Month: April 2020
Anchor will now let you make video calls into audio podcasts
Anchor, a podcast-making app owned by Spotify, will now let you take recordings of your video calls and chats and turn them into podcasts (via TechCrunch). If you’ve been doing a regular Zoom meetup with your friends to talk about Animal Crossing: New Horizons town designs, for example, this new…
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Tesla pauses plan to bring back workers as Bay Area extends stay-at-home order
Over the weekend, Tesla told some of its employees in California to get ready to return to work this week. But by Monday, the company reversed course and told those employees to stay at home. Now, it faces the possibility that its electric car factory will have to remain closed…
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Volvo’s Polestar 2 will feature autopilot and battery safeguards
The Polestar 2 is still slated to come to the US this summer, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The Swedish company — a subsidiary of Volvo — recently announced that the all-electric sedan will start at $59,900. That’s well above the similarly spec… Source
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Facebook is adding the option to charge for access to live streams
As more businesses, creators, and artists turn to internet live-streaming tools during the pandemic, Facebook has announced that it’ll be adding the option for people to charge for access to events with Facebook Live streams. “To support creators and small businesses, we plan to add the ability for Pages to…
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Streetwear enthusiasts are flocking to Animal Crossing
Last week, Japanese techwear firm Acronym released a new version of its iconic J1A-GT jacket, one based on Hideo Kojima’s PS4 game Death Stranding. Like most Acronym gear, the jacket was both rare and expensive: it sold out almost immediately, despite a price tag of just under $2,000. But in…
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FaZe Clan opens a film studio with the ‘13 Reasons Why’ producer
Esports team FaZe Clan, known for its lineup of talented Fortnite players like Ewok, is getting into original content production. The company today announced a partnership with film and television producer Michael Sugar, who helped create 13 Reasons… Source
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