Peacock is officially available across the US today, but it was near-impossible to find on the Google Play Store for much of today. For hours, it didn’t show up in search results. Android’s Peacock app published overnight in the Google Play Store as planned, and it was available to download if you had a link […]
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Amazon warns Echo Buds owners to update firmware to avoid overheating risk
Amazon has begun sending emails out to owners of its Echo Buds true wireless earbuds, cautioning those customers to update the device firmware as soon as possible to avoid a “potential safety risk.” A new firmware update addresses this problem, and helps ensure that headphone batteries last as long as possible, by making charging more […]
Reddit adds image galleries, making it way easier to share multiple images at a time
Until now, if you wanted to include more than one image in a single post on Reddit, it’s been a chore. Most users, especially on mobile, had to drop links to external photo-sharing sites like Imgur into a post or reply. But today, Reddit is adding a new feature called Image Gallery, which lets you […]
NBC’s Peacock streaming service launches with free, ad-supported tier
NBCUniversal has formally launched its Peacock streaming service, which offers a blend of live and on-demand programming with a rather unique hook. Peacock offers three different tiers for users to choose from. The free, ad-supported tier offers more than 13,000 hours of content at launch including current season hits from NBC (one week after they […]
Stadia announces 16 upcoming games
Google has signed on five new developers to make exclusive titles for its Stadia cloud gaming service. Two of those five already have fully realized projects, with one ready for release. Developer Splash Damage, which developed the recent Microsoft exclusive Gears Tactics, is now making an online multiplayer game called Outcasters, while popular strategy and […]
Google expands Play Pass to nine countries beyond the US
Google introduced Play Pass on Android it’ll be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom this week. If you’re interested, you can check out Google Play Pass for free with a one-month trial. You’ll find it in the Play Store menu. After the trial’s up, it typically […]
You can now apply for your $25 iPhone ‘batterygate’ compensation
Apple agreed to pay up to $500 million to US consumers as part of a settlement that came out of its iPhone batterygate saga. To qualify for a payment, you must either currently or have previously owned an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus and or an iPhone SE that ran […]
Star Wars: The Bad Batch is a new Clone Wars spinoff coming to Disney Plus in 2021
Star Wars: The Clone Wars wrapped up its final season on Disney+ a couple of months ago, but there’s another animated series in the works from a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: The Bad Batch will premiere on the streaming service next year. Like The Clone Wars, Rebels, and the live-action The Mandalorian, The […]
Twitch restores Donald Trump’s account after a two-week suspension
Twitch has lifted its temporary ban on Donald Trump’s account. It suspended the president two weeks ago for “hateful conduct” related to controversial comments regarding Mexican migrants that he made in two streams. Trump’s account, which was used to broadcast new and past campaign rallies, was banned for racist comments made by the president on […]
Google’s Pixel Buds now available in more countries, including Australia, Canada, and the UK
Google announced that its second-generation Pixel Buds are now available in more countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Spain, and the UK. The true wireless headphones have only been available in the US since their April 27th release date. Google also said it will offer Pixel Buds in more colors starting next […]
Cisco’s Webex videoconferencing software now lets you set virtual backgrounds
Cisco’s Webex has unveiled virtual backgrounds for its videoconferences. Users can either apply a “blur” effect to mask their background or replace with one of Webex’s preset background images. Zoom, the most popular videoconferencing app of the moment, and rivals Google Meet and Microsoft Teams all allow users to upload their own custom images for […]
Wells Fargo Directs Employees to Delete TikTok, Citing Security Concerns
America’s fourth-largest bank, Wells Fargo, is barring the app TikTok on company devices and instructing any employees who have it currently installed to remove it immediately, citing privacy concerns. We have identified a small number of Wells Fargo employees with corporate-owned devices who had installed the TikTok application on their device,” Wells Fargo said in […]
Samsung’s 5G Galaxy Z Flip may have been fully revealed in these latest leaks
The Galaxy Z Flip has been leaked a number of time and now we have an entire leaked video and a set of rumors about the new “Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G” that seems to leave nothing to the imagination and suggest it might be ready for Samsung’s upcoming August 5th Galaxy Unpacked event. The […]
Amazon bans TikTok citing “security risks,” then says it was all a mistake
Amazon ordered employees to delete TikTok from their phones today, citing “security risks.” Amazon’s email to employees did not specify what security risks the company is worried about or whether TikTok has already caused a security problem internally. Last month research found TikTok’s app was able to read clipboard data on iOS devices. TikTok said […]
LinkedIn faces lawsuit over claims it secretly read iPhone clipboard data
Reuters reports that iPhone user Adam Bauer has sued LinkedIn over claims the job-focused social network “secretly” read iOS clipboard data often, including the Universal Clipboard that shares copied content with nearby devices. The Microsoft-owned firm was spying on users, according to the lawsuit, and allegedly violated California law in the process. A spokesperson from […]















