October 8, 2020 Microsoft Sets Fairer App Store Policies for Itself in Clear Dig at Apple For absolutely no reason, no reason at all, Microsoft dropped a blog today outlining 10 app store principles that “[build] on the ideas and…
October 8, 2020 Microsoft hits out at Apple with its new Windows app store policies Image by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is making some firm commitments to the future of app stores on Windows today. The software…
October 8, 2020 Microsoft Edge gets free 24-hour video calls, screenshot tool, and shopping features Microsoft today announced a slew of new features coming to its Chromium Edge browser. There are PDF improvements, a built-in screenshot tool, support for…
October 8, 2020 5G smartphones reach 14% of U.S. sales as average price drops by 30% 5G cellular technology continues its march towards ubiquity, as more affordable and compelling 5G smartphones begin to take more significant market share.Read More via…
October 8, 2020 Microsoft Edge now has price comparisons and a really useful screenshot tool Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is adding a price comparison feature to its Edge browser just in time for the holidays,…
October 8, 2020 NYU’s crowdsourced questions probe extent of language model bias A study finds that biases are more wide-ranging and pervasive in popular natural language processing models than originally thought.Read More via VentureBeat Check out…
October 8, 2020 Mortal Kombat 11 gets its first next-gen blood November 17 with Rambo This includes three new fighters that Warner Bros. announced today: two old Mortal Kombat favorites in Mileena and Rain, and Rambo. Yes, that Rambo.Read…
October 8, 2020 People in Taiwan Can Ride the Subway and Pay for Snacks With Poké Balls The NFC-powered payment cards used to pay for public transit in Taipei, Taiwan, are so popular that not only have other businesses (like convenience…
October 8, 2020 Square buys $50 million in bitcoin as part of larger investment in cryptocurrency Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Payments platform Square has purchased $50 million in bitcoin, part of its larger investment in cryptocurrency, the…
October 8, 2020 The Best Star Wars Movie Posters of All Time Star Wars has some of the most gorgeous posters in the history of cinema. Part of that is because of its beautiful iconography: lightsabers,…