September 21, 2020 Microsoft’s $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition bolsters Xbox Game Pass Microsoft’s Xbox team is acquiring Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion. This cash deal brings Skyrim and more under first-party Microsoft control.Read More via VentureBeat…
September 21, 2020 Bird doubles down on selling electric scooters directly to customers Bird, the electric scooter startup that helped kick off the shared micromobility boom, is doubling down on personal ownership. Over the weekend, the company…
September 21, 2020 Microsoft’s latest environmental pledge tackles water scarcity The Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group (ARD) is pictured at Zhongguancun on August 16, 2020 in Beijing, China. | Photo by VCG/VCG via…
September 21, 2020 Cowboy electric bikes getting automatic crash detection for free Cowboy 2 electric bike. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Owners of older Cowboy 2 and brand-new Cowboy 3 e-bikes will receive…
September 21, 2020 YouTube brings back more human moderators after AI systems over-censor Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube says it’s bringing back human moderators who were “put offline” during the pandemic after the company’s…
September 21, 2020 You can now stream your Xbox One games to your Android phone for free Microsoft is releasing a new Xbox app for Android today that includes an overhauled design and the ability to remotely play Xbox games streamed…
September 21, 2020 NBC’s Peacock is finally live on Roku after tense negotiations When NBC Universal's streaming service Peacock launched on July 15th, it was available to just about every bit of streaming hardware out there —…
September 21, 2020 Amazon’s Sidewalk neighborhood WiFi will work with Echo and Tile devices Last fall, Amazon announced Sidewalk, a way to keep low-power, low-bandwidth IoT devices connected even when they’re far from your WiFi router. Today, Amazon…
September 21, 2020 Petcube Cam is a small, smart way to keep tabs on your furbabies Even without a pandemic, a trip to the vets for a minor check-up is easy to put off. Petcube has a solution. The Petcube…
September 21, 2020 Monday’s Best Deals: Samsung 75″ QLED TV, Granite Frying Pan, 1,000 Doggie Poop Bags, Wireless GameCube Switch Controller, Vava Dash Cam, and More A Samsung 75" QLED 4K TV, an 11" granite frying pan, 1,000 doggie poop bags, a PowerA GameCube-style wireless Switch controller, Vava 1080p dash…