Activision Blizzard cuts 800 workers, refocuses on hits like ‘Call of Duty’
As everyone expected, the video game company whose various units publish everything from franchises like Call of Duty to Candy Crush has just announced a massive …
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Google is facing another antitrust probe in one of the world’s biggest smartphone markets
Google has another investigation on its hands from a national regulator in one of the biggest smartphone markets in the world — an investigation along …
Tesla employees confess lingering layoff fears on anonymous chat app
After Tesla laid off some 9,000 workers last year and announced pink slips for another 7% of its workforce in January — which equates to …
Whole Foods is raising prices less than two years after Amazon’s acquisition
Depending on who you ask, Whole Foods is continuing to live up to the unfortunate nickname — “Whole Paycheck” — that cost-conscious shoppers bestowed on …
T-Mobile wants you to ‘break up’ with your carrier for its Valentine’s promotion
We told you last week about Verizon’s new BOGO (buy one get one free) offer that launched on Feb. 7, one week before Valentine’s Day. …
Woes mount for Activision Blizzard, which is planning layoffs after a sales slump
Activision Blizzard isn’t having the greatest start to the week, dealing as it is with the effects of a protracted sales slump as well as …
California man sues Apple because two-factor authentication works the way it’s supposed to
Jay Brodsky is an Apple customer from California who has a bone to pick with the iPhone maker. He’s not happy with the way the …
New job listing suggests Google may be thinking about building its own smartwatch
Google is apparently about to ramp up its wearable device business in a major way. That would seem to be the case thanks to a …
Nintendo touts the ‘very high number of women’ it employs as game designers
The number of and associated job duties for female employees was an area of focus during a Q&A session that Nintendo’s leadership hosted with investors …
Spectrum plans another inexplicable fee hike just four months after the last one
If you get your cable through Spectrum, prepare for your bill to inexplicably go up next month. According to the Los Angeles Times, Spectrum will …
Verizon’s new BOGO deal offers huge discounts on the hottest smartphones
Less than a month out from its last such offer, Verizon is once again preparing to launch another of its BOGO deals — this one …
T-Mobile promises the Sprint merger won’t drive up prices… for now
Now that the government has officially reopened and the review process for T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint has presumably picked back up, CEO John Legere …
Details emerge of an FBI sting targeting Huawei last month at CES
A few weeks before officials from the US Justice Dept. announced the unsealing of indictments against China-based tech giant Huawei — indictments that included almost …
Samsung finally decided to cancel its eyebrow-raising partnership with a fake Supreme brand
It took almost two months, but it seems that Samsung has finally come to its senses. After a splashy announcement in December about a partnership …
Here’s what would happen if Apple ever kicked Facebook off the App Store
Recent days have seen the simmering tension between Apple and Facebook reach an unprecedented level, after months of back-and-forth sniping, veiled potshots and a cold …
Netflix usage surpassed cable and satellite TV for the first time in 2018
The streaming video landscape is definitely going to look more interesting — and fragmented — than ever as 2019 continues to unfold, with established names …
Hulu is about to start showing ads when you pause, and this is what they’ll look like
Starting in the second quarter, Hulu is going to start slotting ads into a new spot on its popular video streaming platform. It’s an all-new …
Samsung has high hopes for the Galaxy S10, foldable, and 5G phones this year
Samsung on Thursday announced the results for the December quarter as well as the 2018 fiscal year, marking the second straight year of record annual …
Follow along as this video maps out everywhere Elon Musk flew his private jet in 2018
He’s referred to it as the “most painful” year of his career. Over the course of 2018, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk’s personal and professional life …
Apple is teaming up with American Airlines to offer passengers some in-flight entertainment
The day after Apple released its earnings for the most recent holiday quarter — which, among other things, underscored how much the company is continuing …
Surprising no one, survey shows almost 60% of Americans have ditched cable TV
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but cable TV is continuing to bleed subscribers in record numbers as they flock to cheaper Internet-based …
Report: Facebook has been paying some teens for permission to track everything they do
Already under fire for apparently tricking kids into spending their parents’ money to play games on the social networking platform, Facebook now finds itself confronting …
Apple posts fiscal Q1 earnings: Revenue reaches $84 billion as iPhone revenue drops by 15%
Typically, Apple’s earnings report for the holiday quarter is a sight to behold. After all, Apple over the years has consistently and impressively delivered jaw-dropping …
The US Justice Department just unveiled 23 criminal charges against Huawei
The ongoing US-led opposition to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the biggest telecommunications equipment maker in the world, took a sharp turn today with the unveiling …
Report: Apple is planning a Netflix-like subscription service for games
It’s indicative of the new world we live in that Apple is reportedly planning to package some of its content into yet another subscription offering …
Roku is rolling out premium network subscriptions starting today
Starting today, Roku is rolling out the premium subscriptions to channels like Showtime and Starz that the company promised earlier this month would be coming …
Netflix vs. Hulu: If you love binge watching seasons of your favorite TV show, it’s no contest
They released competing documentaries on the disastrous Fyre Festival. One announced a big price increase, while prices for the other are dropping. And when it …
Huawei touts that it still sold a ton of phones last year, despite US-led opposition
Huawei is in the news for all the wrong reasons these days, for everything from the arrest of its CFO to US-led opposition to its …
Thanks to 3 million patrons, Patreon will pay out $500M to artists and creators this year
The online membership platform Patreon has been growing like gangbusters since it was launched in 2013 — and especially lately, at the expense of sites …
Huawei CEO: Mounting problems mean we have to ax ‘mediocre’ employees
China-based tech giant Huawei has undertaken a media blitz in recent days to counter the wave of negative headlines that have dogged the company for …
