Netflix’s password sharing crackdown is here — and it costs $7.99 per month

Netflix is about to kick your best friend off your account — unless you pay for them to share your account, that is. On Tuesday, Netflix revealed the details of how its crackdown on password sharing will affect viewers in the US and how much it will cost to keep extra people on your account. If you have the Netflix Standard plan that costs $15.49 More...

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By admin On Monday, May 22nd, 2023
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A trip to Dyson’s dirt-filled, germ-obsessed world

The Dyson Kool-Aid is powerful. For a week after touring Dyson’s Singapore headquarters, soaking up talks and presentations on filth and viruses, I can’t help but feel like my home isn’t clean enough. More...

By admin On Monday, May 22nd, 2023
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Brooklyn built a disaster-proof mesh Wi-Fi network just in time for Hurricane Sandy. What happened?

Tevina Willis taped up her windows as Superstorm Sandy neared her Red Hook, Brooklyn, home. Outside her apartment, hurricane winds pushed a wall of water into the city. The storm surge swept boats from the More...

By admin On Sunday, May 21st, 2023
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Instagram is down – The Verge

As you may already know if you’re reading this — Instagram is down. The app’s feed is frozen, tossing users errors that it can’t refresh, while the website gives only a blank page. In an email to The More...

By admin On Sunday, May 21st, 2023
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Neeva, once a promising competitor to Google Search, is shutting down

Neeva, which for a while looked like one of the startups with a real chance to challenge the supremacy of Google Search, announced on Saturday that it is shutting down its search engine. The company says it’s More...

By admin On Saturday, May 20th, 2023
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Games should let us choose our own stakes

After more than 2,000 hours in Dota 2, I’ve finally been sent to gamer jail for the first time. It’s worse than I ever imagined, which makes it an extremely effective deterrent in a competitive game where More...

By admin On Friday, May 19th, 2023
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AT&T has some concerns about Starlink and T-Mobile’s satellite-to-cellular plans

AT&T filed some concerns with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday over T-Mobile and Starlink owner SpaceX’s plans to let mobile phones connect to Starlink satellites (via Ars Technica). In More...

By admin On Friday, May 19th, 2023
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Microsoft exec tells employees to improve its stock performance in lieu of raises

Microsoft’s chief marketing officer has a solution for employees frustrated with the company’s decision to do away with raises: make the stock price go up. “So great quarterly results contribute to More...

By admin On Thursday, May 18th, 2023
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Disney’s Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is shutting down

Disney World is shutting down the Galactic Starcruiser, the immersive Star Wars-themed hotel that costs around $5,000 for a two-night stay. In an update on Disney’s website, the company says the Starcruiser More...

By admin On Thursday, May 18th, 2023
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YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV

Watching YouTube on your TV is about to get more frustrating if you’re not paying to avoid ads. As announced at the YouTube Brandcast event on Wednesday, YouTube will soon add 30-second unskippable ads to More...