annual profits continued to decline in 2023
Samsung has failed to recover from the sharp decline in profit it experienced in 2022. In its latest earnings report, the Korean company has reported KRW 258.94 trillion ($194 billion) in annual...
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The Morning After: This is Doom running on E. coli bacteria
MIT biotech researcher Lauren “Ren” Ramlan has run the iconic computer game Doom using gut bacteria. It’s not doing the running of the game, per se, but it is running (barely) on a display inside a...
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The best webcams for 2024
Whether you’re working from home part time or most of the time now, you're a content creator or you stream regularly online, one of the most important pieces of tech you have is your webcam. You want...
View ArticleYamaha’s new audio mixer for gamers has a simpler interface and cheaper price
Yamaha has a new audio mixer for gamers and streamers. Nearly three years after the launch of the company’s first gaming-specific soundboard, the company’s new ZG02 adds a dedicated USB-C port for...
View ArticleCities: Skylines II toxicity and more layoffs | This week's gaming news
It's an awkward time to be a PC player. The platform has more games covering more genres than ever, and even standard PC hardware can deliver pristine, photorealistic graphics. At the same time, some...
View ArticleThe European Space Agency will test 3D printing metal on the ISS
The first metal 3D printer that will be used in space is on its way to the International Space Station. The Cygnus NG-20 supply mission, which is carrying the 180kg (397 lbs) printer, launched on...
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Persona 3 Reload is a surprising dose of 2000s nostalgia
If you have a popular gaming franchise, now is the time to decide if you can repackage it, upgrade some textures, or completely reimagine the title for the 2020s. Atlus’ Persona games are one of those...
View ArticleThe best 2-in-1 laptops for 2024
We’re still waiting for the perfect hybrid PC that can work as well as a tablet as it does as a laptop. As we enter 2024, it seems like many companies have also given up on that ideal — but Microsoft,...
View ArticleAmazon's Fire TV soundbar is back on sale for $100
Amazon's Fire TV soundbar is back on sale for $100, bringing the price down from $120. That’s a savings of $20, or 17 percent, on the well-regarded audio device. This matches the Black Friday price...
View ArticleThe best Super Bowl 2024 TV deals we could find
Super Bowl LVIII is right around the corner, which means it's a solid time to go TV shopping. To help those looking for a new set, we've rounded up the best Super Bowl 2024 TV deals we could find from...
View ArticleShark robot vacuums are up to 46 percent off right now
There are a few go-to names when it comes to robot vacuums and Shark is right up there. The company makes some of the best robot vacuums on the market, and several models are currently on sale. The...
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TikTok is the fastest-growing social platform, but YouTube remains the most...
The Pew Research Center has published an updated survey of US adult social media usage. Although YouTube (especially) and Facebook retain their dominant status from the last poll in 2021, TikTok is the...
View ArticleSenate tells social media CEOs they have 'blood on their hands' for failing...
The CEOs of Meta, Snap, Discord, X and TikTok testified at a high-stakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child exploitation online. During the hearing, Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Jason...
View ArticleSega of America plans to lay off 61 workers
Sega of America plans to lay off 61 employees in March, according to a California WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) report. Eurogamer and X user @WhatLayoff first reported on the...
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