Millions flocked to Pokémon Go Fest 2020 — and spent millions doing it
Players spent $17.5 million over the two-day event
Players spent $17.5 million over the two-day event
Google has been offering price-matching in the United States, but now the company is expanding the service outside of its home country and will now reach 23 more markets. It will allow customers to buy anything from the Google Store and if they find a lower price in selected retailers, they’ll get a discount to…
IoT device maker Withings has raised $60 million in venture capital as it sets its sights on providing B2B services. Withings has had an interesting story so far. The company was founded in France in 2008 and went on to build some acclaimed connected health devices, including scales and smartwatches. In 2016, Withings was acquired…
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Hannah Arendt used to say: Fight the power! Bitcoin price We closed the day, July 27 2020, at a…
Cybersecurity agencies in the US and UK yesterday issued a joint advisory about a massive ongoing malware threat infecting Taiwanese company QNAP’s network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. Called QSnatch (or Derek), the data-stealing malware is said to have compromised 62,000 devices since reports emerged last October, with a high degree of infection in Western Europe and…
The Sony HT-X8500 is a slightly better soundbar than the Bose Solo 5. While both soundbars have similarly balanced stereo frequency responses and soundstages, the Sony supports Atmos, which is a little surprising for a 2.1 setup. It also has EQ presets, one HDMI ARC and one Full HDMI In port, and its Optical Audio In supports both…
The first 2020 MLB series between the Rockies and Athletics starts tonight. Here’s how to watch it with ESPN+.
Realme’s entry-level C-series has its newest member with the C15, which just debuted in Indonesia. The phone brings a beefy 6,000 mAh battery alongside quad cameras as well as the same Helio G35 found in the Realme C11 and Android 10 with Realme UI. Upfront we have a 6.5-inch LCD with HD+ resolution with a…
Advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are showing no signs of slowing down despite the global coronavirus pandemic and they appear keen on exploiting the Internet of Things (IoT) for their attacks. Recently, the Russian group APT28 has recently been reported to have been scanning and exploiting vulnerable email servers for over a year. This group…
In its eternal quest to get Doom onto as many things as can conceivably carry it, the gaming community has surprised me yet again by modding Doom into Minecraft It’s possible thanks to a mod that allows the open source software VirtualBox to run within Minecraft. Once you’ve got the mod installed, you can build a functioning computer that runs Windows…