A group of California plaintiffs has filed a lawsuit against Chinese tech giant Tencent in state court, alleging that the company’s WeChat mobile app has censored and surveilled them and shared their data with Chinese authorities. The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, claims that the company’s practices violate the plaintiffs’ free-speech and privacy rights, and […]
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order isn’t a role-playing game, but it does still include an upgradeable skills system that allows protagonist Cal to become more powerful and gain new abilities. Mastering the skills you learn is crucial to your success, especially when it comes to the game’s later bosses. In order to complete your mission, […]
The 2021 digital toolkit – How small businesses are taking charge Learn how small businesses are improving customer experience, accelerating quote-to-cash, and increasing security. Register Now Voice-activated AI (VAI) is increasingly ubiquitous, whether in the form of conversational assistants or more generalized personal assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri. Researchers to date have studied […]
Enlarge Getty Images Security firm Malwarebytes said it was breached by the same nation-state-sponsored hackers who compromised a dozen or more US government agencies and private companies. The attackers are best known for first hacking into Austin, Texas-based SolarWinds, compromising its software-distribution system and using it to infect the networks of customers who used SolarWinds’ […]
The company has boomed in popularity during the pandemic but getting its exercise bikes delivered has proved a struggle, one that is angering new customers. Peloton’s relentlessly positive Instagram posts usually attract enthusiastic responses from its 1.2 million followers, who love the company’s charismatic instructors and its $ 1,900-plus bikes and treadmills. But recently the […]
Enlarge / Trump supporters near the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. The rioters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. (Photo by Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images) It’s a dark moment in American history that will not be soon forgotten. On January 6, thousands of supporters of soon-to-be-former […]
Driving Game Growth & Into the Metaverse Register today to connect with the games industry, join private networking sessions, and hear the latest on driving game growth and the metaverse. January 26-28, 2021 Register for free Join the all-digital event that’s giving game publishers an edge in an uncertain ecosystem. From January 26-28, GamesBeat is […]
Enlarge Qualcomm Qualcomm is repackaging a chip from last year into the “Snapdragon 870.” Last year’s flagship SoC was the Snapdragon 865, and then Qualcomm released the slightly up-clocked Snapdragon 865+. The Snapdragon 870 seems to be a 865++. It’s another clock bump. Qualcomm has a totally impenetrable product lineup, so it’s hard to know […]
Heading into Saturday’s much-anticipated engine test of NASA’s massive moon rocket, the space agency said repeatedly it was confident the test would be successful as it worked toward the rocket’s first flight by the end of this year in a quest to return astronauts to the lunar surface. But during a private briefing Tuesday morning, […]
Enlarge If you’re in IT, you probably remember the first time you walked into a real data center—not just a server closet, but an actual raised-floor data center, where the door wooshes open in a blast of cold air and noise and you’re confronted with rows and rows of racks, monolithic and gray, stuffed full […]
Giving digital games to friends has been a key feature on Steam and other PC gaming clients for years, but console gaming has lagged behind that trend. Thankfully, Microsoft now offers the ability to gift games over Xbox Live. To help make your next foray into gift shopping quick and painless, here’s how to gift Xbox […]
Driving Game Growth & Into the Metaverse Register today to connect with the games industry, join private networking sessions, and hear the latest on driving game growth and the metaverse. January 26-28, 2021 Register for free Presented by Xsolla To successfully launch a mobile game in an increasingly crowded market, you need to think beyond […]
Removing the ear cups is actually not that hard. iFixit Here are the logic boards—one for each ear. iFixit These are the sorts of screws you’ll have to unscrew to service this product—and there are a lot of them. iFixit This time, iFixit partnered with Creative Electron to get an extra-high-quality X-ray view. iFixit As […]
Getty Images Software giant Github has apologised for firing a Jewish employee who warned co-workers to be careful about Nazis. The employee was fired two days after using the word to describe participants in the US Capitol riots. But Github now says that decision was a mistake, and its head of HR has resigned over […]
The space race in an alternate timeline continues in the second season of For All Mankind, returning to Apple TV+ in February. Apple TV+ has dropped the trailer for the second season of For All Mankind, its science fiction drama about an alternate history where the space race never ended. The series was the linchpin […]