Month: May 2020
Netflix will start canceling long-dormant subscriptions
Netflix viewership is way up while most of us are sheltering in place, but it turns out there are hundreds of thousands of subscribers who haven’t actually used their accounts in forever. The company doesn't want people to pay for a service they're n… Source
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Couldn’t get a beta key? Valorant will launch on June 2 for the rest of us
Riot Games announced today that Valorant, their highly-anticipated 5v5 team-based shooter, will officially launch on June 2. The latest game from the League of Legends developer has been in closed beta since April, but that hasn’t stopped the game from dominating the esports conversation for weeks now. Invitations to the…
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Mark Zuckerberg on taking his massive workforce remote
In January, as reports about the spread of a novel coronavirus emerged from China, Mark Zuckerberg began to prepare for a potential pandemic. He began turning his teams to projects that would be useful during the long stay-at-home orders that would follow around the world — and would also highlight…
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Facebook says it will permanently shift tens of thousands of jobs to remote work
In a move that illustrates how swiftly the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the global economy, Facebook said today that it would begin allowing most of its employees to request a permanent change in their jobs to let them work remotely. The company will begin today by making most of its…
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Home Chef hacked, eight million users have data breached
The US-based meal kit and food delivery service Home Chef has announced that it suffered a data breach after a hacker sold 8m of its user records on the dark web. As reported by BleepingComputer, a hacking group called Shiny Hunters was recently selling the user records of eleven companies…
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Samsung lets you enjoy nature with its 2,000-nit outdoor QLED TV
If hosting barbeques and backyard parties is your thing, you may want to up your game with an outdoor TV. And if picture quality is a concern, Samsung’s new Terrace TV could be worth checking out. It’s built specifically for the outdoors, has a 4K re… Source
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