Amazon-owned PillPack will pay nearly $6 million over DOJ's insulin suit
PillPack, an online pharmacy owned by Amazon, will pay $5.79 million to the U.S. government and states to settle a fraud suit related to its insulin distribution practices, the Department of Justice...
View ArticleSonos may roll out its own voice assistant next month
It seems Sonos is gearing up to roll out its own long-rumored voice assistant in the coming weeks. Sonos Voice is said to offer voice control for music playback on many of the company's devices,...
View ArticleAmazon warehouse worker will propose reforms at a shareholder meeting
Amazon leaders might face an uncomfortable moment at the company's next shareholder gathering. Daniel Olayiwola will become the first Amazon warehouse worker to present a resolution at the firm's...
View ArticleTikTok will explore sharing ad money with creators
TikTok creators might soon have an easier way to profit from their posts. As part of a TikTok Pulse ad solution, the social media giant will start "exploring" a program that shares ad revenue with...
View ArticleCameo lays off almost a quarter of its staff, including executives
Cameo, the startup behind the video app that allows users to pay celebrities for short personalized greetings, has laid off a significant chunk of its workforce. The company parted ways with 87...
View ArticleGoogle's 'raters' are pushing for $15 an hour
Part-time employees at RaterLabs — an AI vendor whose only known client is Google — are campaigning to qualify for the $15 hourly minimum wage the tech giant promised to its "extended workforce" back...
View ArticleMeta will limit hiring this year due to slowing revenue growth
Meta is limiting its intake of new employees as part of its efforts to cut costs due to weak revenue forecasts, according to CNBC and Bloomberg. Facebook's parent company is slowing the pace or pausing...
View ArticleIntuit owes customers $141 million after it 'cheated' them out of free tax...
TurboTax maker Intuit will pay $141 million "for deceiving millions of low-income Americans into paying for tax services that should have been free," the NY Attorney General's office wrote in a press...
View ArticleApple's AirTag 4-pack has never been cheaper
If you have several items (or pets) you want to keep track of, this is a great chance to grab multiple Apple AirTags at once. You can pick up a four-pack from Best Buy for $84.55, or $14.45 less than...
View ArticleLenovo's new Slim series laptops feature updated AMD or Intel processors
As part of Lenovo's big spring laptop refresh, the company today unveiled a new generation of Slim clamshell laptops in the US (which confusingly share the 'Slim' branding with older, unrelated...
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The Morning After: We played Steam games on a Chromebook
Gaming has been one of Chrome OS’ weak spots for years. Most Chromebooks have lower-power hardware paired with an OS built on web technology, so playing AAA titles found on Windows has simply not been...
View ArticleSamsung's Galaxy Watch 4 falls to a new all-time low of $174
Samsung's Galaxy Watch 4 is now cheaper than ever at Amazon, where the 40mm Bluetooth-only version is currently on sale for $174. That's a new all-time for the wearable and is $76 less than its retail...
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Chromebooks are finally getting AMD Ryzen 5000 C-series CPUs
AMD has at last made chips with its Zen 3 architecture for higher-end Chromebooks. It created several C-series Ryzen 5000 processors that are designed for Chrome OS. All of the CPUs in this lineup were...
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'Star Trek: Picard' could only exist on a streaming service
The following contains mild spoilers for the finale episode of ‘Star Trek: Picard’ season two.Picard has always been an outlier in the Star Trek franchise. It’s not a show about a particular ship and...
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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ says the quiet part out loud
The following contains spoilers for the premiere episode of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.’Today Strange New Worlds makes its debut on Paramount+, the long-awaited third live action series in the new...
View ArticleApple, Google and Microsoft commit to 'end-to-end' password-free sign-ins
Passwordless sign-ins are already a practical reality, but they're sometimes clunky — and three of the biggest tech companies believe they can reduce the friction. Apple, Google and Microsoft are...
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The best work-from-home and office essentials for graduates
After they’re done celebrating their academic accomplishments, your grad might already have a new job or internship lined up, or they may be very close to a new opportunity. If so, they’ll want a few...
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DuoVox Mate Pro: A fun but imperfect night vision camera
Smartphones and cameras are better than ever for night shooting, but there are still a lot of caveats. You have to hold your phone still to get decent photos as multiple exposures are added together,...
View ArticleStarlink users can now take their terminal on the road
Folks who enjoy camping or weekend trips in an RV now have another way to access the internet when they set up shop for the night — as long as they don't mind lugging around Starlink hardware and...
View ArticleGoogle Assistant can now automatically change passwords
Google said a year ago that Assistant would offer to change compromised passwords, and now the company is delivering on that promise in earnest. Android Policenotes that Assistant warnings are now...
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