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Facebook agreed to restore news pages on its site in Australia after it said late Monday that it had reached a favorable deal with the government there. The deal, which came after 11th-hour negotiations and intense backlash against the company, would enable Facebook to run news without having to go through a government-run arbitration process, […]
With Australia moving to make the tech companies pay for news, Facebook took a hard line, while Google has struck deals to pay publishers. SAN FRANCISCO — For months, Facebook and Google have been locked in a stare-down with news publishers and lawmakers in Australia. At the heart of the fight is whether the tech […]
Google on Wednesday struck a deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp to pay the news publisher when posting some of its stories across its vast online empire, underscoring an ongoing shift in the years-long battle over whether tech giants should pay for news. The deal is part of Google’s News Showcase product, which lets publishers […]
Getty Images Facebook News, the social network’s dedicated section for news content, is launching in the UK. The UK is the second market to get Facebook News, which launched in the United States last year. Several major news publishers, including Channel 4, Sky News, and The Guardian have signed deals with Facebook to provide content. […]
Historically, Intel has used CES as a venue not only to showcase its latest innovation in silicon design, but also as the stage for presenting its vision for computing. At CES 2020 last year, for example, it teamed up with Lenovo to show off new computing form factors, and the two companies jointly showcased the […]
As if the shortage of graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia in 2020 wasn’t already bad enough, gamers who were unable to purchase a GPU last year may find that their coveted PC component will cost more in 2021. A price increase isn’t to blame for the increased cost this year, however, which is the […]
YouTube said it suspended right-wing channel One America News for one week, beginning Tuesday, for violating its policy against misinformation related to the covid-19 pandemic and temporarily stripped the channel of its ability to make money from other videos. YouTube spokeswoman Ivy Choi said OAN, which has 1.2 million subscribers on the video service and […]
When “Arkham Asylum” dropped 11 years ago, it exceeded expectations of what a superhero game, let alone Batman, could be. It was a landmark release that became one of this century’s most influential titles. Now Rocksteady Studios and WB Games Montreal are each releasing games branching out from that design philosophy. And they both have […]
Nearly two years after bringing ray tracing to the mainstream with its Turing cards, Nvidia is hard at work on the successor to its popular RTX 2080 flagship. The RTX 3000 series will use a new Ampere architecture that debuted on Nvidia’s DGX A100 supercomputers, marking the first time that the company will use a […]
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today Last Chance: Register for Transform, VB’s AI event of the year, hosted online July 15-17. Though Apple’s free News app has been an unqualified hit with iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users since its 2015 release, its $ 10 monthly news […]
Electronic Arts’ EA Play Live 2020 event is part of the Summer Game Fest, and it showed off a number of its biggest upcoming games. Star Wars: Squadron was announced ahead of the event, though the presentation had more in store for viewers than that. Star Wars: Squadrons A clip from Star Wars: Squadrons gives […]
Hundreds of posts spreading misinformation about Covid-19 are being left online, according to a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Some 649 posts were reported to Facebook and Twitter, including false cures, anti-vaccination propaganda and conspiracy theories around 5G. 90% remained visible online afterwards without any warnings attached, the report suggests. Facebook said […]
Staying current is key in our fast-paced world. Most people wouldn’t even consider getting a physical morning newspaper anymore, so we depend on digital sources for our news. Finding an app that helps you get the news you want in a timely manner is essential. We’ve evaluated the best news apps, whether you use Android […]
An example of Dark Sky’s maps from the desktop Web version. Dark Sky Here’s a precipitation heatmap from the iOS version. Dark Sky This is the main view in the iOS app. Dark Sky And here’s the multi-day forecast in the app. Dark Sky This push notification went out to iOS users today. Dark Sky […]