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This spring Alphabet subsidiary Wing LLC became the first drone delivery company to receive FAA certification, and the company has successfully launched drone delivery service in Australia and Helsinki. Now, with more drones in the sky, it needs a way to keep them safe. Today, Wing formally introduced its OpenSky app, which could serve as […]
Twitter has been having a problem with user growth, mostly due to its slow progress on reducing abuse on its platform, but also because it has a history of making bad design decisions that make it harder to navigate and communicate, such as fiddling with its reverse-chronological feed. Quality of life improvements such as rich […]
Microsoft is opening up Windows 10 even further to third-party digital assistants. In the next update to Windows 10, due in September, Microsoft will allow voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa to activate on the lock screen. It’s a relatively minor change, but it does show Microsoft is willing to open up how it handles voice […]
We’re halfway through the first day of Amazon’s Prime Day megasale, and on Monday afternoon the internet retailer revealed some of its best-selling items so far. It might not come as too much of a surprise to learn that Amazon’s own devices, which are heavily discounted during Prime Day, are proving massively popular. Thanks to […]
Microsoft has announced that version 1903 of Windows 10 will be blocked from Surface Book 2 users. It seems that the update conflicts with the Nvidia GPUs that those computers use. A compatibility glitch with the May 2019 update is causing the discrete GeForce GTX 1050 used in the high-end Surface Book 2 to become […]
Apple has cut the prices of SSD upgrades across much of its Mac lineup. Rather than ditching a feature like Touch ID, Apple went with a more affordable solid state drive that isn’t quite as fast as its predecessor in terms of read speeds. Apple last week refreshed its base model MacBook Air and MacBook […]
eBay doesn’t want Amazon to get all of the spotlight during Prime Day 2019, and it’s taking a dig at the glitch that interrupted the consumer holiday last year to offer a Crash Sale. If Amazon goes down, eBay will release a flood of “too-good-to-be-true” deals. But you don’t have to wait around for an […]
The US isn’t the only country that wants to create a dedicated space force within its military. French President Emmanuel Macron has greenlit plans to create a space command within his country’s air force. Beginning this year, the new space command will form part of the Air Force, which will later be renamed to the […]
Microsoft is ready to pack up its board and card games once and for all. The software giant has published a post on Microsoft Answers announcing the retirement schedule for the old-school games bundled with now retired versions of Windows, including Backgammon, Checkers, Spades, Hearts, Reversi and MSN Go. “Hello, Microsoft Internet Games players,” the […]
Huawei appears to be prepared for a long trade battle despite the US government’s promises of easing some restrictions. Wall Street Journal sources claim Huawei is prepping “extensive” layoffs. The layoffs are expected at Huawei’s US-based research and development arm, Futurewei Technologies, the paper reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the situation. The unit currently […]
The big story yesterday was the FTC hitting Facebook with a record fine of $5 billion, following numerous scandals around the handling of personal data. But markets appeared happy with the fine, and sent Facebook’s market-cap up by over $10 billion, entirely negating the punitive action. Yesterday, we reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) […]
After weeks of reports that the company was working to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its privacy practices, the two parties have finally come to an agreement. The Wall Street Journal reports that commissioners voted to approve a $5 billion settlement — something Facebook had already accounted for for the social network […]
Sales of PCs grew in the second one quarter of 2019, in line with Gartner and IDC, with the Home windows 10 refresh riding call for. Each analysis corporations confirmed Lenovo topping gross sales for the quarter, grapping the No. 1 spot from HP. Sales in Q2 totaled 64.9 million units, up 4.7 percent year-over-year. […]
Google tweeted that it is in the process of rolling out a redesigned News tab for the desktop version of search. It will use a card-style layout similar to what you see with prominent news items in organic search results. It will also feature the names of publication more prominently. News stories are now displayed […]
Hulu has launched a new Live Guide showing which live TV shows are available to watch on the streaming service right now and also what’s coming up in the next two weeks. The Live Guide works like a traditional TV guide, displaying the times and duration of the shows available on Hulu+ Live TV. The […]