July 1, 2020 Tech’s overdue reckoning with hate speech still isn’t enough This week hasn’t been a very good one for pro-***** and far-right groups. First, Reddit deactivated “The_Donald” subreddit, among many others, due to repeated…
July 1, 2020 Dish buys prepaid carrier Boost Mobile for $1.4 billion After nearly a decade of trying to break into the wireless market, Dish just became the newest national wireless carrier. Today, Dish announced the…
July 1, 2020 ‘Mad Men’ will stream for free on IMDb TV starting July 15th Mad Men departed Netflix a few weeks ago, but you won’t have to wait too much longer to stream the all-time great drama once…
July 1, 2020 The best Chromebooks you can buy Chromebooks have a reputation for being cheap and limited, but that hasn’t been true for a while. The combination of years of software updates…
July 1, 2020 WhatsApp lets you add new contacts with QR codes WhatsApp is rolling out a handful of new features over the next few weeks. To make it easier to add new contacts, WhatsApp is…
July 1, 2020 Supreme Court rules generic website names can be trademarked The Supreme Court has ruled that website names are trademarkable even if they consist of a generic term followed by ".com." The ruling means…
July 1, 2020 Facebook says it doesn’t ‘benefit from hate’ after advertiser exodus After numerous big-name companies announced their decision to suspend advertising on Facebook, the social network’s vice president of global affairs and communications Nick Clegg…
July 1, 2020 Peacock’s streaming library adds shows from Showtime, CBS and the CW Peacock, NBC’s new streaming service, won’t just be the home of content from the wider NBC Universal family. Today, the company has announced it’s…
July 1, 2020 NASA’s ‘smell of space’ is available as a perfume One thing most of us Earthlings may not realize is that outer space smells. Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign, so can you. Over a…
July 1, 2020 Marshall’s waterproof Emberton speaker lasts for 20 hours You may not get to enjoy many pool parties this summer, but Marshall's latest speaker will come in handy once social distancing ends. The…