[ad_1] It’s worth noting that market share is a relative metric and a number of factors are in play, including a larger overall audience on these services — viewers watched 1.19 billion hours across the four of them in December, up from 1.06 billion a year earlier. The report suggests that Facebook Gaming’s growth is […]
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Facebook and eBay crack down on fake product reviews after UK warning
[ad_1] According to the CMA, neither company was purposefully allowing such reviews on their platforms, but believed they could do better in preventing such activity. Facebook has since agreed to introduce more robust systems to detect and remove fraudulent content, while eBay has improved its existing filters to better identify and block listings for the […]
Citizen’s Alexa smart speaker is like a Sonos One with an analog clock
[ad_1] The Alexa-powered smart speaker is the more interesting of the two, even though it wasn’t officially announced. It’s called, well, the Citizen Smart Speaker. It kind of looks like a slightly fancier Sonos One, with a Citizen timepiece wedged on the front. All of the controls will be similar to those with Alexa speakers, […]
New York offered to pay part of Amazon workers’ salaries in early HQ2 bid
[ad_1] There were also alternatives to the Long Island City location, including ones near the World Trade Center or Penn Station as well as downtown Brooklyn Island. There was also a suggestion that Governors Island could serve as an “island retreat” for staff. Empire State Development told the WSJ that the steeper initial offer was […]
CES 2020: What to expect
[ad_1] Screens of all shapes and sizes It wouldn’t be CES without being surrounded by a plethora of screens, and 2020 looks to be no different. Like in years past, expect there to be bigger and better TV screens on display (no pun intended). Take 8K, for example. No one really needs an 8K television […]
Ring’s Chime Pro may get a facelift and Alexa support
[ad_1] A crucial part of many Ring security systems appears to be on the cusp of a major update. Dave Zatz has shared an image of what appears to be a redesigned Chime Pro, Ring’s plug-in WiFi extender and speaker hybrid. It’s far more elegant, with what looks like a fabric speaker cover and no […]
Amazon employees say they were threatened for climate change criticism
[ad_1] In October, the employees, Maren Costa and Jamie Kowalski, told The Washington Post that Amazon contributes to climate change by supporting oil- and gas-company exploration with its cloud computing business. Both employees say they were subsequently called into meetings with human resources, where they were accused of violating the company’s external communications policy. Costa […]
How home assistants ruined us, an explanation
[ad_1] Understandably, everyone is doing their introspection right now; their year- and decade-end summaries of what was most dreadful in tech, and what lead to this mess we’re all in. I can assure you that one of the key factors is what we have come to call The Internet of Shit and how we’ve embraced […]
Tech that defined the decade
[ad_1] Apple iPad When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad to the world in January 2010, many were skeptical. “It’s just a big iPhone,” people said. The name was also mocked, especially in reference to feminine hygiene products. Turns out that people actually liked it because it was a big iPhone; a large touchscreen computer that […]
Amazon, Ring face lawsuit over alleged security camera hacks
[ad_1] Orange also claimed that Ring’s response was evidence of the company blaming customers. It told Orange that there was “no evidence” someone had hacked the firm’s infrastructure, and that his incident may be the result of a breach at a “non-Ring service” where the perpetrators reused info to sign into Ring accounts. In other […]