Month: October 2021
YouTube says its auto livestream captions are now available for all creators
YouTube has announced that its automatic livestream captions should now be available for all creators, instead of being limited to channels with more than 1,000 subscribers like they were during the feature’s initial rollout. This change, along with some future improvements the company details in its blog, should help make…
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California just made it a lot harder for companies to cover up harassment and abuse
California governor Gavin Newsom signed the Silenced No More Act on Thursday night— a historic piece of legislation, authored by state senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino), that should protect workers who speak out about harassment and discrimination even if they’ve signed a non-disclosure agreement. Pinterest whistleblower Ifeoma Ozoma began pushing the…
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A friendly reminder that Hulu’s price is going up October 8th
Hulu’s prices are going up beginning Friday, October 8th for both its monthly and annual subscription tiers. It was initially reported in September that Hulu’s monthly cost would increase by $1 per month or $10 per year (ad-supported) to $7 monthly (ad-supported), $13 monthly (no-ads), and $70 per year, respectively.…
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Nintendo engineers suggest Switch Joy-Con drift will never be fixed
One of the Nintendo Switch’s persistent flaws has been Joy-Con drift, a phenomenon where players observe false inputs when they aren’t even touching the joysticks on the controllers. Nintendo has been relatively quiet on the subject for years, and the company refused to say whether the new OLED-equipped Nintendo Switch…
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OnePlus 9RT leaked renders give us the first look at the mid-range phone
While we were expecting the flagship OnePlus 9T to launch as the next of the company’s phones, rumors suggest we’re getting the more affordable OnePlus 9RT instead – and a new leak shows off the phone in what look like official renders. Noted leaker Evan Blass aka @evleaks tweeted out…
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Microsoft has promised to actively look into right to repair
Microsoft has agreed to have an independent third-party study the potential impact of it making its devices easier to repair and to make changes based on those findings by the end of 2022, according to Grist and the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow. The agreement was made after As…
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