Apple Arcade added Detonation Racing, an explosive new racing game from Electric Square, on Friday. The latest game brings Apple’s $5-a-month service to 198 games. See at App Store Detonation Racing features the eccentric Dr. Boom as the host of the “least responsible game show of all time.” Players must navigate a course rigged with explosives …
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T-Mobile has updated its coverage map so you can now tell what type of 5G you can get — the kind that’s relatively fast or the kind that just covers a lot of territory. An updated T-Mobile US network coverage map offers a darker color for the faster 5G “ultra capacity” than for the 5G “extended range.” The colors are …
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Twitter has a new way to rid itself of artificial intelligence bias: pay outsiders to help it find problems. On Friday, the short-message app maker detailed a new bounty competition that offers prizes of up to $3,500 for showing Twitter how its technology incorrectly handles photos. Earlier this year, Twitter confirmed a problem in its automatic photo cropping mechanism, concluding the …
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While there are plenty of inexpensive true-wireless earbuds to choose from these days, the list of high-end true-wireless buds is also growing and now includes the $399 (£359) Bang & Olufsen Beoplay EQ, the Danish company’s first earbuds to feature active noise canceling. They’ll be available in August in two color options, sand or black. The Beoplay EQ joins the Bowers …
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Demand for 5G service is driving big subscriber growth for T-Mobile, the company said Thursday. T-Mobile reported that it added more monthly-bill-paying phone subscribers than it had expected during the second quarter of 2021. Demand for its 5G wireless service and devices was the driver, the company said. The company also attributed the boost in wireless subscribers to its stores …
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Uber is now offering free Rosetta Stone language classes to ride-hail and deliver drivers, the company said Thursday. It aims to make interactions between drivers and patrons easier while teaching drivers new skills that can help them find jobs beyond Uber. The drivers will have free access to all 24 languages Rosetta Stone offers, directly from the Uber Driver app. …
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Uber is now offering free Rosetta Stone language classes to ride-hail and deliver drivers, the company said Thursday. It aims to make interactions between drivers and patrons easier while teaching drivers new skills that can help them find jobs beyond Uber. The drivers will have free access to all 24 languages Rosetta Stone offers, directly from the Uber Driver app. …
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Twitter wants to become a destination for shopping. Twitter is testing a way for businesses to highlight their products at the top of their profiles. Twitter The social network, famous as a place where people share their thoughts in bite-size posts, said Wednesday that it’s testing a feature in the US that lets users shop and purchase products through an in-app …
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Facebook continues to attract users even as lawmakers and regulators increase pressure on the world’s largest social network to crack down on misinformation, but it warned that it expects revenue growth to slow down in the third and fourth quarters. Facebook said Wednesday that 2.9 billion people visit the social network every month, a rise of 7% from the second …
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Robinhood Markets, the company behind the wildly popular investing app, on Wednesday priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, at the bottom of its expected range. The IPO — one of the most anticipated stock market listings of the year — values the company at about $32 billion. Robinhood sold 55 million shares at low end of its …
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