June 18, 2020 Facebook pledges $200 million to support Black-owned businesses Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook would give $10 million to groups working on racial justice. Since then, Apple has pledged $100 million…
June 18, 2020 TwitchCon San Diego has been canceled Twitch has canceled TwitchCon San Diego, the annual event it runs to showcase what’s next for the streaming platform and to bring its community…
June 18, 2020 Honeywell will let other companies tap into its quantum computer Honeywell's quantum computer is now commercially available after it was first announced in March. The company, best known in the US for making thermostats,…
June 18, 2020 Guinness reinstates Billy ‘King of Kong’ Mitchell’s world records Billy "Video Game Player of the Century" Mitchell has been vindicated. Today, Guinness World Records reinstated the Donkey Kong and Pac-Man records that were…
June 18, 2020 Apple Podcasts may get personalized recommendations in iOS 14 The upcoming iOS 14 software release will include some notable changes to the Apple’s Podcasts app, such as a feature that suggests podcasts you…
June 18, 2020 A robot sloth will (very slowly) survey endangered species Most animal-inspired robots are designed to move quickly, but Georgia Tech’s latest is just the opposite. Their newly developed SlothBot is built to study…
June 18, 2020 Elgato’s first USB microphones are aimed at streamers Whether you stream your game sessions, run a podcast or record vocal performances, you need a decent mic. Elgato is throwing its hat into…
June 18, 2020 ‘Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ is about half as long as the original game The existence of Spider-Man: Miles Morales was only confirmed a week ago, but the messaging about what the probable PS5 launch title actually is…
June 18, 2020 Facebook pulls ***** campaign ads for violating hate speech policy Facebook has generally refrained from pulling President *****’s campaign ads, but not today — and it may have sparked a firestorm in the process….
June 18, 2020 Google’s Area 120 reveals Pinterest-like app called Keen The latest experiment to come out of Google’s Area 120 sounds an awful lot like Pinterest. The new web and Android app, Keen, encourages…