GameStop is now closing all US stores after trying to claim they’re too ‘essential’ to close
The video game retail chain GameStop says it will close customer access to US storefronts starting Sunday, March 22, as a result of the continued …
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Apple shares plummet as coronavirus concerns persist
As states with sizable populations like New York, California, and Illinois enact stay-at-home measures, the stock market dropped significantly before the close of trading on …
Sling TV launches free tier with live news for people stuck at home
Maintaining a connection to news and entertainment has never been more important to consumers who are increasingly stuck hunkering down at home as the deadly …
The Opera browser just made it super easy to buy bitcoin with Apple Pay
The Opera browser is now making it easy for users in the US to buy cryptocurrency like bitcoin with Apple Pay. If you use the …
New Best Buy policy will limit in-store customers to 15 at a time
Best Buy has announced some new policies meant to cut down on crowds at its stores as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The electronics …
Spectrum will give students free internet for 60 days
Corporate America is increasingly stepping up to help consumers as the coronavirus crisis continues to pummel the country and keep many people stuck hunkering down …
Mint Mobile is giving people free data as coronavirus spreads
Ryan Reynold’s wireless carrier Mint Mobile is doing its part to help out consumers during the coronavirus crisis. Through April 14, it’s giving away free …
Apple’s stores around the world will be closed much longer than we thought
Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a letter over the weekend announcing that the company would close its stores until March 27 as a result …
Apple fined 1.1 billion euros in France for anti-competitive behavior
Apple was just fined 1.1 billion euros by France’s antitrust body for what has been deemed anti-competitive behavior. The fine is related to Apple’s practices …
Coronavirus panic-buying even hits Amazon hard, where many essentials are out of stock
Coronavirus panic has sent consumers racing to find and stock up on household essentials to prepare for the virus, like Purell and toilet paper — …
A JetBlue passenger who flew with the coronavirus got slapped with a lifetime ban
We are going to see a lot more of this kind of thing in the coming days, as the US and the rest of the …
Apple closing all stores outside of China through March 27
After announcing that its upcoming annual developers conference will switch to an online-only format this year as a result of the continued spread of the …
Elon Musk thinks coronavirus isn’t even one of the ‘top 100 health risks’ to worry about
Elon Musk has now doubled-down on his tweet from a few days ago that declared “the coronavirus panic is dumb,” this time via a Friday …
Disney suspends all live-action film production because of the coronavirus
Disney has taken another extraordinary step in response to the continued spread of the coronavirus — bringing an immediate halt to all live-action film production …
Cable TV prices have gone up so much that they now exceed most combined utility bills
One of the consequences of a growing number of consumers cutting the cord and going all-in on streaming TV is that cable TV companies end …
Reggie Fils-Aime made people fall in love with Nintendo. Can he do it again at GameStop?
GameStop announced something of a Hail Mary play late Monday — the addition of some retail industry heavyweights to its board of directors, including former …
Samsung vs. Apple: New book promises tell-all history of one of tech’s great rivalries
Samsung and Apple have been fierce rivals in the smartphone game for years, each paying intensely close attention to what the other is doing and …
Google unveils massive coronavirus response, including Search updates
The coronavirus outbreak shows no signs of slowing down in the US, with the latest numbers as of the time of this writing including more …
iPhone 12 release and iPhone 9 reportedly delayed due to coronavirus
Apple’s iPhone 12 series will feature the first big iPhone redesign in three years, and it’s the most hotly anticipated smartphone release of 2020. Four …
WWDC 2020: Is this a clue that one of Apple’s biggest events might get canceled?
WWDC is one of Apple’s biggest events every year, a chance for the iPhone maker to show off updated software for its phones and other …
Women’s History Month: Here’s how Google is helping users celebrate
Women’s History Month is being celebrated throughout March. To mark the occasion (as well as that of International Women’s Day, which comes this weekend on …
Apple’s iPhone 9 is reportedly delayed due to coronavirus
There’s no question whatsoever that Apple’s upcoming iPhone 12 series is the most hotly anticipated launch of 2020. We’re still six months away from Apple …
Apple’s iPhone 12 will crush every other smartphone in 2020 for two reasons
Buzz surrounding the upcoming new iPhone 12 lineup is really starting to pick up now, which should be fairly troubling to Apple’s rivals since the …
Apple’s iPhone supply chain won’t return to normal for a few more months
Just a day or so after Apple CEO Tim Cook seemed to hint in an interview on Friday that the iPhone maker might not be …
One of Apple’s biggest events of 2020 is coming up – will coronavirus ruin it?
We’re only two months into 2020, and already a growing handful of major tech industry events have been completely scuttled thanks to the ongoing spread …
Spotify’s redesigned app is much easier to use
Spotify is one of many peoples’ most-used daily apps on their mobile device, so anytime it makes even a modest change to the app (related …
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile will pay a massive fine for violating your privacy
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to recommend that a fine of at least $200 million be levied against four major US wireless carriers — …
Your Netflix bill might be going up by a few dollars, but Netflix isn’t raising prices
Like it or not, your monthly Netflix bill could go up anywhere from a dollar to a few dollars a month soon, thanks to state …
Apple tried to ban an insider’s book about the company – now it’s a bestseller
If Apple was hopeful that it could succeed in shutting down the publication of a new book entitled App Store Confidential by former executive Tom …
Cable TV’s subscriber losses in 2019 dwarfed the population of Los Angeles
“The media industry is finally facing that long-feared moment of accelerating cord-cutting.” That’s one of the it-should-go-without-saying highlights of a new research note published this …
