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Microsoft Improves the Xbox Family Settings App

Microsoft announced today that it has added two new features---screen time pausing and purchase requests---to…

U.S. Government, Most States Seek to Break Up Facebook

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam have joined…

Amazon Announces New UI for Fire TV

Amazon today announced that it will soon roll out what it calls its most significant…

Google Play Billing is Coming to Progressive Web Apps

The Chrome team announced today that it is bringing Play Billing to Progressive Web Apps…

HBO Max Usage Surged This Quarter

AT&T announced today that its HBO Max streaming service saw explosive usage and engagement gains…

Microsoft Claims Record Year for Xbox

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Xbox saw record levels of engagement in 2020, a year…

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I’ve been writing about Microsoft for over 25 years, and not since Longhorn has the…

Halo Infinite to Release in the Fall of 2021

Halo Infinite will be released in the Fall of 2021 and we also get our…

Adobe Lightroom is Now Available on M1 Macs and Windows 10 on ARM

Adobe announced today that it has released Lightroom as a native app on M1-based Macs…

Apple’s M-Series Mac Roadmap Leaks

A report citing multiple sources says that Apple’s next-generation M-series Mac chips are due in…

Google Opens Up Fuchsia to Public Contributions

Google rarely talks about Fuchsia, an open-source operating system that may eventually replace Android and…

Minecraft with RTX Exits Beta, Tops Streaming Charts

Minecraft has new RTX features available today and it was also the most-watched game in…

Apple Fitness+ Launches Next Week

Apple originally announced that its Fitness+ subscription service would launch by the end of 2020,…

Google Nest to Integrate with Samsung SmartThings

Google announced today that it will enable integration between its Nest-branded smart home products and…

Apple Announces AirPods Max

Apple today announced the long-rumored AirPods Max, which despite the name are not earbuds but…

Stadia Can Now Stream Directly to YouTube

When Google announced Stadia over one year ago, it promised that the game streaming service…

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