Author: News Room
President Trump wanted to ban TikTok. Now he wants to save TikTok. There might even be a plan to save TikTok, though right now it feels more like a “concepts of a plan†situation. Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues to press hard on regulating Big Tech, while also cozying up to their CEOs — and illegally firing some of the regulators. Companies like OpenAI and Google are trying to convince the White House to go along with their vision for AI, but it doesn’t seem anyone knows where they stand. So what does the Trump administration want to do with…
Severance’s season 2 finale debuts on Apple TV Plus today – but don’t worry, there’s still more to come. In a reply to producer Ben Stiller, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted a video confirming the series renewal, saying “Season 3 of Severance is available upon request.”Even though there was a three-year gap between the release of Severance season 1 and season 2, it doesn’t look like that will be the case this time. While on Jason and Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast, Stiller said “the plan is not” to have fans wait three years for the next season’s release. The…
AI might be a dominant force right now, but there’s something an endless stream of binary just can’t replicate — couch multiplayer. Sure, taking down digital foes in your favourite console games can be fun, but can it match the feeling of scoring a screamer against a human opponent? Can it rival watching their face in real-time while you send a rocket-propelled grenade directly at their in-game avatar? While greedy game publishers foist all manner of atrocities on us players, including open world collect-athons, iterative updates of the same title, or even live service games (shudder), there’s nothing quite like…
Timex is taking a nostalgic dive into the past with the launch of the Q Timex 1982 Ana-Digi Reissue, a faithful revival of one of its most distinctive watches from the ‘80s. This reissue combines an affordable quartz movement with a hybrid analogue and digital display, wrapped in a stylish, compact stainless-steel case. At 33mm in diameter, the brushed and polished stainless-steel case retains the retro proportions of the original, and should look great on most wrists. Available in both silver-tone and gold-tone finishes, the watch features a clean black or champagne dial, complemented by a thin handset and a…
Five major video game companies, including Nintendo of America and Microsoft, are joining a major new “cross-industry effort” managed by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) to share clearer information about the accessibility features in their games.As part of the “Accessible Games Initiative,” the five “founding members” — Electronic Arts, Google, Microsoft, Nintendo of America, and Ubisoft — will initially use a set of 24 tags like “large and clear subtitles” and “narrated menus” to communicate certain accessibility features, according to a press release.The companies will put the tags on places like their digital storefronts and product pages (which typically already…
In an effort to improve the chances of finding the email you’re looking for, Google is introducing an optional AI-powered upgrade for Gmail’s search function. Google searches will no longer just return results in chronological order based solely on the keywords you’re searching for, but will instead also take into account other criteria, including “recency, most-clicked emails and frequent contacts,” according to a post shared to Google’s The Keyword blog today. “With this update, the emails you’re looking for are far more likely to be at the top of your search results — saving you valuable time and helping you…
Microsoft revealed earlier this year that it’s combining “the best of Xbox and Windows together” for handhelds, and now the company is starting to drop the first hints at what that UI might look like. In a blog post about Xbox “opening a billion doors,” Microsoft briefly revealed a new Xbox UI that looks a lot more console-like across multiple devices and even appears to list Steam games.After briefly posting an image of a new Xbox UI across multiple devices, Microsoft quickly removed it once The Verge inquired about it. The image has a new Xbox UI that can be…
Just like with Verizon, customers on Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile and Charter’s Spectrum Mobile will need a Galaxy S25 or Google Pixel 9 to access the feature, which is powered by the non-terrestrial network service provider Skylo. This is the same company that worked with Google to launch the Pixel 9’s Satellite SOS feature.For now, Xfinity Mobile and Spectrum Mobile will only let Galaxy S25 and Pixel 9 owners send emergency messages without Wi-Fi or cellular data, but both companies plan on letting them send and receive SMS text messages over satellite “in the coming weeks.”Disclosure: Comcast is also an investor…
Segway has issued a recall for all of its Ninebot Max G30P and Max G30LP electric scooters due to a faulty mechanism that can cause the scooters’ handlebars and stem to fold while it’s in use, creating a fall hazard, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The company has received 68 reports of the failures occurring, resulting in 20 injuries ranging from bruises and abrasions to lacerations and even broken bones.Around 220,000 of the recalled scooters have been sold since January 2020 at stores including Best Buy, Costco, Walmart, Target, Sam’s Club, and Amazon. The Ninebot Max G30P…
In a true sign of a vibe shift in Washington, a DC bar beloved by Republican staffers announced that it was shuttering its doors – and will reportedly be replaced by a bar that only accepts cryptocurrency as payment.Local news site PoPville first reported on Thursday that a D.C. outpost of Pubkey, a bar located in Greenwich Village that describes itself as a “vibrant bitcoin community”, had taken over the lease of Hill Country, a popular Texas barbecue restaurant and music venue, which recently announced it would close its doors in Penn Quarter after 14 years.It’s part of a trend…
Google is taking down 10,000 fake business listings from Google Maps and suing a network of scammers who set them up, CBS News reports. The company’s lawsuit alleges that a man connected to a broader scam network created fake business profiles on Google Maps and sold them for profit. Google was tipped off by a Texas-based locksmith who said someone was impersonating them on Google Maps, which led to the Wednesday lawsuit.“Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated,” Google’s general counsel Halimah DeLaine Prado said Wednesday on CBS Mornings Plus. “Once we’re alerted to the actual fraud, we take extreme efforts to…
As reports of vandalism and even a supposed doxing website targeting Tesla locations and vehicles continue to appear, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new warning about old crimes. In a Department of Justice press release, she “announced charges against three individuals responsible for the violent destruction of Tesla properties.”It didn’t mention that all of the arrests and charges listed had already been reported days or weeks ago.Lucy Nelson is facing malicious destruction of property and firearms charges filed on March 5th in Colorado. Adam Lansky was charged on March 5th in Oregon with illegally possessing an unregistered destructive device.…