Enlarge / The NFL is hugely popular in the US, but the streaming and broadcast rights are uniquely complicated. (credit: velo_city) After months of rumors and teases, the National Football League has launched a new streaming video service. Unfortunately, the new service has limitations, as it’s caught up in a tangled mess of arrangements with…
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Enlarge (credit: Layland Masuda) Not for nothing, but when it comes to bodies of water and climate change, the ocean gets the (sea) lion’s share of attention. But on land, around 117 million admittedly smaller bodies of water play necessary ecological, social, and economic roles. Lakes are relatively tiny, but “relative” is a key term…
The Zephyr in 2021. DOD courtesy photo Very early in the morning on June 15, a lightweight drone with a 82-foot wingspan took off from the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, assisted by a handful of people who had to hand-launch it from the runway. It’s been 40 days since then, and the drone is…
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Happy new week! Christine went on a well-deserved break, so you’ll have to deal with a double dose of my awful puns and worse headline shenanigans for a bit. Oh! And we…
In our Digital Trust Benchmark Report, we analyze the data from our fifth annual “US Digital Trust Survey” to evaluate how US social media users feel about nine major social media platforms—Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube—and reveal the extent to which trust affects usage and attitudes toward advertising. To download…
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump AP Photo Biden tore into Trump for his inaction and praised law enforcement the day of the Capitol attack. “The police were heroes that day,” the president said. “Donald Trump lacked the courage to act.” Biden’s remarks come after the Jan. 6 House panel hosted its eighth…
If you found yourself suitably enthused for American Truck Simulator’s Montana expansion following last week’s 30 minutes of soothing cross-country trundling, there’s some great news; it turns out developer SCS Software was somewhat underselling it when it said development was “slowly approaching the finish line” – the Montana expansion is out next week. Montana –…
Want to jump straight to the answer? The best online payroll service for most people is Gusto or Paychex. A great payroll service makes it easy to process accurate payroll every cycle. You can rest easy knowing your tax obligations are calculated properly and filed with the appropriate parties, ensuring you avoid any penalties. Switching…
Want to jump straight to the answer? The best cloud hosting company for most people is Kamatera or Hostinger. Cloud web hosting may be exactly what your business needs. Your data is spread across a network of servers, a cloud environment, instead of a single server. In this buying guide, we explain what cloud hosting…
Instagram carousel posts are one of the most engaging formats brands can use on the platform. Hootsuite’s own social media team finds that, on average, their carousel posts get 1.4x more reach and 3.1x more engagement than regular posts on Instagram. The temptation to swipe left, it seems, is hard to resist — especially when there’s a…