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It’s no secret that, regardless of skill level, women’s sports are broadcast and funded a whole lot less than men’s sports. While serious structural shifts are needed to rectify this, small changes are always welcome. In that vein, Roku is launching the Women’s Sports Zone, a hub for accessing live matches, alongside content like documentaries … Read more
Depending on who you ask, AI can be mesmerizing, terrifying or some combination of both. But Adobe’s accessibility-focused artificial intelligence is a use case that (I hope) any reasonable person can get behind. The company’s new Auto-Tag API can remove the tedium from making accessibility-friendly PDFs for people with disabilities. PDFs have built-in metadata providing … Read more
Samsung and LG have a long-running rivalry, both Korean corporations, both make TVs, speakers, freezers, toothpaste (maybe?) and the rest. It’s a frosty relationship, with many trade shows revealing new TV products from both companies with nigh-on identical specifications and sizes. So it’s a bit of a shock to hear from Reuters that Samsung has … Read more
Immersion Corporation has been suing companies over its rumble haptic technology since at least (checks archives) 2004, and now it has a new company in its sights. Immersion has accused Valve of infringing its patents with the Steam Deck handheld, the Valve Index VR platform, Steam VR software and games including Half-Life: Alyx, The Verge … Read more
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has failed to convince the court to let her stay out of prison while she’s appealing her 11-year sentence. According to The Wall Street Journal, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said Holmes’ appeal doesn’t raise legal issues or questions that could impact the outcome of the case. … Read more
Tesla is known for being ad-averse and hasn’t really ran traditional advertising since it launched in the early 2000’s, choosing to rely on word of mouth to promote its vehicles instead. Now things could change for the automaker. During the company’s latest shareholder meeting, Tesla chief Elon Musk replied to an audience question regarding advertising … Read more
YouTube’s recommendations are leading young kids to videos about school shootings and other gun-related content, according to a new report. According to the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), a nonprofit watchdog group, YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is “pushing boys interested in video games to scenes of school shootings, instructions on how to use and modify weapons” and … Read more
At long last, you can respond to posts on Instagram with GIFs. Company head Adam Mosseri announced the feature addition in his recent Instagram Channels chat with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “This is a bit of ‘finally feature,’ but we’re launching GIFs in comments today,” Mosseri told his boss. The feature, as you would expect, … Read more
If you have a Google account you haven’t used in a while but want to hang onto, you may want to log back in. The company announced today that it will begin deleting accounts that have been inactive for at least two years. Google frames it as a privacy-enhancing move, but it’s easy to also … Read more
Blizzard has revealed the Overwatch 2 roadmap for the rest of 2023, including details on when the first story missions are coming to the game. They’ll be available in season six, which should start in mid-August. Story missions are part of the long-awaited co-op side of the game. When Blizzard released Overwatch 2 last October, the … Read more