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YouTube loses major advertisers over controversial videos
Slash Gear - 28 Nov 2017 04:10Google offers real-time search data for news, images and video
Engadget - 28 Nov 2017 05:34
Finding out what people are searching for in real time is a trivial matter these days, thanks to Google Trends. Online since 2015, the service is useful for discovering what the world is paying attention to, like why Don...
Anxious White House Mulls Banning Staff From Using Personal Cell Phones
Gizmodo - 28 Nov 2017 04:00
Beset by an amazing degree of technical incompetence and enough leaks to sink Atlantis, President Donald Trump's administration is now mulling a White House-wide ban on the use of personal cell phones, Bloomberg reported...
AT&T extends the deadline for its Time Warner merger to April
Engadget - 28 Nov 2017 17:21
When AT&T announced that it was going to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion back in 2016, the deal was expected to close by the end of 2017. Now, it's clear that won't happen, and as a result, AT&T has extended the deadli...
VR at the Tate Modern's Modigliani exhibition is no gimmick
Engadget - 28 Nov 2017 17:00
In recent years, HTC has partnered with several museums to cultivate VR as a tool for art and learning. New projects are always in the works, and recently the company launched the Vive Arts program, reaffirming its commi...
The Mini OS Wars
TechPinions - 28 Nov 2017 15:51
Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring most of my time covering personal computers, the OS Wars were basically between Apple’s Mac OS and Microsoft's Windows OS. The battle between these two operating systems has been fierce at...
Plex Has Now Added Commercial-Cutting to Its Cordcutting DVR Service
Gizmodo - 28 Nov 2017 06:05
Plex, the cable box-killing media player and DVR service, has launched a new feature to automatically strip commercials from recorded media as it prepares to take its DVR functionality out of beta, Cord Cutters News repo...
Galaxy S8 soon to come in Burgundy Red
Slash Gear - 28 Nov 2017 05:51
Remember when red, or one of its many variations, was the new black? Well, it seems that Samsung does indeed remember. Though almost a year too late. Samsung has just announced that a Burgundy Red edition is coming out, ...
Earthworms can reproduce in Mars-like environment
Slash Gear - 28 Nov 2017 05:15
Earthworms are capable of reproducing in a Mars-like environment, according to a new study, a crucial discovery that aids research into growing crops on Mars. The discovery was made when biologist Wieger Wamelink found a...
Uber's Big Cyber Monday Offer Is An Investment Deal At A Discount Of $20 Billion: Report
Gizmodo - 28 Nov 2017 03:58
Uber is looking for a new investment deal to raise some cash and shift power away from former-CEO Travis Kalanick's remaining interest, and it just got an offer that would cut its recent valuation by $20 billion. That's ...
Project Fi Android One Moto X4 deal offers $100 service credit
Slash Gear - 28 Nov 2017 03:11
Project Fi is offering buyers $100 in service credit if they purchase a Moto X4. The deal isn’t for any Moto X4, though; you’ll need to buy the Android One Moto X4 offered through the Project Fi online store, which i...
Upgrade to 5.1 Surround For $153, No Receiver Required
Gizmodo - 28 Nov 2017 02:57
Vizio's turnkey 5.1 surround sound system is back down to $153, the best price we've seen in months.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals you can still grab
Engadget - 28 Nov 2017 02:45
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White House may ban staffers from using personal phones at work
Slash Gear - 28 Nov 2017 02:01
The White House is considering a ban on personal mobile phone usage, a move that will prevent staffers from using their own handsets during work. The ban, should it happen, would be a cybersecurity move, according to off...
Dive into 'Destiny 2' for free starting tomorrow
Engadget - 28 Nov 2017 01:39
So you missed out on Destiny 2's beta tests and didn't want to buy the game without giving it a try. Are you stuck? Thankfully, no. Bungie will offer a free Destiny 2 trial on PS4, Xbox One and PC starting on November 28...
The Women of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Come Together in One Glorious Photo
Gizmodo - 28 Nov 2017 01:30
What happens when eight actresses who play heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe appear in a single photo? You're about to find out.
Destiny 2 XP system tweaked after accusations that it was rigged
Slash Gear - 28 Nov 2017 01:16
Bungie is changing the experience points system used by Destiny 2 following a controversy claiming that the system is rigged. The controversy revolves around claims that as players spent longer amounts of time playing du...
Google Docs, Slides and Sheets now feature drag-and-drop on iPad
Engadget - 28 Nov 2017 01:03
It was nice to see Google integrate its Drive apps into iOS 11's document-consolidating Files, but it seems they're not done refining. This morning, the search giant updated several of its productivity suite apps for iOS...
Study Estimates That Pokémon GO Has Caused More Than 100,000 Traffic Accidents
Gizmodo - 28 Nov 2017 00:57
The Pokémon GO phenomenon has mostly faded, but the destruction left in its wake could be far larger than anyone imagined. Two professors from Perdue University have attempted to get an idea of the game's effect on traf...
The Newest Batman Video Game Is One of the Best Explorations of the Joker in Years
Gizmodo - 28 Nov 2017 00:45
Episode three of Batman: The Enemy Within delivers a compellingly sympathetic portrait of a character that we've been trained to immediately hate on sight.
Ubisoft's next indie game 'Ode' is out in the UK
Engadget - 28 Nov 2017 00:42
A couple years ago, Ubisoft started an incubator at its Reflections Studio to make indie games -- the first of which, the delightful Grow Home, came out in early 2015. Now the same team has released a new title, the rela...
iPhone X update for Pokemon GO adds top of screen
Slash Gear - 28 Nov 2017 00:32
Today the update for Pokemon GO’s iPhone X modification went entirely live for all users. This newest update was announced last week, but wasn’t available to all users until today. Users on Android got their chance t...