Microsoft completes its $19.7 billion purchase of voice-tech company Nuance
Microsoft has closed its $19.7 billion takeover of speech-tech company Nuance Communications. It announced the acquisition last April and cleared the final regulatory barrier this week when the UK’s...
View ArticleSamsung will add phone performance throttling controls through an update
Samsung will at least partly address complaints that it's throttling the performance of apps on some Galaxy phones. As The Vergereports, the company has promised an update to its Game Optimizing...
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The Apple Watch Series 7 is $50 off, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals
A number of gadgets from smartwatches to headphones to smart thermostats went on sale this week. You can get a total of $50 off many 41mm Apple Watch Series 7 models at Amazon right now, while Bose's...
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What to expect from Apple's Peek Performance event
To the surprise of almost no one, Apple is holding its first virtual event of the year on March 8th to show off its latest hardware. We heard rumors about this date for weeks, and the date isn’t the...
View ArticleApple tells corporate employees to return to the office by mid-April
Apple's corporate employees will soon be making a gradual return to the office, two years after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. In a memo to staff, CEO Tim Cook said workers must be in the office at...
View ArticleRoland makes its classic SH-101 synth available to play on the web
Roland's browser-based synth studio now includes a third classic instrument. The company has updated its Roland 50 Studio web app with a simplified version of the iconic SH-101 synth. As with the...
View ArticleEA is halting sales of games and content in Russia and Belarus
EA is the latest notable company to stop selling products in Russia and Belarus amid the invasion of Ukraine. The publisher won't allow players using the Russian-region Origin storefront or EA app to...
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Facebook Gaming appears to be overrun by spam and pirated content
Last fall, Streamlabs published a report indicating that Facebook Gaming had overtaken YouTube Gaming to become the second-most popular platform by hours watched, just behind Twitch. In January,...
View ArticleRussia blocks access to Facebook
Russian officials have blocked Facebook in the country, though Instagram and WhatsApp are still available. Telecom regulator Roskomnadzor says the move is in response to the social network preventing...
View ArticleThe OnePlus 9 Pro is back down to a record low of $799
Android users who aren't interested in Samsung's latest smartphones should consider OnePlus' newest handsets. We gave the OnePlus 9 Pro a score of 88 and called it the company's best smartphone yet,...
View ArticleApple is rumored to be developing a 'Mac Studio' desktop and 7K display
Those longstanding rumors of a 'headless' Mac between the Mac mini M1 and Mac Pro might be gathering steam. 9to5Macsources claim Apple has been developing a "Mac Studio" desktop based on the Mac mini,...
View ArticleHulu users will lose next-day access to 'SNL,' 'The Voice' and other NBCU...
As of September, new episodes of some NBCUniversal shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Voice and American Auto will no longer hit Hulu the day after they air. NBCUniversal has ended a content deal...
View ArticleRussia cuts off access to Twitter
Russia has moved to block access to Twitter just after a similar crackdown on Facebook, Interfax reported. Russian regulator Roskomnadzor reportedly said it was complying with a February 24 request...
View ArticleYouTube reportedly offers podcasters up to $300,000 to create videos
YouTube might be eager to compete against giant podcast hosts like Amazon, Apple and Spotify. Bloombergsources say YouTube is offering podcasters "grants" to produce videos, including filmed versions...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard faces wrongful death lawsuit over employee suicide
Activision Blizzard is dealing with particularly serious fallout from the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding the company. The Washington Post has learned Activision Blizzard is facing a wrongful...
View ArticleSamsung halts product shipments to Russia
Samsung has stopped shipping its products to Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine, the company told Bloomberg News. The tech giant said it's monitoring the "complex situation," and that...
View ArticleFacebook blocks Russian advertisers from running ads globally
Advertisers within Russia can no longer create or run ads on Facebook "anywhere in the world," including their home country, the social network told Business Insider. The website has also suspended all...
View ArticleNintendo suspends digital sales in Russia
Gamers won't be able to make digital purchases from Nintendo's Russian eShop for now. The gaming giant has announced that the eShop in Russia has been temporarily placed in maintenance mode "due to the...
View ArticleSnapchat disables 'heatmap' feature in Ukraine to protect public safety
The Snap Map feature, which shows where Snaps were taken, can be pretty useful for those who want to know the hottest places to visit in an area — not so much for people trying to flee a war. That's...
View Article'Elden Ring' PC update fixes Steam cloud save issue
Elden Ring players on PC may want to update their copy before they load their previous saves, just to make sure they don't lose progress to a Steam Cloud save bug. The latest update for the game's...
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