Month: February 2022
Disney Plus just experimented with its first livestream
Disney Plus is experimenting with live streams, dedicating its first to Academy Award nominations. “We performed a test for live streaming capabilities on Disney+ in the U.S. with this morning’s Academy Award nominations,” the company told The Verge in a statement. “We are pleased with the results and will continue…
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What on Earth is going on with Peloton?
Things are a lot less rosy for Peloton these days. Once a pandemic darling, the connected fitness company has seen its stock price plunge in recent months. TV shows have turned its bike into a deadly punchline, and there’s been no shortage of rumors speculating which company should buy Peloton…
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How to delete your Instagram account
If you’ve made the decision to delete Instagram, whether because you’ve outgrown the need for a certain finsta or because its parent company Meta is courting controversy again, doing so isn’t as quick or easy as it should be. Up until recently, it couldn’t even be done from within the…
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Apple’s Tap to Pay feature lets newer iPhones accept contactless payments
Apple just announced plans to roll out Tap to Pay on iPhone, allowing businesses to use mobile devices as a payment terminal for contactless payments. A Bloomberg report from 2020 noted Apple’s acquisition of a startup, Mobeewave, focused on building this technology, and a rumor from the same outlet in…
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Google Cloud can now detect cryptomining malware planted in virtual machines
Audio player loading… To keep its virtual machines (VM) safe from cryptominers, Google has launched a new platform aimed at stopping malware for good. The new Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) tool is available for Google Cloud’s Security Command Center Premium customers, and will work without additional software, meaning there…
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Sony will beta test ‘Hey PlayStation!’ voice commands for the PS5
Sony announced that it will begin rolling out its second PS5 software beta on Wednesday, bringing changes including party chat updates, new UI settings, and a preview of a voice command feature. According to Sony’s blog about the beta, your PS5 can listen for the “Hey PlayStation!” voice command to…
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