[ad_1] How the internet helped crack the Astros’ sign-stealing caseJoon Lee,ESPN One of the biggest sports stories of the year has already broke, and it’s barely mid-January. If you haven’t heard, Major League Baseball determined the Houston Astros used various methods, including video feeds, to steal signs from the opposition during the team’s 2017 championship […]
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First-person shooter 'Kingpin: Life of Crime' is getting a remaster
[ad_1] Kingpin: Life of Crime, a first-person shooter from 1999, is getting a remaster. If you never imagined this happening — "I'll take games I never thought would be remastered for $100, Alex" — we feel you. The title didn't enjoy as much popularity as… [ad_2] Source link
Steve Martin and Martin Short will team up again in a new Hulu series
[ad_1] There’s currently no release date, although each episode should be half an hour. This isn’t the first streaming project Martin and Short have done together. They received Emmy nominations for their Netflix one-off An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life. This is a considerably more ambitious undertaking, though, and it […]
Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’
[ad_1] Despite that, Instagram kicked her off all three accounts, saying her behavior on Twitter violated Instagram’s sexually suggestive content guidelines. On Twitter, Ms. Ward — as The Naked Philanthropist — offered a privately-sent nude photo to those who provided verifiable proof of donation to organizations including Australian Red Cross and The Koala Hospital. Her […]
The Morning After: Comcast and NBC explain their Peacock streaming service
[ad_1] Ready for another trip?Engadget Podcast: Super Nintendo World, here we go! Devindra, Cherlynn and Senior Editor Nick Summers take a relaxing break from the madness of CES by diving into some of this week’s news, like the trailer for Japan’s Super Nintendo World park. They also question the wisdom of Sony abandoning E3 (yet […]
Google Stadia is being bundled with BT broadband packages in the UK
[ad_1] After the first three months, you’ll need to pay £8.99 per month to keep Stadia Pro. You can let the subscription expire, though, and still have access to Stadia Base, a basic storefront that lets you buy games individually and play them (via streaming) in up to 1080p resolution. BT’s offer is available until […]
WSJ: Facebook won’t push through with plans to put ads in WhatsApp
[ad_1] The founders have strong feelings against advertisements, after all. In a 2012 post on the app’s blog, they called ads “insults to your intelligence” and said they wanted to “make something that wasn’t just another ad clearinghouse.” Jan Koum left in 2018, a few months before Facebook announced it’s putting ads in Status, though […]
Porn cam network leaked sensitive data for thousands of models
[ad_1] Data leaks by their nature subject people to some kind of unnecessary risk, but this latest could be genuinely dangerous. Researchers at vpnMentor have discovered that a porn cam affiliate network, PussyCash, left nearly 20GB of models’ extremely sensitive data exposed in an Amazon S3 bucket. The repository included not only 875,000 keys for […]
Apple Music partnered with the NBA for its latest curated playlist
[ad_1] As part of a new agreement with the NBA and a startup called UnitedMasters, Apple is curating a weekly playlist called BASE:LINE. It will feature songs from up-and-coming independent hip-hop artists picked by Apple Music director Ebro Darden. The NBA will soundtrack highlights its shares online with songs directly from BASE:LINE. This week, you’ll […]
Nancy Pelosi claims Facebook doesn’t care about the truth
[ad_1] “Even if they know it’s not true, they will print it,” Pelosi said, apparently referencing Facebook’s political ad policy which caused a stir last year. Facebook also refused to take down a doctored video of Pelosi that made her appear drunk. At the time, she accused Facebook of enabling the Russian interference in the […]