Lately, it seems like forgoing red meat has become an unfortunate proxy for environmental credentials. Epicurious, for example, just announced that it will no longer publish articles or recipes with beef in a decision it calls, “not anti-beef but rather pro-planet.” And then there are headlines like “Why do some green activists eat meat?” Meat-eating,… Read more
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Playstation 5 Boosts Sony’s Profits, Despite Being Sold Out
Home News (Image credit: Sony) Sony today announced that its Game & Network Services division enjoyed record profits in fiscal year 2020 (FY2020) as consumers rushed to buy the PlayStation 5, even though supply constraints forced many people to purchase the console from scalpers instead of the retailers to whom Sony actually sells the product…. Read more
read more...Spotify premium subscriber count increases 21 percent to 158 million
Spotify now boasts 158 million premium subscribers and 356 million monthly active users, according to its latest earnings report released today. That’s a 21 percent and 24 percent year-over-year increase, respectively. It’s up from 155 million premium subscribers and 345 million monthly active users last quarter. The streaming service has continued to focus on podcasts… Read more
read more...Apple fined $12M by Russian regulator over App Store monopoly abuse
Russia’s antitrust regulator, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), has fined Apple $12 million over complaints it unfairly cracked down on third-party parental control apps, the regulator has announced. The FAS started its investigation after receiving a complaint from Kaspersky Lab in March 2019, which claimed Apple had forced it to limit the functionality of its… Read more
read more...Sony has sold 7.8 million PS5 consoles
Sony has sold 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles as of March 31st, the company says in its latest earnings report. The number of PlayStation Plus subscribers is now 47.6 million, a 14.7 percent increase year on year. The fourth-quarter figures bring the overall PlayStation business to a total operating profit of 342.2 billion yen ($3.14… Read more
read more...Microsoft Teams usage jumps to 145 million daily active users
Microsoft now has 145 million people using its Microsoft Teams communications app. This is another increase of 26 percent since Microsoft revealed Teams usage had jumped during the pandemic to 115 million daily active users in October 2020. Usage of Teams has spiked over the past year, with businesses continuing to flock to services like… Read more
read more...Spotify is okay with Joe Rogan’s anti-vaccine remarks
In a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the world’s most popular podcaster suggests that healthy young people don’t need the COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to the advice of health professionals trying to stem a pandemic that’s killed more than 3 million people. Rogan said he believes “for the most part it’s safe to get… Read more
read more...Google banks big in Alphabet’s post-pandemic-peak Q1 2021 earnings
During the height of the pandemic last year, Google was the rare tech giant that actually saw a revenue decline — the first in the company’s history — but only by 2 percent. To say Google has now recovered would be the understatement of the week: Alphabet’s just-released Q1 2021 earnings show it raking in… Read more
read more...Nikkei: Apple is starting mass production of the M2 chips this month using TSMC’s N5P process
Last week at the Spring Loaded event Apple expanded its portfolio of M1-powered devices with the new iPad Pros and the new iMacs. The next major event is WWDC, which starts on June 7, and is expected to bring larger MacBook Pro models (14″ and 16″). More important than their size will be their brains…. Read more
read more...Super Mario Party gets surprise multiplayer update
Mustafa Mahmoud 3 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Online, Software & Gaming, Tech News Super Mario Party is one of the best selling games on the Nintendo Switch. Despite this the game saw very little in the way of post-launch support, with many fans left disappointed by Nintendo’s treatment of the game. In a… Read more
read more...PS5 exclusive Godfall may be coming to last-gen
Mustafa Mahmoud 4 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Godfall was the first game to be announced exclusively for the PlayStation 5. Positioned as the first true next-gen game, the ‘looter-slasher’ received a lukewarm reception – though it was technically impressive in a number of ways. Despite its marketing, it would appear… Read more
read more...Native PS5 and Series X versions of Warzone are on their way
Mustafa Mahmoud 6 hours ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming, Tech News When Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launched late last year, it offered a native next-gen version, which took advantage of many of the new consoles’ enhancements including 120fps support, FOV sliders and much more. Activision’s arguably more popular Call… Read more
read more...Cyberpunk 2077 refunds cost CD Projekt Red over $50 million
Matthew Wilson 3 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Earlier this week as part of CD Projekt Red’s 2020 financial report, the company revealed that it sold 13.7 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077 in December, and fulfilled 30,000 pre-order requests through its Help Me Refund program. As it turns out, the documentation was… Read more
read more...Razer’s Orochi V2 wireless gaming mouse has astoundingly long battery life
Razer’s new $69.99 Orochi V2 is a wireless gaming mouse that promises extremely long battery life. It can apparently last up to 950 hours on a single AA battery when it’s in Bluetooth mode or up to 425 hours if you toggle its wireless switch to use the 2.4GHz Hyperspeed mode that can deliver lower-latency… Read more
read more...ADT sues Ring over ‘virtually indistinguishable’ blue octagon design
Home security company ADT is suing Amazon subsidiary Ring, claiming its recent designs are a “brazen” copy of ADT’s octagonal blue symbol. The firm cites Ring’s blue octagonal outdoor siren as a recent example. In the filing, ADT lists a dozen of its trademark registrations dating back to the late 90s that feature a combination… Read more
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