Month: January 2024
Philips Hue’s new outdoor Dymera wall lights beam up and down
Philips Hue is expanding its outdoor smart lighting lineup with a new model called Dymera that beams both up and down, allowing dramatic effects for your home’s exterior (or interior). The lights feature a black design and two individually controllable beams, letting you set illumination and individual colors for each…
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Riot Games cuts more than 500 jobs
After last year saw over 9,000 layoffs in the video game industry, 2024 is continuing the trend, and League of Legends maker Riot Games is the latest example. On Monday night, the company announced that “we are refocusing on fewer, high-impact projects to move us toward a more sustainable future,”…
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Apple tells artists how much more money they can make with spatial audio
Artists on Apple Music will earn a bonus payout of up to 10 percent in royalties for all songs that are also available in spatial audio. That’s according to an update sent to record label partners and seen by 9to5Mac. Quoted by Music Business Worldwide, it says that starting with…
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Riot Games cuts 530 jobs and axes Riot Forge in major shakeup
Riot Games is making 530 staff redundant in a big shake-up that’s going to see the company refocus, axing their Riot Forge publishing arm and changing development to Legends of Runeterra. In an open letter to all staff that was published on the Riot Games website, CEO Dylan Jadeja –…
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LG’s new 32-inch 4K smart monitor has Netflix and Google Calendar built in
You can now purchase the entire slate of LG’s webOS-powered MyView monitors, which debuted at CES earlier this month, including one with a 31.5-inch 4K IPS panel (model 32SR85U) that starts at $599.99. Sure, gamers can find better value for their money than a monitor that maxes out with 5ms…
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A SIM-swapping attack was behind the SEC’s fake Bitcoin post
The Securities and Exchange Commission has linked a SIM swapping attack to its account breach on X earlier this month, which led to the creation of a fake post announcing approval of Bitcoin ETFs that caused the cryptocurrency’s price to spike. In an update on Monday, the SEC says an…
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