As pressure mounts on Big Tech companies to address the spread of misinformation, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said Monday that his company fact-checks all political advertising. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended Facebook’s decision not to fact-check political advertising, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey decided to ban all political advertising, though the company is now struggling to define what actually qualifies as a political advertisement. In contrast, Snapchat has a team to fact-check all pol

GoogleGoogle Stadia, the company’s new streaming game service, launches Tuesday, just ahead of the busy holiday season for video games. They’re not cheap, though Google offers slight discounts through Stadia if you pay for the Stadia Pro subscription. The Stadia controller. It also stinks that while support is eventually coming for iPhone and more Android devices, you have to own a Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a or Pixel 4 to play Stadia on a phone. Should you sign up for Google Stadia?

The Google Cloud Platform has less market share than Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, according to research firm Gartner, but all three platforms are growing on an absolute basis. Google tapped Oracle executive Thomas Kurian to replace former VMware CEO Diane Greene to run its cloud group last year. Many large companies run their data centers with VMware tools, and VMware itself in recent years has made its systems available on top of cloud providers’ infrastructure to ease cloud adoptio

Previously, some apps didn’t continue to run when they weren’t being used, or would reload when they were launched again. Some of these issues were first addressed in iOS 13.2.2, which was released earlier this month. Another bug that didn’t show quotes from earlier messages in the thread was also fixed, Apple said in its change log. Finally, the update allows you to search through Mail, Files and Notes, a feature that appears to have been broken in earlier versions of the software. You can down

Goldman Sachs believes the U.S. economy is poised to snap back and certain stocks could have the most upside from the economic recovery. Cyclical stocks, those typically tied to economic growth, have led the record-setting rally in the past three months. While the S&P 500 surged about 8% during the period, cyclical stocks have outperformed their defensive counterparts, with a return of about 12%, Goldman said. The bank predicts that trend will persist on the back of a rebound in the U.S. economy

Protesters targeted Chick-Fil-A for their alleged homophobe stance – some of the banners accused Chick-Fil-A of being anti gay. Chick-Fil-A said on Monday that it has stopped funding two Christian charities after coming under fire in recent weeks from LGBTQ activists. The fast-food chain’s foundation has donated millions of dollars to The Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The Atlanta-based company has faced criticism in the past for its charitable donations and CEO Dan Cat

President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House in Washington, DC on November 8, 2019. The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a ruling that requires President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm to turn over his tax returns to Congress. The temporary stay order signed by Chief Justice John Roberts gives the Democratic-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Reform until Thursday to respond. The move was expected and does not provide new information ab

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is getting a paid subscription service soon, similar to the one in Mario Kart Tour. An in-game notice said that there will be two different plans for the subscription service. At this time, we don’t know the specifics of what the warehouse is or what the camp caretakers do exactly. If it’s anything like Mario Kart Tour’s subscription service, it’ll be a $4.99 price tag on getting monthly special goodies. More details about the subscription service will be revealed th

Much has been said about Pokémon Sword and Shield’s limited Pokedex compendium — fans are disappointed, and Game Freak says it has no plans to change the situation. Since release, Pokémon hackers have been tinkering with Sword and Shield’s game files to see what is hiding inside. Apparently, some cut Pokémon are technically contained within the game, even if they’re not currently useable. In this case, known hacker @SciresM tells Polygon that he added another entry to the files which dictate wha

Oculus Link, a feature which allows VR users to connect their standalone Oculus Quest headsets to their gaming PCs to play Rift games without buying additional hardware, has entered its open beta, allowing anyone with the necessary hardware and a USB 3.0 cable to give it a try. “To use Oculus Link starting today, Quest owners who own a compatible gaming PC can simply plug their headset into a USB 3 port, then use the Oculus desktop app to browse and purchase Rift apps and games to play on Quest

The Expanse is back for a fourth season, and today it dropped a wild new trailer on YouTube. Season 4 takes place during the events of Cibola Burn, the fourth book in The Expanse series of novels by James S. A. Corey (the pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). Opposing them are the corporate security forces of Royal Charter Energy, working under the authority of the United Nations. For a series that has spent so much time in space, this next season will be quite a departure for fans.

Tetris Effect’s beloved soundtrack is coming to vinyl, publisher Enhance Games announced today. Developed by Enhance Games, Monstars, and Resonair, Tetris Effect was released in November 2018 for PlayStation 4. The two-disc release will include 17 tracks from Tetris Effect’s Journey Mode, and includes songs like “Connected (Yours Forever)” and “World of Colors.” Pre-orders begin on Nov. 22 on the Limited Run Games website. The second version is $99.99 — the five-LP Tetris Effect Original Soundtr

That makes it the first new class players have had in more than five years. Artificers are craftsmen who make magical items, using either existing tools or by creating magical tools on the fly. Magic items are thematically very rare, and often serve as the reward for completing a quest or raiding a challenging dungeon. The Artificer class will be the first to allow players to attune to more than three magical items at one time. In fact, by 18th level they’ll be able to attune to up to six magic

In one of the weirdest video game bugs to date, Pokémon Sword and Shield started plaguing Roku devices in players’ homes. When some users were playing the new Pokémon games, they noticed their Roku devices going on the fritz. In an email to The Verge, Roku explained that it pushed an update to its systems to prevent Sword and Shield from interfering with Roku devices. Roku recommends players place their Switches in airplane mode until their streaming devices finish updating. For Roku, it’s to se

In this Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order guide, we’ll show you how and where to find every chest and secret location on Ilum’s map. Shattered Lake chest and secret mapThere is one secret and one chest in the Shattered Lake. Secret 1 // Force essenceGrid View Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts via PolygonRespawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts via PolygonFrom the Landing Pad, head to the right. Crystal Caves chests and secrets mapThere are two chests and two secrets to find in the Crystal Caves. Che

That is the Logitech G Adaptive Gaming Kit, which is more or less a tool set for the Xbox Adaptive Controller that supplies even more functionality for players with specific needs. It also turned into a rich and personally rewarding year of work for Starrett, a 23-year veteran of joystick and peripheral design. “I probably would have made maybe another keyboard,” had he not been put on the Adaptive Gaming Kit project, Starrett said. The Adaptive Gaming Kit’s variable triggers are probably the bi

Google is nearly doubling the number of games that will be available for Stadia, the company’s new game streaming technology, on launch day. On the eve of the platform’s launch, Google has confirmed 10 more games for Stadia, bringing the total number of games available on Nov. 19 to 22. Those 10 new games were previously confirmed to arrive on Stadia before the end of 2019. But now titles like Final Fantasy 15, Metro Exodus, and NBA 2K20 will be available on day one. Google has also thrown in th

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