Month: June 2022

YouTube Music leapfrogs Spotify Wrapped with new seasonal recap playlists

YouTube is introducing new seasonal recaps of your top artists, songs, albums, and playlists to YouTube Music, starting first with the Spring Recap. YouTube rolled out a Spotify Wrapped-style annual recap at the end of last year, but now YouTube owner Google is taking the concept further with seasonal rundowns.…

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The Kraken crypto exchange is hiring — as long as employees don’t call things racist

With the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and almost every other cryptocurrency tumbling dramatically, major crypto companies like Coinbase and Crypto.com have laid off hundreds of workers in the past few days alone. But one company is on a hiring spree — just not for employees who will call out racism,…

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PUBG maker teases virtual human – she’s hyper-realistic and coming for your spotlight

Audio player loading… As if there weren’t enough people already trying to become multi-platform stars, soon they’ll all have to compete with ANA, a hyper-realistic virtual human from Krafton. The company, which also makes the popular PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds battle royale game unveiled (opens in new tab) a pair of images…

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PUBG maker teases virtual human – she’s hyperrealistic and coming for your spotlight

Audio player loading… As if there weren’t enough people already trying to become multi-platform stars, soon they’ll all have to compete with ANA, a hyper-realistic virtual human from Krafton. The company, which also makes the popular PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds battle royale game unveiled (opens in new tab) a pair of images…

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Verizon’s cheapest unlimited plan will soon include some mobile hotspot data

Verizon is tossing a nice upgrade to subscribers of its lower-cost 5G Start unlimited plan: beginning June 16th, the plan will include 5GB of premium mobile hotspot data at no extra cost. Right now, the plan doesn’t offer hotspot data at all, and it’s the only Verizon unlimited plan to…

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Netflix and Mo’Nique settle lawsuit over alleged discrimination

Netflix has settled a lawsuit from comedian and actor Mo'Nique that accused the company of racial and gender bias. Both parties this week moved to dismiss the suit, which was filed in 2019. “The matter has been amicably resolved," a representative for Mo'Nique told The Hollywood Reporter. The two sides…

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