Month: September 2022

Two and a half years after unveiling Stadia on stage at GDC, the game streaming service is officially done. Subscribers will have access to the games library through January 18 of next year, after which point, it will shut down for good. Google adds in a blog post that it expects to have all refunds
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Away from the premium smartphone feature-utility hyperbole swirling around dynamic islands, mobile devices remain much of a muchness. But ethical mobile brand Fairphone has always done innovation differently — applying attention to supply chain conditions and novel modularity to support repairability and lifespan longevity, with a dual mission to make consumer electronics more ethical and
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This story is part of Recession Help Desk, CNET’s coverage of how to make smart money moves in an uncertain economy. Lisa Frink knows firsthand how quickly financial stability can turn into financial catastrophe.  Frink and her husband checked all the boxes: got their education, worked hard, bought a house and started a family. But
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Netflix’s latest true-crime blockbuster hit is called Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, bizarrely using the murderer’s last name twice in the title. Some people wish the Milwaukee killer didn’t have quite so much exposure. As of Tuesday, Dahmer was No. 1 on Netflix, but it’s brought with it plenty of controversy. Let’s break it down.
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Advertisement The announcement comes just a week after Logitech unveiled its $350 G Cloud gaming handheld. While the price point was underwhelming considering you can buy a Switch OLED for the same amount, and a more powerful Steam Deck is only $400, the concept was sound: play mobile games natively and stream blockbusters online. The
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Regie.ai, a startup using OpenAI’s GPT-3 text-generating system to create sales and marketing content for brands, today announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Foundation Capital, South Park Commons, Day One Ventures and prominent angel investors. The fresh investment comes as VCs see a
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Amazon Alexa will be the foundation of BMW’s next-generation voice assistant, the companies announced Wednesday at Amazon’s annual Devices and Services launch event. The German automaker and Amazon have had a business relationship for years now; BMW started offering the Alexa assistant in select cars starting in 2018 and the partnership has grown from there.
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You already know whether you’re an Amazon Echo type person. If so, you’re probably looking at one right now, thinking “should I upgrade that thing or is it pointless?” Probably the latter — unless you also have Amazon’s Eero mesh Wi-Fi product, in which case: it’s probably still pointless, unless it’s pretty old. In which
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E-commerce roll-up startup Flora emerged from stealth mode with $9 million in seed funding from an investor group that included Lux Capital, Correlation Ventures, Climate Capital and Gokul Rajaram. Also known as an aggregator, the company acquires and grows brands — in Flora’s case, focused on offering sustainable products and reducing carbon emissions. Co-founders and
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During my first drive of the V8-powered Bentayga EWB, I found myself wondering what’s next for the plug-in hybrid variant of Bentley’s luxury SUV. I needn’t wonder more after this morning’s announcement of new Bentayga S Hybrid and Azure Hybrid models joining the lineup. Bentayga S Hybrid  A new 18-kilowatt-hour battery (slightly larger than the
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