June 1, 2020 ‘Valorant’ 1.0 launch adds a new character, game mode and map After all the teasing, jostling for keys and hyped up streams, Riot’s new 5v5 FPS Valorant is about to officially launch. The game is…
June 1, 2020 Researchers say Oura rings can predict COVID-19 symptoms three days early One of the challenges to curbing the spread of COVID-19 is that asymptomatic individuals, or carriers, can spread the virus before they realize they…
June 1, 2020 Bungie will reveal the ominous future of ‘Destiny 2’ on June 9th It’s about that time of the year when Bungie reveals the next major Destiny 2 update, and it’s clear that there are big updates…
June 1, 2020 Instagram blames anti-spam tech for stopping some Black Lives Matter posts An anti-spam system at Instagram is “incorrectly” causing some users to be unable to share posts with the #blacklivesmatter hashtag, the company said. Some…
June 1, 2020 Italy’s ‘Immuni’ COVID-19 contact tracing app uses Google, Apple tech Italy has released its official COVID-19 contact-tracing app, which is built on the framework developed by Apple and Google to track infections. Four regions…
June 1, 2020 Apple releases iOS 13.5.1 to fix the flaw behind a well-known jailbreak Less than two weeks after Apple released iOS 13.5, the company is rolling out the first major update, iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1. The…
June 1, 2020 Now all your home’s Alexa devices work like an intercom Amazon Alexa users can now use the “Drop In” feature to talk with all of their Echo devices at once, Amazon announced on its…
June 1, 2020 Book publishers sue Internet Archive for allegedly enabling piracy When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency…
June 1, 2020 Sony delays PlayStation 5 stream due to ongoing protests Sony has delayed its upcoming PlayStation 5 livestream, which would have seen the company show off gameplay from its upcoming next-generation console. The stream…
June 1, 2020 Facebook staff plan ‘virtual walkout’ over response to ***** posts Facebook employees are so upset with Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to take no action on Donald *****’s posts, that they are participating in a “virtual…