Author: Zach_Wilson
Even YouTube’s pause screen won’t be safe from smart TV ads soon, as Google hints it’ll follow Hulu, Max and Peacock soon
If you thought YouTube’s preroll and midroll ads were already too much, then you’re going to love the next monetization strategy that it’s seemingly cooking up: pause-screen ads. This idea has already been trialed on some YouTube TV apps. As the name suggests, when you pause a video, rather than…
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New Nintendo Switch 2 rumors suggest that the console’s battery life will be ‘clocked crazy low’ in handheld mode
New rumors suggest that the Nintendo Switch 2 will have an improved performance while docked, but perhaps not so much in handheld mode. During a recent discussion on the Broken Silicon podcast between content creators Moore’s Law Is Dead and The Phawx about Nintendo’s next console, it was said that they…
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LastPass officially splits from former parent GoTo
LastPass has now officially severed ties with its former parent company, GoTo, which was formerly known as LogMeIn. The separation, initially announced in December 2021, marks a pivotal moment for the password manager company as it begins a journey on its own. The move comes in the wake of a…
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TikTok and Universal Music Group end feud with new agreement
Universal Music Group has inked a “multi-dimensional” deal with TikTok that will see its roster of artists — which includes Taylor Swift, Drake, and Olivia Rodrigo — return to the social media platform’s one billion-plus users. UMG began pulling its music from TikTok on February 1st after the old contract…
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Amazfit’s new low-cost wearable packs in a big display and 26 days of battery life
Fitness tech brand Zepp Health has quietly launched a new, low-cost smartwatch: the Amazfit Bip 5 Unity. As the name suggests, it resembles the previous Bip 5 model with a few design changes and most of the same features. A few were cut from the mid-range wearable. The Bip 5…
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As Questions Swirl Around Tesla’s Superchargers, the Race Is On to Fill the Power Gap
The company’s decision to eliminate the team building its charging infrastructure comes at a delicate time for the EV industry. Other players are eager to pick up where Tesla left off. Source
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