Category: Tech

Google might finally pay news outlets for their content

[ad_1] “We want to help people find quality journalism—it’s important to informed democracy and helps support a sustainable news industry,” Google said in a statement shared by WSJ. “We care deeply about this and are talking with partners and looking at more ways to expand our ongoing work with publishers, building on programmes like our […]

First ‘Stranger Things 4’ teaser moves the action far from Hawkins

[ad_1] “It’s not all good news for our “American”; he is imprisoned far from home in the snowy wasteland of Kamchatka, where he will face dangers both human…and other. Meanwhile, back in the states, a new horror is beginning to surface, something long buried, something that connects everything,” the Duffer brothers wrote in a statement. […]

Huawei accuses US Justice Department of ‘political persecution’

[ad_1] The company starts the statement by claiming that many of the criminal charges the US Justice Department announced yesterday are based on older civil disputes that have already been resolved in the past.”In these disputes, no court has ever found that Huawei had engaged in malicious intellectual property theft, or required Huawei to pay […]

Samsung’s jailed union-busting chairman steps down

[ad_1] All of these actions took place in 2013, when Lee Sang-hoon was Samsung’s chief financial officer. He was appointed chairman in March 2018, when Samsung split the chairman and CEO roles for the first time. The company thought that decision would increase transparency following a bribery scandal that involved Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, better […]

Engadget Podcast: Breaking down the Samsung fest and MWC mess

[ad_1] A bunch of things in tech got the proverbial nails slammed into their coffins this week. Andy Rubin’s Essential phone company shut down, MWC got canceled due to fears over coronavirus and the Motorola Razr folding flip phone is pretty likely dead on arrival thanks to Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip. Cherlynn is joined […]

Coming in 2021: A movie shot entirely in vertical video

[ad_1] This isn’t the first time Bekmambetov worked on a project shot in vertical format: he produced the Snap original Dead Of Night. He also produced experimental and tech-driven projects in the past, including the John Cho thriller Searching and Hardcore Henry, which was shot in first-person perspective. Bekmambetov’s film will start shooting in Russia […]

The best podcasting gear for beginners

[ad_1] Get a decent microphone You need a good microphone. There’s no arguing with this. It doesn’t matter if you’re starting your own show or planning to guest on someone else’s podcast. A great microphone will elevate your voice to help you get the sort of depth and richness you hear on the radio and […]

The Morning After: You can finally buy a ‘Nintendo PlayStation’ prototype

[ad_1] ‘It’s all about the light.’Researchers find a way to 3D print tiny objects in seconds Swiss researchers have developed a technique that forms a solid resin structure in one go, rather than segment by segment, as is the case with traditional 3D printing. They do it by illuminating the photosensitive resin from multiple angles, […]

Apple ordered to pay employees for time lost to bag searches

[ad_1] Apple won an earlier battle in district court, but the case went to the California Supreme Court on appeal. There, the judges ruled that Apple workers were “clearly under Apple’s control while awaiting, and during, the exit searches.” The court dismissed Apple’s argument that bringing a bag to work was an employee convenience that […]