There’s already a fan festival planned for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite at the end of August. But Saturday will mark its first community day, too. Co-developer Niantic, which announced the community day details Wednesday, holds these type of events regularly to entice players to spend more time on its other augmented reality game, Pokemon Go. They last for a …
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Verizon continued the rollout of its 5G network with the addition of St. Paul, Minnesota, the company said in a press release Thursday. This is the carrier’s fifth city with the higher-speed service, following Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and Providence, Rhode Island. Not all areas of St. Paul will be able to access Verizon’s 5G network. Parts of downtown, Lowertown and West …
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Instagram has suffered two outages so far this week. On Tuesday, the photo app was unusable for some who were unable to open it at all. The issue lasted for several hours, according to Downdetector. Then on Wednesday, Instagram went down again for a shorter period of time, with users citing the same issues of the app not opening or …
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Epic Games has a new way to get Fortnite players to watch its content, such as the upcoming Fortnite World Cup, and it’s called YouTube Drops. All people have to do is link their Epic Games and YouTube accounts and then watch some shows. YouTube Drops are Fortnite cosmetics available for players who watch either the Fortnite World Cup or …
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The LG Pay mobile payment service, designed to compete with Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, has arrived in the US. Before LG phone owners download the app, though, they need to make sure they own the one phone that currently works with the service. First launched in South Korea in 2017, the LG Pay app became available to download in the …
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Nintendo of Japan revealed a new Nintendo Switch is on the way and it’s not the previously announced Switch Lite. A tweet from the Mario company Wednesday says in August the Switch will come with better battery life. The company’s tweet links to Nintendo of Japan’s page about the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite. The new version of the console will …
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President Donald Trump’s comments on Twitter are again stirring controversy. The president used the social media site to attack “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen” in a series of racist tweets on Sunday. These tweets are still viewable and have yet to be flagged by Twitter. “Go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” Trump …
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Apple made podcasts mainstream when it began support for the audio programs back in the days of the iPod. Over the years, the company relegated itself to just a platform for podcasts. But it now reportedly plans to fund its own original programming to compete against other podcast services such as Luminary, Stitcher and Spotify. The tech giant plans …
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Since it was announced in June, Facebook has received pushback for its Libra cryptocurrency from government officials in both the US and Europe. On Monday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin added his concerns and questioned what’s being done to curb illegal activity involving cryptocurrency. “The Treasury Department has expressed very serious concerns that Libra could be misused by money launderers and …
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Huawei may almost be out of the doghouse with the US. President Donald Trump banned the Chinese company earlier this year, but the government will reportedly start approving licenses for Huawei again soon. The government will begin approving licenses for US companies to reestablish partnerships with Huawei in two to four weeks, according to a Reuters report Sunday. This follows Commerce Secretary …
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