Month: October 2020
As movies slip and Regal shuts doors again, many theaters may not survive the maelstrom
James Bond may have been the last straw for Regal and Cineworld, but analysts I spoke to agree: the only thing that will truly save movie theaters in the United States is a COVID-19 vaccine. On Thursday, Regal Cinemas — the second-largest theater chain in the US with 536 theaters…
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Facebook completely bans QAnon and labels it a ‘militarized social movement’
Facebook has banned all forms of content related to the radical fringe conspiracy group QAnon, marking its most dramatic escalation in the fight against misinformation and what Facebook is calling “militarized social movements.” The company announced the change on its website as an update to its previous moderation sweep in…
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Arlo’s new wire-free Pro 4 camera doesn’t need a smart home hub
Arlo has announced two new security cameras: the Pro 4 Wire-Free Spotlight Camera and the Ultra 2 Wire-Free Spotlight Camera System. You can preorder both cameras now; the Pro 4 starts at $199.99 and the Ultra 2 starts at $299.99. Both cameras are wire-free. That makes them easier to set…
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House Democrats push Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies
Congress should consider forcing the breakup of Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google into smaller companies that can’t enter into adjacent lines of business (via NBC News). That’s the main recommendation of a 449-page Democrats on the House Judiciary s… Source
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Nvidia might finally have made video conferencing OK Nvidia Maxine
Nvidia has unveiled a new cloud-based suite of GPU-accelerated AI video conferencing software with the aim of enhancing the quality of streaming video and improving the overall video conferencing experience. Nvidia Maxine is a cloud-native streaming video AI platform that allows service providers to bring new AI-powered capabilities to the…
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YouTube will now let you pay to QA test new features
YouTube has changed the way it tests new features: it’s now allowing its Premium subscribers access to experimental products in the development pipeline, according to XDA-Developers. Previously, those features were tested by Google users picked at random to beta test. Currently, the new features available for Premium subscribers to test…
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