Category: Tech

Motorola’s Razr is still $1,500 but now you can get it in ‘blush gold’

[ad_1] The Motorola Razr is now available in blush gold, in case the only thing that’s keeping you from spending $1,500 on one is the fact that the phone only came in black. While the new option thankfully doesn’t make the foldable device even more expensive, the only difference between it and the basic black […]

WSJ: Travelex paid ransomware ring $2.3 million

[ad_1] Earlier this year Travelex made news after attackers shut down its computer networks. Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting new details about the incident, including how much the foreign exchange company paid to resolve its problem: $2.3 million in the form of 285 Bitcoin. Travelex found itself crippled after a New Year’s Eve […]

Google Meet’s premium features are now free through Sept. 30th

[ad_1] We’re now supporting 2M+ new users on Google Meet each day, and 100M students+educators on Google Classroom. To help businesses & schools stay connected, we’ve extended free access to advanced features of Meet to all @GSuite customers through Sep 30, 2020. https://t.co/RLveeT1D4z — Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) April 9, 2020 Since then, the company says […]

Facebook adds ‘quiet mode’ to help you manage screen time

[ad_1] Facebook Quiet mode builds on the time management tools the company launched in 2018. That tool allowed users to set limits on time spent in the app, as well as the ability to mute notifications for short periods of time. With the introduction of quiet mode, Facebook is also making more detailed usage statistics […]

Twitch rolls out Prime Watch Parties to US streamers

[ad_1] Twitch first revealed its plans for “Watch Parties” back in October 2019. The test feature would allow streamers to watch Prime Video with their viewers, as long as they were also subscribers. Now, Watch Parties beta is being expanded to all US Twitch partners and will roll out to all US creators in the […]

‘Saturday Night Live’ returns to TV with a remote episode on April 11th

[ad_1] Talk shows and sports leagues have used internet services to keep offering fresh content despite the COVID-19 pandemic, so why not comedy shows? Saturday Night Live is taking a stab at it. As noted by Hollywood Reporter, NBC’s long-running series is planning a “remotely produced” episode that will air April 11th at 11:30PM Eastern. […]

Facebook sues cloaking software maker for deceptive COVID-19 ads

[ad_1] Facebook is suing Basant Gajjar (aka LeadCloak) for allegedly selling software that helped bad actors circumvent Facebook’s automated ad review systems and push deceptive ads around COVID-19 and other scams. As the name suggests, LeadCloak’s software allegedly provided cloaking services, a malicious technique Facebook has been fighting for years. According to Facebook’s announcement, LeadCloack’s […]

MIT is working on a way to track COVID-19 while protecting privacy

[ad_1] This is still a research project, and might require talking directly to phone OS developers like Apple and Google to implement properly. It does work cross-platform, though, and MIT is also showing its system to US federal and state governments. If PACT can be ready in a timely fashion, it could be useful not […]

Overwatch’s new hero Echo arrives April 14th

[ad_1] If you’re an Overwatch fan, you’ll want to mark April 14th on your calendar. That’s when Echo, the game’s 32nd hero, will join its official roster pool. Following the flight plan.Echo swoops into Overwatch on April 14! pic.twitter.com/BWO8W6ivDO — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 9, 2020 As the shooter’s latest damage-dealing hero, Echo comes with a […]