August 5, 2020 Why ***** views TikTok as a threat TikTok’s days in US app stores could be numbered. What once seemed extremely unlikely — that the ***** Administration would take the unprecedented step…
August 5, 2020 Quibi is offering a free subscription tier in Australia and New Zealand Quibi has launched a free streaming tier in Australia and New Zealand. In an email obtained by The Verge, the company tells subscribers in…
August 5, 2020 How Historically Accurate Is Bardcore Anyway? 2020 has given us a lot: a new Beyoncé visual album, Tiger King, an unprecedented and woefully mishandled global pandemic. It’s also given us…
August 5, 2020 Zynga is acquiring hypercasual mobile game firm Rollic for at least $168 million Zynga has agreed to buy Istanbul-based Rollic, a fast-growing hypercasual mobile game company, as part of its latest effort to expand via acquisition.Read More…
August 5, 2020 Zynga beats Q2 2020 expectations with bookings up 38% to $518 million Zynga reported record revenue and bookings in the second quarter ended June 30 as more people turned to social mobile games in the pandemic.Read…
August 5, 2020 Researchers say we need better benchmarks to build more useful AI assistants AI researchers from Element AI, Stanford University, and CIFAR recommend more useful forms of AI that speak with people to get things done.Read More…
August 5, 2020 TikTok clone Instagram Reels is just one of the many times Facebook has copied its competitors From Instagram knocking off Snapchat’s Stories feature to the already-forgotten Pinterest competitor Hobbi, Facebook has long copied its competition. | Kena Krutsinger/NBAE via Getty…
August 5, 2020 Jake Paul’s home raided by FBI for federal search warrant Photo by Michael Reaves / Getty Images The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the California home of YouTube star Jake Paul this morning, according…
August 5, 2020 Instagram disables related hashtags feature after bug that appeared to favor ***** Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram has disabled its “related hashtags” feature after a bug restricted the feature for select phrases across…
August 5, 2020 Google Play Music on Wear OS will shut down in a few weeks Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google Play Music as a service will begin its staggered, region-based shutdown starting next month, but Wear…