January 21, 2020 Alexa-powered Lego challenge winners include a game system and waffle iron Amazon and Lego have unveiled the winners of their Alexa-focused Mindstorms challenge, and they're as clever and oddball as you'd hope. The grand prize…
January 21, 2020 You Won’t Find Harry Potter on HBO Max, Thanks to Streaming’s Weird New Normal You might assume that Warner Bros.’ big new streaming service would have one of the studio’s biggest movie franchises available when it launches, but…
January 21, 2020 Brazil charges journalist Glenn Greenwald for colluding with hackers Brazilian federal prosecutors have charged Glenn Greenwald with violating the country's cybersecurity laws, reports The New York Times. According to a 95-page complaint, Greenwald…
January 21, 2020 While you wait for Half-Life: Alyx, catch up on every classic Half-Life game for free Half-Life: Alyx will launch in March 2020 for PC-based VR headsets, but right now, Valve is giving gamers the opportunity to catch up on…
January 21, 2020 The US has its first case of the new Wuhan coronavirus Illustration by Ana Kova A case of the new virus spreading rapidly in China has been reported in a patient in Seattle, Washington, Reuters…
January 21, 2020 Dolittle will delight small children and drive adults mad Sometimes you just want more for someone, even if they are rich, famous, and probably doing fine. Today, that person is Robert Downey Jr.,…
January 21, 2020 AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su talks new Ryzen 4000 chips and out-performing Intel AMD CEO Lisa Su at CES 2020 We’re still rolling out our Vergecast interviews from CES 2020 this month, and this week we have…
January 21, 2020 America’s Second-Largest Doctors Group Backs Medicare for All America’s doctors are starting to warm up to the idea of a single-payer health care system, aka Medicare for All. This week, the American…
January 21, 2020 Report Claims Apple Left a Backdoor Open at FBI’s Request As tensions escalate in a public spat between Apple and federal officials over the company’s apparent refusal to unlock two iPhones belonging to the…
January 21, 2020 YouTube TV arrives on PS4 ahead of PlayStation Vue shut down PlayStation Vue subscribers have likely already marked their calendars for January 30th, the day when Sony will pull the plug on its live TV…