Twitter is continuing its journey of giving third party developers the information and data they need by letting them get a chronological timeline from its latest API. Twitter announced an update on Friday that should significantly improve the experience inside third-party Twitter apps: it’s giving developers far more access to its reverse chronological timeline. This update to Twitter’s recently launched API
Shadow adds latest generation Nvidia and AMD GPUs to cloud gaming service
Shadow is adding a new subscription tier to its cloud gaming service with access to Nvidia and AMD’s latest generation of graphics cards for an extra $14.99 a month. The new Power Upgrade tier will launch globally this fall. Shadow is adding a new subscription tier to its cloud gaming service with access to the equivalent of Nvidia and AMD’s latest generation of graphics cards for an additional $14.99 a month. The new Power Upgrade tier is an optional add-on to
Why Elon Musk should read Facebook’s latest transparency report
Facebook’s quarterly community standards enforcement report is a revealing document, if you actually want to understand the business of regulating platforms Today, let’s talk about Facebook’s latest effort to make the platform more comprehensible to outsiders — and how its findings inform our current, seemingly endless debate over whether you can have a social network and free speech, too. Start
HP’s new Omen and Victus gaming laptops get the latest AMD and Intel CPUs
HP has announced 2022 iterations of its Omen 16 and Victus 15 gaming laptops, each touting support for Intel’s 12th Gen processors and Nvidia’s latest RTX 30-series graphics chips. They’ll launch in the summer. HP is announcing some very minor refreshes to its Omen 16 and Victus 15 gaming laptops. Like so many other models, the new Omen 16 ships with support for the latest Intel 12th Gen processors as well as the option to go with AMD’s Ryzen 6000
Elon Musk’s latest stunt: calling on the SEC to investigate Twitter’s user numbers
Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition is apparently on hold, pending proof he’ll accept about what impact bots have on its daily active user numbers. And, now, he’s pretending to call in the SEC. So does Elon Musk want to buy Twitter or not? This morning, the company’s prospective new owner insisted (in a tweet, of course) that the $44 billion deal he’d agreed to “cannot move forward” until he sees the proof he’s looking for about
In the latest Halo episode, Master Chief does the Covenant
This week’s episode of the Paramount Plus Halo series is causing controversy as the Master Chief, played by Pablo Schreiber, has a sex scene with a human Covenant spy. This week’s episode of Paramount Plus’ Halo TV show is incredible in the strictest definition of the term. I literally cannot believe what I have witnessed. Spoilers for Halo follow Are you still here? Are you sitting down? OK. In the latest
The latest Apple TV 4K is more affordable than ever today
The 2021 Apple TV 4K is a great streaming device, one you can pick up for just $149.99 at Amazon right now. DJI’s Mavic 3 drone is also on sale for its best price yet, while GameStop is heavily discounting the latest Echo Show 8. If you’re an Apple fan looking for a high-end streaming device or are shopping for a good graduation gift, the latest Apple TV 4K is currently on sale in the 32GB configuration at Amazon for $149.99 ($30 off), a record low. Despite using a similar
Nintendo’s latest wave of Switch indies features Ooblets, Mini Motorways, and TABS
For its Indie World Showcase in May, Nintendo revealed a number of games coming to the Switch, including Ooblets, TABS, Mini Motorways, and more. For its first Indie World Showcase of 2022, Nintendo revealed a colorful and occasionally violent slate of independent games coming to the Switch. The bigger-name titles coming to the console include the farming / Pokémon-style adventure Ooblets
Google’s latest Roboto variant is a font customizable to its core
Google has announced Roboto Flex, a version of the font that it uses for everything that can be easily customized in a ton of ways. As someone who is really into fonts, I know that most people don’t share my passion — but I genuinely think that anyone who cares at all about typography will have some interest in what Google announced on Thursday. If you’ve ever used
Dota 2’s The International will take place in Southeast Asia for the first time
Heading to Singapore this fall Dota 2’s annual tournament, The International, will take place in Singapore this October. While Valve has held The International in the US, Canada, China, Germany, and Romania in the past, this is the first time the global esports competition is
Hyundai is building EV and battery production facilities in Georgia
Hyundai is building facilities dedicated to manufacturing electric vehicles and batteries in Savannah, Georgia. The plant will create over 8,000 jobs and produce 300,000 vehicles annually. Hyundai is building facilities dedicated to manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries in Savannah, Georgia, marking Hyundai’s first EV-only plant in the US (via CNBC). The South Korean automaker will spend $5.5 billion on the new