Monthly Archives: September 2020
Feds: Amazon staffers took bribes to prop up sketchy merchants, products
Sketchy merchants have been bribing Amazon employees and contractors to reinstate unsafe and counterfeit products on the e-commerce site and manipulate reviews, according to the U.S. Justice Department. On Friday, federal officials announced indictments against six suspects who allegedly paid more than $100,000 to Amazon employees and contractors in commercial bribes. “In exchange for bribes, […]
WeChat ban in the U.S. temporarily halted by a court order
The imminent WeChat ban that was set to remove the app from U.S. app stores on Sunday is going to have to wait a bit longer. It’s a big positive step for an app that has more than a billion users worldwide. In a Sunday ruling, a U.S. judge in California put the brakes on […]
YouTube puts human content moderators back to work
The humans are tagging in. YouTube is re-assigning the work of content moderation to more actual humans, Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief product officer, told the Financial Times. At the start of the pandemic, YouTube had to reduce the staff and workload of in-office human moderators. So rather relying on that 10,000-person workforce, the company gave […]
PlayStation 5 pre-orders were a disaster. Sony is sorry and promising more.
As anyone who tried to pre-order a PlayStation 5 surely knows by now: It was a bit of a mess. Sony revealed on Wednesday that its upcoming next-generation gaming console will hit stores on Nov. 12. It was a fine presentation, filled with looks at new games and confirmation of the PS5’s pricing – $499 […]
The best messaging apps not owned by Facebook
With purchase after purchase, milestone surpassed after milestone surpassed, Facebook continues its slow suffocation of the internet. You, a thinking person who values your privacy and sees the Mark Zuckerberg-helmed behemoth as complicit in an array of real-world suffering, want out. But with Facebook operating the world’s largest messaging apps — the company owns both […]
NBC's Peacock finally arrives on Roku two months after launch
Peacock and a handful of other NBC apps are coming to Roku after the two parties reach a deal on Friday. When Peacock launched in mid-July, it was notably absent from Roku, Fire TV, and some smart TV platforms including Samsung’s, which all carry other popular video streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu, and CBS All […]
Hulu's October content was just announced. You'll want a 4K TV for it.
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The Oculus Quest 2 is 'VR finally done right' — here's where to pre-order
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The livestreaming boom isn't slowing down anytime soon
Mashable’s series Tech in 2025 explores how the challenges of today will dramatically change the near future. Whether people are creating or consuming it, streaming content has been a prime source of escapism for many during the pandemic. But is the livestreaming boom temporary? Or will it keep going strong, say, five years down the […]
The Nintendo 3DS is dead. Long live the Nintendo 3DS.
It’s been an interesting run, but the days of the Nintendo 3DS are officially done. The gaming company confirmed the end of production of the 3DS family of consoles on Thursday, adding a note to the official website, “The manufacturing of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems has ended.” With significantly sharper focus placed on […]