The PlayStation 5 is a mighty console, but it still relies on a mechanism that’s been around in one form or another since the original PlayStation – a disc reader. Obviously we’ve graduated from CDs up to 4K Blu-Ray quality, but the mechanics involved are pretty similar, and that makes for one big potential issue:…
Pokémon Go has launched a new kind of raid activity – Elite Raids – designed to test players’ mettle in return for ultra-rare creatures. Beyond being a test for players with a buffed-up Pokémon team, Elite Raids also seem like Pokémon Go developer Niantic’s latest nudge to get users back outside in big numbers, generating…
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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. WeChat users are begging Tencent to give their censored accounts back On Weibo, the popular Chinese social media platform, hundreds of desperate users were writing “confession letters” this past week. They are urgent…
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Plan before you shop. Karolina Grabowska / Pexels It’s October already, which means we’re on a bullet train to the holiday season. But with inflation in the US currently surpassing 8 percent, it’s getting harder and more expensive to celebrate as we’ve done in years past. But a little planning can go far. Tracking prices…
PayPal is taking a step away from the Honey brand, the $4 billion shopping rewards acquisition it made in 2019, with today’s launch of PayPal Rewards. The new program will replace “Honey Gold” — the rewards program for Honey browser extension users, which allows customers to redeem their points for cash, gift cards or PayPal…
Tesla door handles, which sit flush with the car’s body, improve the vehicle’s aerodynamics. However, they’re not great in extremely cold weather, with the handles sometimes getting too frozen to move. The company did issue a software fix after the door handle problems first came to light, in the winter of 2018, but it wasn’t…
The ending of House of the Dragon episode 9 was fairly abrupt and dramatic, with the focus since understandably resting on Rhaenys’ dramatic dragon-assisted escape from King’s Landing. But really, it shouldn’t have come as that much of a shock, because we were told it was going to happen. The problem was, the words were…
Kanye West, or Ye as he is now known, is buying Parler, a controversial social media network touting itself as a “free speech” alternative to platforms like Twitter. Parler’s parent company Parlement Technologies announced the news on Monday in a press release, writing that Ye’s acquisition will “further lead the fight to create a truly…