Credit: Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard, perhaps ironically, has ignited a firestorm over the banning of an esports pro for his support of Hong Kong. While the initial response was flammable enough, the aftermath is swiftly growing beyond its original gaming context into a proper international incident. If you want the skinny on how this whole thing…
Google Docs is one of the few online applications that I’m deeply dependent on for my everyday work. Like millions of other people, I use it to write, edit, collaborate, and to archive my documents. There’s no arguing on the convenience that Google Docs provides, whether you’re a professional writer, an account manager, an academic…
What in the world has Andy Rubin been up to? After launching the Essential Phone – a stunning device that was plagued by poor software but has improved significantly over time – Android’s creator has been pretty quiet. The phone’s original successor was nixed, but now we have the first confirmation the company does indeed…
Sony has begun drawing the curtain back next-generation PlayStation console, in an agonizingly slow manner. Today it revealed some details about the hardware we’ll be seeing when the console launches holiday 2020 — but not, frustratingly, what kinds of games we can expect to see. I suspect the specific titles will have to wait until…
Adobe has canceled all user accounts based in Venezuela in order to comply with Trump’s August executive order barring US companies from doing businesses with the country. With no end to the order in sight, it’s unclear when Venezuelans will regain access to their accounts. The move affects both free and paid accounts, and it…
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! When working out, it’s important to have a great sweat-proof pair of earphones to blast tunes that keep you motivated. Plus, you need a good fitness band to track your workouts to measure your performance. Now, this sounds like…
The US government has blacklisted 28 Chinese organizations for their alleged involvement in perpetrating systematic abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority residing in the country’s Xinjiang province. To that effect, eight technology companies have been added to the Entity List — including Dahua Technology, Hikvision, IFLYTEK, Megvii Technology, Sense Time, Xiamen Meiya Pico Information Co.…
Here I thought dating Colonel Sanders was the strangest gaming-related thing I’d do this year. But now another fast food company has jumped on this curiously specific bandwagon: Wendy’s is making its own tabletop RPG called Feast of Legends. You play a hero of Freshtovia, a nation of peaceful beef-eaters, ruled by the red-headed Queen Wendy,…
Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern school of business, just announced a list of companies he’s convinced are about to experience a severe downturn. Among them: We Work, Lyft, Robinhood, OYO, and Tesla. Overvalued unicorns:— Pinterest— Snap— Twitter— Peloton— Slack— DoorDash— Lime— Palantir— Uber— Compass Will lose 80% or disappear:— Tesla— WeWork— Robinhood—…
I shouldn’t have to tell you that Facebook‘s upcoming ‘cryptocurrency‘ Libra isn’t having a great time. With every passing day, and every new headline, it seems less likely that Libra will ever launch, let alone on time. Well, if you’re skeptical and think Libra is going to be delayed, you can take a shot at…
