by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Attorneys at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked a federal judge Wednesday to delay its consumer protection trial against Amazon by two months, saying that staffing losses and a possible office move could hinder its ability to prepare. “We have lost...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
iRobot, the creator of the Roomba and the company that popularized robot vacuums in the first place, told investors on Wednesday that it has “substantial doubt about [its] ability to continue.” Beyond declining sales — the company reported that revenue...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Snapchat Platinum subscribers will now be able to use video lenses featuring AI generated animals or flowers, Snap announced today. There will initially be three of the lenses, which Snap calls “AI Video Lenses.” The fox lens, for example, can have a fox snuggle on...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
The second season of the fantastic detective dramedy Poker Face starts streaming via Peacock on May 8. There’s a trailer and it spotlights the many guest stars that will be showing up as suspects in the second season. These include folks like John Mulaney, playing a...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
A federal judge seems likely to temporarily block the Trump administration from dismantling a major consumer protection agency, fearing a delay could leave nothing for the court to save. This week, DC District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson sat through what she...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
We’re all worried we’re worried we’re not getting enough screen time, so Samsung has a solution. | Image: Samsung Taking a page from Costco’s playbook, Samsung has announced a new Buzzer Beater Bundle that includes eight TVs sold together at a significant discount, as...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sonos has abandoned plans to release a streaming video player, the company’s leadership announced in an all-hands call today. The product, codenamed Pinewood, was set to be Sonos’ next major hardware launch. It was already deep...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr is asking the public to help him identify “unnecessary” regulations created by the agency so that he can eliminate them. Carr announced “In re: Delete, Delete, Delete” on Wednesday, in response to President Donald...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
On February 11th, as thousands of civil servants wondered whether they’d have a job — or whether their federal agencies would exist at all, as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk took a wrecking ball to the federal government — McLaurine Pinover had other things on...
by bleffel | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Many people using older Chromecast devices experienced a shock in recent days when their units lost the ability to cast content. The company ended the brand last year, which led folks to think that this was a planned obsolescence of some kind. Here’s some good news....
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