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Spotify will let you filter your liked songs by mood and genre

Spotify’s making it easier to parse your liked songs. The company is rolling out a new feature today that’ll let users filter their liked songs by genre and mood. This way, you can enjoy more of what you like without compromising on the vibe. I, for example, have songs that would be fun in the… Read more

PUBG: New State is a futuristic new battle royale game for Android and iOS

The PUBG universe is expanding with a new mobile title for iOS and Android called PUBG: New State, which catapults the battle royale ahead in time for a more futuristic take on the massive multiplayer genre. Set in 2051, PUBG: New State takes place years after the current PUBG games (which are set in approximately… Read more

Vaio Z Laptops Reinvented: Molded Carbon Fiber Chassis, Starts at $3,579

Home News (Image credit: Vaio) Formerly under the Sony umbrella, Vaio’s Z-series notebooks are known for combining high performance with a light weight and sleek look. From time to time, Vaio redesigns these machines to offer something that its rivals do not, and this week it introduced its all-new Vaio Z-series notebooks in the U.S…. Read more

Police in Minneapolis reportedly used a geofence warrant at Floyd protest last year

Police in Minneapolis got a search warrant that ordered Google to provide account data on people who were near a protest that turned violent two days after the killing of George Floyd last year, TechCrunch reported. The search warrant required Google to provide account data for anyone “within the geographical region” of an AutoZone store… Read more

Microsoft made a giant climate pledge one year ago — here’s where it’s at now

One year after pledging to remove all of its historic and future planet-heating emissions within a few decades, Microsoft says it has already slashed its carbon footprint by 6 percent. It’s an incremental change that’s in line with what’s needed globally to address the climate crisis, but there is a whole lot of work left… Read more

EU group calls for Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift investigation

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) is calling on the European Commission to investigate Nintendo Joy-Con drift complaints. The BEUC group represents more than 40 consumer organizations across the European Union, and the umbrella organization says it has received nearly 25,000 complaints from consumers across Europe about faulty Joy-Con controllers. “According to consumer testimonies, in 88… Read more

Falcon Acoustics launches self-assembly Q7 Mini-Monitors you can build in under two hours

Home News (Image credit: Falcon Acoustics) Falcon Acoustics has launched the second do-it-yourself speaker in its ‘Complete@Home’ range, following the introduction of the two-way IMF100 standmounters last summer. The new Q7 Mini-Monitor is another self-assembly set of speakers that require no specialist tools, and this pair can supposedly be built in under two hours. The… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile ‘Cezanne’ SoC Deep Dive: Zen 3 Powers Into Notebooks

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD whipped the covers off of its Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ mobile chips at CES 2021, but today marks the official launch and AMD has unveiled the deep-dive details of the SoC that brings the Zen 3 architecture to the notebook market for the first time. The new chips will power… Read more

XMG and Schenker Get Very Specific on Max-Q for RTX 3000 Series

Home News (Image credit: XMG) The European laptop vendor that sells XMG and Schenker laptops has sent a statement to reporters about recent confusion regarding gaming laptop listings and whether or not Nvidia’s Max-Q technologies were specified. “We always list Max-Q in the spec sheets and product texts and provide detailed information about the TGP… Read more

Apple faces yet another class action suit over throttling iPhones

A consumer advocacy group in Europe has filed the latest class action lawsuit against Apple saying the company intentionally throttled older iPhones in Italy. First reported by TechCrunch, the new lawsuit seeks €60 million (roughly $73 million) in compensation — or about €60 per device — for owners of iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, and… Read more

Elastic: Now comes the fork

Logz.io is promising new distributions for Elasticsearch and Kibana, which, in contrast to Elastics’ future direction, should appear completely as free software. The developers do not use the word fork, but due to the new licenses, the future project is left with less than a split from the original provider. This is exactly what CEO… Read more

Security Updates: Critical Root Gaps in SD-WAN Routers from Cisco

The network equipment supplier Cisco has closed security gaps in several products. Cisco hardware and software admins should install the latest security patches. Otherwise, attackers could attack networks and, in some cases, execute malicious code and thus take complete control. Specific information on threatened versions and security updates can be found in the security warnings… Read more

The fight to make Netflix and Hulu pay cable fees

Streaming services are slowly turning into cable TV — complete with bundles, an ever-growing list of channels, and a reinvented TV guide. And a series of lawsuits could portend the return of something even worse: the hidden cable fee. Three municipalities in Georgia are suing Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming video providers for as much… Read more

Netflix surpasses 200 million subscribers, but has more competition than ever in 2021

Netflix has surpassed another major milestone: 203.6 million subscribers around the world. The achievement comes after Netflix saw spectacular growth in the first half of 2020. But as it celebrates passing the 200 million subscriber mark, Netflix is also acknowledging that 2021 likely won’t see as many net subscriber gains every quarter, starting in the… Read more

Review: Sonos Arc soundbar

Sonos has launched a new premium soundbar this summer that should be the successor to the Playbar and the Playbase. The new Sonos Arc comes with HDMI and has extra overhead speakers to display Dolby Atmos. We have examined the newcomer extensively in several living rooms. Trendsetter Sonos You may think of Sonos what you… Read more