The carriers are at it again: Verizon and AT&T are both notifying customers on older unlimited plans to expect a new fee on their bill soon. Customers on Verizon’s 5G Start and AT&T’s Unlimited Elite plans are affected, and the fees go into effect in August. It’s a classic move from the “wireless carrier shenanigans” […]
Critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV is finally coming to Xbox. As The Verge reports, during the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest keynote, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer appeared to announce the news alongside game director Naoki Yoshida. “We want to bring the Xbox community and your warriors of light together, in a way that is safe, secure, engaging, […]
Amazon’s Starlink rival, Project Kuiper, is moving closer to liftoff. The company has announced that a new $120 million satellite-processing facility for the initiative is under construction at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Amazon plans to launch its first satellites “in the coming months,” followed by the first customer pilots next year. As Endgadget reports, like Elon […]
Forget your wallet and your phone on your next grocery trip? No problem. At all of Amazon’s Whole Foods Markets, shoppers can now pay with the palms of their hands. Last week, the consumer tech giant announced plans to bring its palm-payment technology, dubbed Amazon One, to all 500-plus Whole Foods locations in the US by […]
As competition finally starts to figure out foldables, Samsung’s ready to prove it can still deliver them best. Its next Unpacked event is teasing a new generation of foldable phones, flanked by smartwatches and tablets. As Endgaget reports, while it hasn’t named the new hardware, the company is expected to reveal the Galaxy Z Flip […]
Seven of AI’s top companies attended a White House summit Friday, reaching a deal with the Biden administration to roll out new guardrails to enhance the safety and security of their systems and users, like watermarking AI-generated content. “These commitments are real, and they are concrete,” President Joe Biden said in remarks at the White House Friday following the […]
If you’re unfamiliar with Threads, that means you’re not one of the 100 million people to sign up in just a matter of days. Since the launch of the Meta answer to Twitter, it’s been taking over as one of the fastest social apps to gain popularity (and rip Twitter apart in the process). The social app is […]
Sony has agreed to a 10-year deal for Call of Duty with Microsoft to keep the franchise on PlayStation after the proposed Activision Blizzard acquisition. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony and Microsoft have agreed to a “binding agreement” to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation. This ends a bitter battle between the companies that has been waged […]
Reddit is sunsetting its current coins and awards systems, meaning you soon won’t be able to thank a kind stranger for giving you Reddit Gold for one of your posts. As The Verge reports, Awards are little icons on posts you might have come across while scrolling around Reddit, and they’re given by other users to show appreciation […]
Microsoft is ending its Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan. The plan had already spread to eight countries as of February, allowing Xbox Game Pass members to share benefits with up to four other friends or family members. There’s no sign if it will ever return. A Microsoft spokesperson has now confirmed to Eurogamer that the Xbox Game Pass […]