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Google is removing its Play Movies and TV app from every Roku and most smart TVs

The Google Play Movies and TV app will no longer be available on any Roku set-top box or any Samsung, LG, Vizio or Roku smart TV starting July 15th, Google has announced (via 9to5Google). If you have movies or TV shows purchased or rented through the service, you’ll still be able to access them through… Read more

Realtek Chip Shortage Is More Bad News for PC, Components Market

Home News (Image credit: MZinchenko / Shutterstock.com) It seems that Realtek has joined the long list of supply chain bottlenecks. DigiTimes today reported that the company is struggling to meet demand for the various chips manufacturers use in their notebooks, automobiles and other kinds of devices. In the story, DigiTimes remarked that Realtek has extended… Read more

Google is shutting down its mobile Shopping app

Google is shutting down its mobile Shopping apps for both iOS and Android and directing users to its web Shopping site instead, 9to5 Google reported. On Friday, Xda Developers discovered that the term “sunset” had been added to several strings of code in the Shopping app, suggesting the apps were being discontinued. A Google spokesperson… Read more

Nvidia Gives Away GeForce RTX 3090 In GTC 2021 Treasure Hunt

Home News GeForce RTX 3090 (Image credit: Nvidia) Stealing a page out of Intel’s playbook, Nvidia is holding a treasure hunt leading up to GTC (Graphics Technology Conference) 2021. To give the public an extra bit of motivation to participate, the chipmaker is offering up a ton of prizes, including the elusive GeForce RTX 3090… Read more

Hitman’s best feature, the Elusive Target, has arrived in Hitman 3

Fans of Hitman’s excellent Elusive Target missions will be happy to hear that the first of these made for a Hitman 3 level is now live. The mission tasks you with hunting down “The Collector,” aka Kody Haynes, in the game’s Dartmoor map. The mission is live for 10 days starting today. It’s not the… Read more

Raspberry Pi Sends 6,400 RP2040 Chips to Arduino for Upcoming Board

Home News (Image credit: Eben Upton / Raspberry Pi Trading) The impending arrival of another Raspberry Pi RP2040 powered partner is almost upon us. In a conversation on Twitter between Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton and Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi we see reels of RP2040 chips destined for Arduino’s first ‘Pi Silicon’ board. Hey @mbanzi,… Read more

Global Chip Shortage Reportedly Delays MacBook Production

Home News (Image credit: Alena Veasey / Shutterstock.com) It’s said that money can’t buy everything—and the world’s most valuable company seems to be learning that lesson the hard way. Nikkei Asia Review today reported that even Apple’s supply chain has been weakened by the global chip shortage. Apple has devoted a lot of time, expertise,… Read more

Verizon is recalling 2.5 million hotspots that could overheat and cause burn or fire damage

Verizon said Thursday it is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to recall 2.5 million hotspot devices after an investigation found the devices’ lithium-ion batteries could overheat and pose fire and burn hazards. The Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspot models MHS900L, MHS900LS, and MHS900LPP were imported by Franklin Wireless Corp. and sold between April… Read more

Expedia launches a new tool to check coronavirus travel restrictions

As more people get vaccinated against the coronavirus and spring weather coaxes people outside, we’re all thinking about those travel plans we shelved last summer. But with COVID-19 travel restrictions varying by country and by state in the US, it’s difficult to figure out what’s safe and what the latest rules are. Expedia Group —… Read more

Asus Unveils AMD Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ Powered UCFF Desktop

Home News (Image credit: Asus) In recent years a number of PC makers have introduced small form-factor (SFF) and ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) computers based on AMD’s latest accelerated processing units (APUs), but none of those systems are as tiny as Intel’s NUCs. Asus is one of a few manufacturers to actually offer its Mini PC… Read more

AMD inexplicably threw scalpers a bone with limited-edition Radeon RX 6800 XT ‘Midnight Black’ GPU

Because the world desperately needed another GPU people can’t actually buy, AMD decided to release a limited-edition “Midnight Black” version of its Radeon RX 6800 XT early Wednesday morning, where it sold out before most people even saw the card was there. You might be thinking: “Why would you release a limited-edition version of something… Read more

Valkyrae and CouRage are now co-owners of 100 Thieves

100 Thieves, a popular esports organization and lifestyle brand, announced that two of its biggest content creators, Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter and Jack “CouRage” Dunlop, will now be co-owners. “As a streamer and former pro-player myself, I always wanted 100 Thieves to be an organization guided by and built to be a platform for content creators,”… Read more

Atari Goes All-in on Cryptocurrencies and NFT

Home News (Image credit: Pit Stock / Shutterstock.com) It’s taken Atari less time to introduce its own Ethereum-based token, a crypto casino, and an NFT licensing business than it has to finally release the Atari VCS not-quite console it revealed in 2017 under the Ataribox moniker. Now the company’s going even harder on crypto and… Read more

AMD Launches Radeon RX 6800 XT Midnight Black Edition

Home News (Image credit: AMD) According to a leak reported at VideoCardz, at 6am PST AMD plans to release a special black edition of its Radeon RX 6800 XT. AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 XT Midnight Black edition graphics board is based on the Navi 21 GPU featuring 4608 stream processors, 288 texture units (TUs), and… Read more

Maker Creates RP2040 Stamp for Drop-In Pico Powered Projects

Home News (Image credit: arturo182 / Solder Party) When Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton announced via Twitter that Raspberry Pi had an informal RP2040 sample program, many makers pitched their ideas for the chip that powers the Raspberry Pi Pico. One of those makers, arturo182, has already started work on an RP2040 based Raspberry Pi… Read more