Happy Tuesday, everything is broken. Most significantly, late Monday night T-Mobile experienced what appears to be a fairly major outage across the US, with thousands of customers from California to New York reporting that they were unable to place calls or use other basic network services. T-Mobile says it’s now …
Read More »Toyota puts Lexus at the front of its electric car plans
Toyota will also be expanding its current EV lineup, which currently consists of the bZ4X crossover SUV (which required a recall to make sure its wheels don’t fall off) and the Subaru Solterra EV built on top of Toyota’s e-TNGA flexible EV platform. Lexus has yet to release its RZ …
Read More »How to watch the FTX collapse hearings in Congress this week
Bankman-Fried is set to testify on Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee alongside FTX’s current chief executive John J. Ray III. It will be the first of two congressional hearings investigating the collapse this week. The hearings will be livestreamed from the committees’ websites and YouTube channels. The House …
Read More »Xbox boss: Sony wants to ‘grow by making Xbox smaller’
Xbox chief and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony’s opposition to the Activision Blizzard deal comes down to the PlayStation maker wanting “to protect its dominance” in consoles. “The way they grow is by making Xbox smaller,” said Spencer in a recent Second Request podcast (Via Eurogamer). Sony has …
Read More »Returnal is coming to PC, but you’ll need 32GB of RAM to play comfortably
Sony’s Returnal is the latest PlayStation exclusive to make the jump to PC, but it comes with a hefty RAM recommendation (via WccfTech). While you’ll need a minimum of 16GB of RAM in your rig just to get it in a playable state, Returnal’s Steam listing recommends at least 32GB …
Read More »The Witcher: Blood Origin review: not witcher-y enough to stand out
There’s one very important thing missing from The Witcher: Blood Origin: Geralt of Rivia. Of course, it makes sense that the iconic character isn’t in the new four-episode prequel series, given that it takes place more than 1,000 years before he was born, at a time when witchers (and the …
Read More »The Verge’s 2022 holiday gift guide for kids: 29 unique gifts for kids and teens
Throw Throw Burrito Sometimes it is in the name. In Throw Throw Burrito, up to six players are charged with collecting sets of matching cards while simultaneously trying to dodge squishy airborne replicas of everyone’s favorite Mexican dish. The premise is fairly simple and easy to follow, making it great …
Read More »SEC asks companies to disclose exposure to struggling crypto firms
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is asking publicly-traded companies to tell investors about their involvement with struggling cryptocurrency firms (via CNBC). In a notice posted on Thursday, the SEC says companies may have an obligation under federal law to disclose whether their operations or finances have been impacted by …
Read More »Apple will let its employees talk about discrimination and abuse
Apple will no longer bar employees from speaking out about workplace harassment and discrimination issues, as first reported by the Financial Times. The company shared the news following a review of Apple’s non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which previously excluded language surrounding the discussion of working conditions. In a note titled, “Our …
Read More »Elon Musk’s $8 Twitter Blue subscription launches again on Monday
As reported previously, the subscription will cost $8 per month to purchase on the web or $11 per month via the iOS App Store to make up for the up to 30 percent commission Apple takes off of in-app purchases. This time, anyone paying for Blue who wants to display …
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