Month: May 2021
Netflix may go all-in on gaming, says report (updated) Netflix
Update: A Netflix spokesperson sent over this statement after we published the story below. “Our members value the variety and quality of our content. It’s why we’ve continually expanded our offering – from series to documentaries, film, local language originals and reality TV. Members also enjoy engaging more directly with…
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As Zynga impresses, rival mobile-gaming shop Jam City looks to list via SPAC
While it would be nice to write about something other than yet another tech company looking to list via a SPAC, the deals keep dropping, so our more traditional fare of covering startup trends will remain on hold for at least one day more. This morning, we’re looking at the…
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Citizen CEO offered to personally fund LA arson manhunt — for the wrong person
As wildfires raged through Southern California last weekend, an app called Citizen offered an unorthodox bounty over livestream and in push alerts to local residents: “hunt down” the alleged arsonist, and we’ll give you $30,000 cash. In the hours that followed, it became clear the app was mistaken. The man…
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Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti may be up for preorder ahead of an actual announcement Nvidia logo
Nvidia isn’t expected to unveil the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti until 31 May, but that hasn’t stopped one retailer from allegedly kicking off pre-orders for the two GPUs. As reported by Wccftech, a retailer based in Pakistan has posted about taking orders for the RTX 3080 Ti…
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European Parliament amps up pressure on EU-US data flows and GDPR enforcement
European Union lawmakers are facing further pressure to step in and do something about lackadaisical enforcement of the bloc’s flagship data protection regime after the European Parliament voted yesterday to back a call urging the Commission to start an infringement proceeding against Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) for not “properly…
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Philips’ new 4K OLED TV is shockingly affordable Philips OLED 705
The new Philips OLED 705 has launched in the UK, and it’s set to bring quality OLED TV pictures to an astonishingly low price. The Philips OLED 705 will retail for just £979 at a 55-inch size, giving it perhaps the lowest launch price of any OLED TV to date.…
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