Month: February 2021
343 Industries says it has ‘no current plans’ for Halo Wars 2 or a sequel Halo Wars 2
The immediate future doesn’t look particularly bright for the Halo Wars series after 343 Industries has said it has “no current plans” to add to its 2017 game Halo Wars 2 or to develop a sequel. Back in 2019, fans of Halo Wars 2 used a petition to ask that…
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A ‘Real World: New York’ reunion will launch along with Paramount+
Next month, ViacomCBS will replace CBS All Access with Paramount+ to make its own big splash in streaming, and part of that effort will include a rebirth for The Real World. Several decades after it kicked off a boom in reality TV, MTV is pulling tog… Source
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You shouldn’t have to publicly humiliate AT&T to get usable internet
Earlier this month, Aaron Epstein spent $10,000 to buy an ad in The Wall Street Journal to tell AT&T’s CEO he wasn’t happy with his internet service — service that was limited to a paltry 3Mbps (via Ars Technica). Now, AT&T has him hooked up with a fiber connection, and…
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PSA: eBay might not let you sell items without a bank account starting Valentine’s Day
In 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.5 billion, turning it into the way you’d buy and get paid for items you sell on the ginormous auction site. But the once-happy couple has been breaking up for years — and on Valentine’s Day, some sellers may no longer be able to…
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Qualcomm latest to object to Nvidia-Arm deal Qualcomm Building
Nvidia’s $40bn proposed acquisition of the UK-based chip designer Arm has already come under scrutiny from regulators and now US chipmaker Qualcomm has weighed in on the deal. The company is against the acquisition and it recently voiced its concerns to the US Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission, the…
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Amazon Winning The Voice Assistant War – But For How Long? Amazon Boxing Day sales
Amazon’s Alexa seems to be [listening] everywhere. It’s nearly impossible to utter her name without waking up a nearby speaker, TV, or some other newly attentive device. According to Strategy Analytics, Alexa-enabled devices hold a 61 percent share of the smart speaker market in the U.S., followed by Google Assistant at 34 percent.…
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