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At midnight on Tuesday, the moderators of the Reddit community r/Gaming decided to go dark, CNBC reported. Dac Croach, who goes by the username Dacvack, and the subreddits's other leaders hit the private button, initiating a 48-hour shutdown for the group's more than 37 million members, along with anyone else who tried to access the community. They were joining a
Amazon and Disney are excited to share that Hey Disney! - a new voice assistant built on Alexa technology and referred as the ‘Disney Magical Companion’ - is officially available for customers to purchase in the U.S. as an annual, auto-renewing subscription in the Alexa Skills Store for use on their supported Echo devices at home. Additionally, Hey Disney! is
Twitch is introducing a new “Partner Plus” program that will give streamers an increase 70 percent of the share of their subscription revenues - up to the first $100,000 brought each year - with Twitch taking the other 30 percent, The Verge reported. According to The Verge, most partnered streamers receive 50 percent of their subscription revenues, though Twitch had
The National Music Publishers Assn., acting on behalf of 17 major music publishers, is filing a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Twitter for its failure to license and pay for the music widely available on its platform, Variety reported. The complaint seeks more than $250 million in damages for hundreds of thousands of noticed infringements of approximately 1,700 works. “Twitter
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday applied for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction seeking to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard before the deal’s July 18 deadline, CNBC reported. According to CNBC, the FTC said it fears that should Microsoft be allowed to buy Activision, Microsoft would have the power to “withhold or degrade” Activision’s gaming
Google announced that their latest Feature Drop is here, and it’s jam-packed with helpful tools and updates for your Pixel Phone, Pixel Watch and Fitbit devices. These began rolling out yesterday, and will continue over the next few weeks. For Pixel Phones Peace of mind from Google Assistant: Use your voice to ask Google Assistant on your Pixel phone to
The music has analog roots, but now it’s being revived by futuristic technology: The Beatles have completed a new recording using an old demo tape by John Lennon, thanks to AI tools that isolate Lennon’s voice, according to Paul McCartney, NPR reported. NPR provided a quote: “We just finished it up, it’ll be released this year,” McCartney, Lennon’s former bandmate,