Amazon is expanding its push into healthcare with a $5 monthly unlimited delivery pass on 60 common generic prescription drugs treating allergies, inflammation, high blood pressure and other conditions. Amazon announced the new delivery service, RXPass, on Tuesday and it will launch immediately in most states except California, Texas, Minnesota and others with specific prescription delivery […]
Twitter has updated its developer rules to ban third-party clients, According to Engadget, this comes a week after it unceremoniously blocked the apps’ access to its platform, offering almost no explanation to what was going on. The new Developer Agreement rules state that you can’t use Twitter’s API or content to “create or attempt to create a substitute […]
At the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), South Korean company Petnow announced that it has the world’s first biometric (i.e. facial) recognition service on its smartphone app for cats. Petnow already has a function on its app that scans “nose prints” to identify dogs. The AI-driven app that automatically scans unique identifiers of dogs called […]
Google’s decision to let go of 12,000 employees was only just announced on Friday, but it extended the recent trend of the “Big Tech” companies cutting jobs in previously unheard-of numbers, and now more reports are revealing just where those cuts happened. The Information reports that at Google, layoffs spread through nearly every group, including projects […]
Apple has announced a new $299 HomePod smart speaker with a similar form factor to the original HomePod released in 2018. New features available with this second-generation model include support for the wireless protocol Thread and the smart home standard Matter, allowing the speaker to control compatible accessories, and an upgraded S7 chip first seen in the Apple Watch […]
Spotify has good news for nostalgic music lovers. Last week, the music streaming service, said that it is rolling out a new in-app experience that lets you freeze your favorite music moments in time and then listen to them one year later. As CNET reports, the new feature, called “Playlist in a Bottle,” prompts you to answer […]
Roku made big news at this year’s CES, as the company long known for its streaming players and easy-to-use software announced plans to release its own lineup of TVs this year. As The Verge reports, there will be two lines, in fact. One will be called Roku Select, and the higher-end models will be branded […]
As Stadia nears the final curtain, Google has launched its last game and is promising to release a tool this week to enable Bluetooth connections on its Stadia Controller. According to The Verge, the last Stadia game to launch on the service is Worm Game, a test game that was technically available on Stadia before Stadia launched publicly […]
One of the biggest gaming announcements of CES was a major surprise: a new accessibility-focused PS5 controller kit from Sony, codenamed Project Leonardo, a kit that promises to make games easier to play for people with limited motor control. In initial images, Project Leonardo is a set of circular gamepads lined with buttons and directional input […]
At the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), BMW showed off an EV concept that could literally change color thanks to an exterior coating powered by E Ink. It was great, but the monochromatic look — it could change from white to black to gray and that was it — left a lot to be desired. So […]