Month: January 2022
California appeals decision regarding Activision Blizzard settlement
Activision Blizzard’s legal troubles just took another potential turn. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is appealing a judge’s decision that denies it from intervening in the $18 million settlement between the game developer and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), according to a document filed…
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Roku exec Scott Rosenberg, who helped launch the Roku Channel, is stepping down
Scott Rosenberg, a prominent Roku executive who helped launch the Roku Channel, is stepping down after nearly a decade at one of the largest streaming names in the business. Rosenberg is currently SVP and general manager of platform business at Roku, a title he’s held since 2017, according to a…
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Ford’s e-scooter company is pulling out of any city that doesn’t limit competition
Spin, the e-scooter company owned by Ford, announced a major restructuring Friday where it will pull out of “nearly all open permit markets.” More specifically, Spin is beginning to exit “a few” US markets, Germany, and Portugal, and it is “projecting” to close down in Spain as soon as February.…
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PowerToys update gives Windows 11 users new tools to play with
Audio player loading… Microsoft has released the latest version of PowerToys for Windows 11 and thanks to the open source community, power users now have a number of new features to test out. Although version 0.53 of the software giant’s set of utilities for power users was originally intended to…
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Satechi’s new charger provides 165W to four ports and has a cute stand
Satechi has announced a charger with some interesting specs: it has four USB-C ports capable of supplying 165 watts of power at once, and it will sell for $120. It’s capable of pumping out 100W of power for a single device and can even do that while charging one or…
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Pixar’s Turning Red is ditching theaters to premiere on Disney Plus
Late last year, movie studios seemed set on returning to theatrical premieres for all movies for the first time since the pandemic started, but now Disney has announced a change of plans for an upcoming family flick, Pixar’s Turning Red. Instead of coming to theaters on March 11th, now it…
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