Author: Randall

Teen ‘Fortnite’ champion won more than Tiger Woods at the Masters

[ad_1] He’s not the only player who had a big payday on Sunday. Each of the 100 competitors was guaranteed $50,000, with four of them taking home seven-figure sums. The fifth-placed player in the Solos competition, Argentina’s Thiago “King” Lapp, won $900,000 — King is 13 years old. Saturday’s Duos champions split the same $3 […]

Comcast customers can now play Amazon Music on their TVs

[ad_1] For Comcast subscribers who already use Amazon Music, this integration gives them another option for music streaming. Customers can simply say “Amazon Music” into their voice remote in order to access their playlists. X1, which is Comcast’s more traditional cable set-top box with DVR, and Flex, its streaming TV service for Internet customers, already […]

YouTube TV will carry PBS and PBS Kids

[ad_1] In a press release, PBS said this partnership is an important step toward expanding its digital footprint. “Our goal is to reach as many Americans as possible with content that educates, inspires and entertains,” said PBS Chief Digital and Marketing Officer Ira Rubenstein. “As a broadcaster that is rooted in communities, we appreciate YouTube’s […]

EU says sites using Facebook’s Like button are responsible for your data

[ad_1] The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling emerged after a German consumer group sued a company called Fashion ID. The group claimed the retailer breached rules regarding personal data protection through the use of the Like button. A German court requested guidance from the CJEU. “The consequence of embedding that button […]

United Airlines offers easier biometric clearance for frequent flyers

[ad_1] MileagePlus members can get Clear for $119 per year — not trivial, but a significant deal over the usual $179. Most United credit card holders, as well as Premium Silver, Gold and Platinum members, will pay $109. Jetsetters with a Global Services or Premier 1K membership, meanwhile, will have access for free. The arrangement […]

Inside the virtual production of ‘The Lion King’

[ad_1] Scar is still easy to distinguish from the other lions. You can see this commitment in the characters, too. They’re emotive, but not to the same extent as the original movie. “If anyone had actually seen us over-animate these characters or over-design the worlds and the characters within them… I think it’s a very […]

First ‘Blair Witch’ gameplay trailer is all kinds of spooky

[ad_1] The first-person psychological horror game Blair Witch is set to arrive next month. Today, Bloober Team released the first gameplay trailer. The minute-and-a-half clip offers a preview of just how creepy the woods, haunted houses and monsters of Black Hills Forest will be. It gives us a better idea of how the game will […]

TikTok’s parent company confirms plans for a smartphone

[ad_1] A division of the financial news publication Caijing claimed that a former Smartisan executive (Wu Dezhou) is leading the project, which reportedly began seven months ago. There’s a good chance you won’t see this phone outside of China when Smartisan is a niche brand even within the country. However, it’s a reflection of ByteDance’s […]

‘Quantum microphone’ detects sound at the atomic level

[ad_1] Phonons have previously been impossible to measure because traditional microphones are not nearly sensitive enough to pick them up. A microphone works by detecting when a sound wave interacts with a membrane, but the phonons are so small that they can’t be detected individually due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Instead of relying on […]