Month: August 2020
Etsy helped sell $346 million worth of homemade masks
It’s starting to seem like Etsy only sells two kinds of products: masks, and everything else. The handmade and vintage product marketplace just released its Q2 earnings report, and the company says it helped sell $346 million worth of homemade masks during the pandemic, accounting for 14 percent of all…
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Microsoft cuts xCloud iOS testing early as its future on Apple devices remains unclear
Microsoft has ended its xCloud game streaming test for iOS devices today. The software giant had been testing xCloud on iOS in a very limited way over the past few months, but made it clear the service would only be launching on Android earlier this week. Microsoft had informed xCloud…
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The nostalgic Intellivision Amico console is delayed until 2021
The Intellivision Amico will miss its October 2020 release window (via Polygon). Intellivision CEO Tommy Tallarico announced the delay during a livestream the company hosted on Wednesday to show off gameplay footage of games coming to the console. As… Source
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Instagram Displayed Negative Related Hashtags For Biden, But Hid Them For Trump
tech “A technical error caused a number of hashtags to not show related hashtags. We’ve disabled this feature while we investigate.” By Ryan Mac Ryan Mac BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on August 5, 2020, at 12:17 p.m. ET For at least the last two months, a key Instagram feature, which…
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California labor commissioner sues Uber and Lyft for alleged wage theft
Uber and Lyft are committing wage theft by misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, California’s labor commissioner alleges in separate lawsuits against the companies. The classification of drivers as freelance workers has deprived them of “a host of legal protections in violation of California labor law,” the lawsuits say. “The Uber…
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New iMac Pro comes with antiquated Intel Xeon CPU null
Following the recent announcement of its iMac 27-inch, Apple has also quietly discontinued its entry-level iMac Pro with an eight-core processor and slashed the price on its iMac Pro with Intel’s 10-core Xeon W-series CPU. As a result, the cheapest Apple iMac Pro — priced at $4999/€5999 — now has…
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