This Xbox version of the Hammerhead HyperSpeed is the definitive version, so says Razer. It can work with PlayStation and Xbox, while the PS-specific version can’t work with Xbox. | Image: Razer To stand out from the many over-ear headsets that Razer has released for consoles, the company is bringing a new version of its…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by…
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. People leave jobs for all kinds of reasons, but when it’s a CFO departing a richly valued company as the company itself conducts layoffs, the exodus can be a sign of a…
HyperSocial CEO Braden Wallake. LinkedIn HyperSocial CEO Braden Wallake is making headlines again after another emotional LinkedIn post. Commenters were quick to accuse Wallake of using his grandmother’s death to promote the marketing startup. Wallake faced backlash in August for posting a crying selfie after having to fire two employees. A marketing startup CEO known…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP The President of Tajikistan, a firm ally of Russia, appeared to berate Putin at an international summit. Emomali Rahmon said, “we have history, culture, we love, we want to be respected.” The…
Former President Barack Obama walks by his presidential portrait as he and former first lady Michelle Obama have their portraits unveiled at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2018. The former president’s portrait was painted by Kehinde Wiley while the former first lady’s portrait was painted by Amy Sherald. Matt…
Razer, you may recall, recently teased a 5G handheld device that’s focused on cloud gaming. The company took the opportunity at RazerCon to formally announce the system, which it calls the Razer Edge — yep, Razer finally went there with its branding. The Edge has a 6.8-inch AMOLED screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz…
Apple today announced that Apple Card users will be able to open a new “high-yield” savings account from Goldman Sachs and have their Daily Cash automatically deposited into it, with no fees, no minimum deposits, and no minimum balance requirements. Apple says the savings account option will be available “in the coming months,” but it…
iOS 16 continues to leak data outside an active VPN tunnel, even when Lockdown mode is enabled, security researchers have discovered. Speaking to MacRumors, security researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry explained that iOS 16’s approach to VPN traffic is the same whether Lockdown mode is enabled or not. The news is significant since…
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