Nintendo and the Pokemon Company have launched their cloud gaming service Pokemon Home. The app is available for free now on the Nintendo Switch, iOS devices and Android devices, as reported earlier Wednesday by The Verge. The app, announced in January, will allow you to manage and trade all your Pokemon from mobile and Nintendo …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple has extended the closures of its stores in China until the end of next week due to coronavirus concerns, as reported earlier Friday by Bloomberg. While the tech giant planned to reopen its stores on Feb. 10, Apple said Friday the stores …
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been asked to stop providing social media services to Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. In a letter published Friday, US Sens. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn told Dorsey that allowing those leaders to hold Twitter accounts violates an executive order issued in June 2019 …
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Netflix has revealed which shows and movies it has removed after being asked by governments around the world. In its Environmental Social Governance 2019 report, published Friday, the streaming giant said just nine pieces of content have been taken down since it launched services over a decade ago as a result of government demands. Netflix only got two takedown demands …
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Twitter experienced an outage Friday afternoon, with users across the globe complaining of not being able to send tweets. Down Detector recorded a spike in complaints about Twitter’s services from just after 1 p.m. PT. As of 1:40 p.m., there were more than 11,000 complaints. Screenshot by Sean Keane/CNET Trying to tweet via desktop or mobile app resulted in a …
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The results of the Iowa Democratic caucuses were further delayed after supporters of President Donald Trump reportedly clogged the hotline being used to report results after trolls posted its phone number online. The number was posted to a right-wing message board on 4chan and urged Trump supporters to “clog the lines,” according to NBC News. The Iowa Democratic Party confirmed on Thursday it received …
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A 24-karat-gold-encased phone with DC Universe characters Joker and Harley Quinn is now available for preorder as a “luxury edition” of Samsung’s rumored second foldable phone. The casing, reported earlier Thursday by Mashable, is made by Russian jeweler Caviar and is tailored for the as-yet-unannounced Galaxy Z Flip. The casing resembles the top halves of two playing cards, with Harley Quinn as …
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Apple’s smartwatch is gaining popularity, with the tech giant shipping 31 million Apple Watch devices during 2019, according to Strategy Analytics. Combined, it said Swiss watch companies shipped 21 million units for the year. This means Apple “outsold the entire Swiss watch industry,” by 10 million devices, the tech analysis firm said in an emailed press release Wednesday. Apple launched …
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Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition app being used by US law enforcement to identify suspects and other people, is reportedly eyeing global expansion. It wants to sell its services to law enforcement in 22 more countries, BuzzFeed News said Wednesday, citing a Clearview AI document that was reportedly part of a November 2019 presentation given to police in Miami. …
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An audit has found that just 2.5 million people out of the 104 million eligible people made use of free tax filing through the US Free File Program. But more than 34.5 million people who could have filed for free instead used commercial, paid software for their tax returns — software from companies that are part of the program. The Free …
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