Category: services

‘Fortnite’ finally nerfs the hated B.R.U.T.E. mechs

[ad_1] pic.twitter.com/WBnJWjB2Wf — timthetatman (@timthetatman) August 22, 2019 Thank you. Keep this up. 🤟 https://t.co/abvM4ivNiH — FaZe EwOk (@Ewok) August 22, 2019 mechs nerfed and junk rifts vaulted, LETS GO — benjyfishy (@benjyfishy) August 22, 2019 It’s not all downside for the mechs though — their health has been bumped up from 1,000 points to […]

AmazonFresh grocery delivery expands to Houston, Minneapolis and Phoenix

[ad_1] Besides produce, meat and other groceries, Prime subscribers can use AmazonFresh to order electronics, health and beauty products in addition to home and kitchen items. In Houston, Amazon will also deliver beer and wine to select customers. If you have an Alexa-enabled smart speaker in your home, you can use the digital assistant to […]

Spotify triples its free Premium trial period to three months

[ad_1] Previously, Spotify offered a 30-day free trial to tempt users to shell out for its Premium service. Now the company is doing its best to attract even more subscribers by upping the free trial period to 90 days. The offer is a permanent one, according to Spotify, and will be available worldwide. It rolls […]

MoviePass confirms breach that leaked credit card numbers

[ad_1] On Tuesday TechCrunch reported that security researcher Mossab Hussein, with the firm SpiderSilk, found an exposed, unencrypted MoviePass database with millions of records. Some of those included numbers for its custom debit cards that are used when subscribers purchase tickets, while others listed customer’s personal information including their credit card numbers, expiration dates and […]

Apple warns against storing its titanium credit card in leather

[ad_1] Accordingly, the same guide advises against putting it in direct contact with other credit cards or loose items lest you scratch that pristine titanium surface. And if there’s a stain you can clean off, you’ll want to wipe it down using a microfiber cloth moistened with isopropyl alcohol. This isn’t functional issue on the […]

Microsoft contractors listened to what people told their Xbox consoles

[ad_1] According to the contractors Motherboard spoke to, this has been going on since before Cortana arrived on the scene. Motherboard’s sources said they listened to audio when Xbox could be controlled via voice commands with the Kinect system. Microsoft removed Cortana from the Xbox in July, but the voice assistant can control the console […]

Porn bots are now storming Twitter’s trending topics

[ad_1] One account Tweeted, “Marzia Pewds KickItOut Tusk Will Keane Irish Sea Phil Lynoott Chopra josh kroenke Lavazza Joe Sugg Dulux Nick Timothy Ben Unwin Amy Adams US Steel Little Brother USA Network Congrats Felix.” US Steel was trending on Twitter on Tuesday after reports that the company plans to lay off hundreds of workers […]

Waze adds easy access to YouTube Music while you drive

[ad_1] The integration is rolling out now, and should “soon” reach all 50 markets where both Waze and YouTube Music are available. This probably won’t persuade you to switch to YouTube Music if you’re happy with another streaming service (especially if it’s already supported in Waze). It could, however, make life decidedly easier if you […]

Google Docs ‘live edits’ feature helps the visually impaired

[ad_1] Designed to be used with screen readers or Braille displays, the Live Edits sidebar lists real-time updates made on a document by others, allowing these changes to be read aloud by a user’s preferred voice device. You can follow a single collaborator, or track changes made by everyone working on the document. The feature […]

MIT experts find a way to reduce video stream buffering on busy WiFi

[ad_1] Now a team from MIT have come up with a tool to help multiple people share a limited WiFi connection. The group from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed the Minerva system which analyzes videos before playing them to check how much they would be impacted by being played at […]