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Sponsored Links Marvel Studios After a successful — though also somewhat shaky — launch, Disney has outlined the new movies and series it plans to add over the next three weeks to its streaming service. If you subscribed to Disney+ to watch shows like The Mandalorian, you know you’ll be able to watch new episodes…
Apple is delaying the theatrical release of its upcoming feature film The Banker following sexual misconduct allegations leveled about Bernard Garrett Jr., the son of the character depicted by Anthony Mackie in the film. “We purchased The Banker earlier this year as we were moved by the film’s entertaining and educational story about social change…
Sponsored Links SeanXu via Getty Images New York City wants to avoid bias in AI and other algorithms, and it’s creating a role primarily to ensure that equal treatment. Mayor Bill de Blasio has issued an executive order creating a position for an Algorithms Management and Policy Officer. Whoever holds the position will work within…
Congress has been struggling for years to pass a federal data privacy law, but on Friday, lawmakers gained an unexpected ally in Apple CEO Tim Cook. In an interview with ABC News, the executive said big tech companies haven’t corrected their mistakes, and it’s time for the government to step in — ideally with a…
Sponsored Links ASSOCIATED PRESS In 2016, Walmart bought the e-commerce retailer Jet.com for $3 billion. Many saw the move as an attempt to compete with Amazon, and around this time last year, Walmart began offering grocery deliveries through Jet.com to customers in NYC. It planned to expand the service into Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.…
Sponsored Links Engadget With the exception of Amazon, most of the pre-Black Friday sales we’ve seen so far have been pretty tame. Not so with Lenovo’s early Black Friday sale. Not only can you get as much as 45 percent off one of the company’s laptops, which in some cases translates to more than $1,000…
Sponsored Links AP Photo/Martin Meissner Yet another high-profile Twitch streamer is jumping ship, but this time it’s to an unusual destination. Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang (best known for streaming Apex Legends, Hearthstone and League of Legends) is leaving the service in favor of Facebook. While his pre-recorded clips will still be available on YouTube and…
Sponsored Links Engadget The age of automotive electrification is once again upon us. Startups like Rivian and Lordstown joining industry stalwarts like Ford and Hummer in developing the next generation of EV SUVs and pickups. But none of them can compare to the sheer power and utility of the Bollinger B1 and B2, which the…
Google has announced that Cloud Print, which lets you easily print things from the web using Google Chrome (even on printers that lack an internet connection), will print its final pages on December 31st, 2020. 9to5Google reported on the news. Cloud Print has been a handy service, as it works both on desktop and mobile…
The international agency that regulates global telecommunications agreed to new radio-frequency standards on 21 November. Meteorologists say the long-awaited decision threatens the future of weather forecasting worldwide, by allowing transmissions from mobile-phone networks to degrade the quality of Earth observations from space. Wireless companies are beginning to roll out their next-generation networks, known as 5G,…