James Ohlen might not be a household name, but if you love video games, you might have played some of the titles he helped create. He became a full-time designer to work on the original Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II back in the '90s, a…
Lees meerGuitar players wanting to liberate themselves from long instrument cables that tether them to a spot on stage (or clutter up their practice space) usually have to buy a whole system with transmitters and receivers and such. Now, however, Bo…
Lees meerIf you've been eyeing Acer's Alexa-enabled laptops, you may want to check out the company's deals on Amazon for Prime subscribers. The manufacturer has slashed $50 off all available models' prices, which really isn't that much -- good thing…
Lees meerIf you have DirecTV and you're fed up of having to use an old-fashioned remote to get to the content you want to watch, starting today, you can just holler at Amazon's Alexa voice assistant to do the work for you. Alexa is now compatible wi…
Lees meerTonight Apple announced a new partnership that will connect its suppliers in China to renewable energy sources. This isn't its first push to increase the use of clean energy in the country that has been called the world's most polluting, bu…
Lees meerDirector Nicolas Winding Refn's (Drive) movie streaming service has officially entered its beta test. If you signed up for updates when it was announced last October, you should see the byNWR invite in your inbox this week, if not today. …
Lees meerUber riders in the US can now pay for their rides with Venmo. Starting today, users will see a "Pay With Venmo" option next to one for Apple Pay. This could make it easier for anyone who prefers not to link their financial informaiton to th…
Lees meerUber apparently has a lot of money to fight an ongoing public relations battle. The beleaguered ride-sharing company has enlisted... wait, what? Spike Lee has directed and produced five new short films (also called commercials) for Uber cal…
Lees meerEarlier this month, news emerged that the Securities and Exchange Commission had started its own probe into Facebook. Today, Sources told The Wall Street Journal that the SEC is specifically looking into whether the social media giant shoul…
Lees meerJust when we thought the AT&T--Time Warner merger was finally a done deal when a judge ruled in its favor last month, it seems not everyone will accept it. The Justice Department is reportedly set to appeal the approval, according to a …
Lees meerIt looks like Facebook has another privacy issue on its hands, this time over its closed groups. CNBC reports that Andrea Downing, a moderator of a closed Facebook group, discovered that a Chrome extension called Grouply.io let her download…
Lees meerAt an event before the New York Auto Show back in March, Waymo unveiled the first luxury vehicle it's adding to its nascent self-driving service's fleet: The new I-Pace, Jaguar Land Rover's answer to Tesla's Model X. The Alphabet company fi…
Lees meerClear announced a new partnership today with Major League Baseball and Tickets.com that will let fans opt for biometric ticketing at certain MLB ballparks. Those who link their Clear accounts to their MLB.com accounts will be able to use th…
Lees meerThe FCC has voted to change its rules around formal complaints from the public. Now, complainants will have to pay a $225 fee to bring their issue to the commission via the official process. Informal complaints, however, are still free. …
Lees meerThe fight between YouTube and Twitch just got a little uglier. Producers like Linus Tech Tips, Surny and Aztrosizt have complained that YouTube abruptly (though temporarily) terminated their accounts for using videos to promote their Twitc…
Lees meerIn the wake of January's false nuclear missile warning in Hawaii, the FCC is looking to improve the reliability of its Emergency Alert system. Now authorized state and local officials can conduct "live code" tests of the system, which use t…
Lees meerIt's summertime in the Western hemisphere, which means sidewalks and parks are full of folks catching Pokêmon with their phones. If you'd rather be the prey, though, maybe give The Walking Dead: Our World a chance then. The free-to-pl…
Lees meerFacebook is slowly but surely diversifying its staff, with more women and people of color filling the ranks, according to the company's annual diversity report. But the company admits it still has work to do in order to increase representat…
Lees meerNominations for the 2018 Emmy Awards were just announced and Netflix, Hulu and Amazon all fared quite well. Netflix led the pack by far with a total of 112 nominations -- beating out HBO for the top spot this year -- while Hulu and Amazon P…
Lees meerIf you're using Chrome, you now have fewer reasons to worry about Spectre-style security threats. Google has revealed that Chrome 67 for desktop and the matching Chrome OS release enable a previously experimental Site Isolation feature tha…
Lees meerWhen Apple launched the current MacBook Pro design in 2016, it kept the old 15-inch model around for those who insisted on the the earlier design. Now that the 2018 refresh is here, though, that holdover has gone away -- the 2015 MacBook P…
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