Month: April 2020
Why Amazon got out of the Apple App Store tax, and why other developers won’t
Apple and Amazon very, very quietly unveiled a monumental app deal this week, without fanfare or, sadly, much in the way of transparency. Out of nowhere, buttons to buy or rent movies appeared in the Amazon Prime Video app. It’s difficult to express how strange this is: for over a…
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The Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series on Disney Plus just got a major change
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series coming to Disney Plus just got a new writer, according to a report. Variety says that Joby Harold, writer of the upcoming Zack Snyder Netflix film Army of the Dead and executive producer on Edge of Tomorrow, is now writing the series. He apparently replaces the…
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GoDaddy suffers embarrassing phishing attack
GoDaddy has suffered an embarrassing phishing attack that affected one of its most high-profile customers. A customer service agent at the web hosting giant was targeted by a spear-phishing attack which enabled hackers to gain access to the account of escrow.com, according to security site KrebsOnSecurity. Escrow.com is one of…
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Sky broadband down for UK customers – here’s what you need to know
Sky broadband customers across the south of England are currently unable to access the internet due to a service outage. Users are reporting an amber internet light appearing on their router, indicating connection is unavailable. According to outage tracking site Downdetector, issue reports began to spike at roughly 06:00am BST,…
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Uber Eats is adding an in-app donate button for restaurants
Uber Eats is adding an in-app donate button for customers who want to contribute some extra cash to their favorite restaurant to help during the coronavirus pandemic. Uber also plans to match every contribution dollar-for-dollar up to $2 million to the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund, with an additional $3 million…
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The Best ‘Work From Home’ Gear: Our Home Office Tech Guide
Do you need a monitor, desk, webcam, laptop, microphone, or pair of headphones? Here’s our ultimate laundry list of recommended gear to improve your new home office. Source
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