YouTube is getting in on the short-form video craze. In a blog post, the Google-owned video platform detailed its new format, which it calls Shorts. The new feature will be a rival for Chinese app TikTok and Instagram Reels. Designed as a “new short-form video experience right on YouTube for creators and artists who want …

CNET editors, including yours truly, spend a lot of time comparing the main cameras on flagship phones like the iPhone 11 Pro and Galaxy S20 Ultra. Because of this, selfie cameras often get second-billing, despite them being used almost as often as the rear cameras. So I wanted to find out which smartphone takes the best selfies out of four …

An executive order banning TikTok from the US won’t affect employees’ paychecks, the Trump administration said Monday in a court filing. The executive order bars any US transactions with TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The company behind the short-form video app quickly sued, as did an employee worried that wages and salaries would be covered by a section of the …

Amazon is changing the name of its children’s subscription service and adding more videos and music, the e-commerce giant said Monday. Amazon FreeTime and FreeTime Unlimited will now be called Amazon Kids and Amazon Kids Plus, giving kids access to more than 20,000 books, movies, games and educational apps while also giving parents control over screen time and content filtering.  …

Amazon’s hiring binge in 2020 apparently isn’t done yet. The e-retailer said Monday it’s hiring 100,000 more people in the US and Canada to work in its warehouses to help it manage the surge in online orders during the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement comes after the e-commerce juggernaut already hired 175,000 more US warehouse workers earlier this year. Amazon last …

Verizon on Monday said it has agreed to acquire prepaid mobile carrier Tracfone in a deal worth up to nearly $7 billion in cash and stock. Tracfone, part of America Movil, is one of the largest resellers of mobile service in the US, with approximately 21 million subscribers and over 90,000 retail locations, according to Verizon. Tracfone, similar to many …

Facebook bolstered its commitment to the environment on Tuesday by announcing the launch of its Climate Science Information Center in the US, the UK, France and Germany and publicly backing the European Green Deal. The company also said it’s on course to meet its promise to support its global operations with 100% renewable energy and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions …

US Customs and Border Protection proudly announced a few days ago that on Aug. 31 it had seized 2,000 counterfeit Apple AirPods, sent to New York’s JFK Airport from Hong Kong. “If the merchandise were genuine,” the CBP press release proclaims, “the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) would have been $398,000.” That’s a slight miscalculation, because the actual value of …

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A 38-year-old Liverpool woman celebrated her first wedding anniversary to a tree, as per a TNN report.   Kate Cunningham ‘tied the knot’ with an elder tree in 2019 and changed her surname to ‘Elder’. One year later, she said it was the best decision of her life and has no plans of ‘divorcing’ her partner. The tree is at Rimrose …

BCCL As many as 17 MPs have tested COVID positive at the start of the monsoon session, as per a report in NDTV.  The Lok Sabha members were tested on September 13 and 14, as per sources.  Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) From Sedition Row To Delhi Violence: JNU Student Leader Umar Khalid’s Clash With …

Just a few days after announcing a new drone delivery program in North Carolina, Walmart is at it again. The company on Monday said it’s working with Zipline to test deliveries of health and wellness supplies in Arkansas, near its Bentonville headquarters. The new trial comes after Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, teamed up with another drone operator, Flytrex, to …

Apple AirPods are admittedly overpriced — you can get true-wireless earbuds that give AirPods a run for their money for, well, a lot less money. But there’s no denying that AirPods are a great product, and there’s no shame in wanting them rather than a more generic model. We’d actively discourage you from spending $160 on them, though, since they’re …