May 21, 2020 Go read this Adobe designer’s take on why Google Classroom is so joyless Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge As students around the world continue to study from home as a result of the pandemic, Google’s Classroom…
May 21, 2020 Volkswagen will only sell its ID electric cars online Volkswagen is switching up the way it sells its electric vehicles. The company’s dealerships will no longer be the primary point of sale for…
May 21, 2020 id Software is removing Doom Eternal’s controversial PC anti-cheat system id Sofware’s next Doom Eternal software update for PC will remove the Denuvo Anti-Cheat system it rolled out just a few days ago. The…
May 21, 2020 Shopify rival Ecwid raises $42 million amid ecommerce boom Ecwid, a Shopify-style ecommerce platform, has raised $42 million in a round of funding after seeing “dramatic growth” due to the COVID-19 crisis.Read More…
May 21, 2020 Apple and Google’s COVID-19 notification system won’t work in a vaccum Last month, before Google and Apple announced their joint effort to enable COVID-19 exposure notifications, I wrote about the trouble with using Bluetooth-based solutions…
May 21, 2020 BuzzFeed’s quizzes get new multiplayer mode to help you socialize from home Image: Buzzfeed BuzzFeed has introduced a multiplayer version of its classic quizzes called Quiz Party, which lets you and up to three friends complete…
May 21, 2020 Intel acquires Rivet Networks, the maker of ‘Killer’ WiFi cards Once upon a time Bigfoot Networks was just a startup promising to lower latency with a “network gaming accelerator,” before delivering its tech under…
May 21, 2020 23 countries seek access to Apple and Google’s contact tracing technology Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple and Alphabet’s Google.Read More via VentureBeat Check out…
May 21, 2020 Tencent is taking over troubled RPG ‘System Shock 3’ Chinese conglomerate Tencent will be “taking the System Shock franchise forward,” developer OtherSide Entertainment has announced. A few days ago, ownership of the System…
May 21, 2020 Amazon’s free-to-play shooter ‘Crucible’ is now available on Steam Amazon Games has officially launched Crucible, one of the two titles it’s been planning to release this year. The free-to-play third-person shooter is now…