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GM has a rental car service for Uber and Lyft drivers

@ 2017/05/04 read/post comments(0)

Maven, General Motors' Zipcar-style service, is expanding to grease the wheels of the despair-inducing gig economy. Maven Gig lets you rent a vehicle for, say, a week at a time, specifically as a way of making money on the "freelance… Go To Full Article

HBO will pull its shows from Amazon Prime in 2018

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If you've been using Amazon to catch up on classic HBO shows, you'd better hurry. HBO chief Richard Plepler now expects to pull his channel's library from Amazon Prime Video once the existing agreement ends in mid-2018. Simply put, the… Go To Full Article

Valve: Steam gets 75,000 complaints a day, so be patient

@ 2017/05/04 read/post comments(0)

Steam, sure, everyone loves Steam, but there's something about Valve's overall lack of transparency that just rankles. Independent developers have called the platform a "big black box," and users often talk about the service's glacially slow customer... Go To Full Article

Facebook will hire 3,000 moderators to tackle livestreamed violence

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Following a spate of suicides and murders that were streamed or hosted on Facebook for hours before they were taken down, Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company will be hiring an additional 3,000 people to its global community operations… Go To Full Article

Seagate Ships 35th Millionth SMR HDD, Confirms HAMR-Based Drives in Late 2018

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Seagate last week made two rather important announcements regarding its current and upcoming hard drives. First, the company said that it had shipped 35 million HDDs based on shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology. Second, the manufacturer confirmed plans to launch… Go To Full Article

'The Defenders' trailer unites Netflix's Marvel universe

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Five seasons of Netflix-Marvel goodness (or, in the case of Iron Fist, mediocrity) have all built up to this. Building on last month's teaser, Netflix has released the first full-blown trailer for The Defenders. Like The Avengers movies, the project... Go To Full Article

The next 'Dots' game is completely different, except for the dots

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Dots, the studio behind a beautifully-designed series of mobile games (including Two Dots and last year's Dots & Co), just announced its next game: Wilds. As the title suggests, this game will be a departure from what the studio has… Go To Full Article

Nissan imagines Faraday cages in cars will stop phone use

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Despite the many tools developed to help us down our phones while driving -- from the simple Bluetooth headset to apps that automatically reply to texts -- it appears we just can't stop fiddling with the things when we're behind… Go To Full Article

Hulu Live TV beta launches: $40 for 50+ channels and DVR

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A year after announcing its plans, Hulu is finally ready to start streaming live TV with a beta that's opening up today. Hulu with Live TV is a $40 bundle combining 50+ channels and 50 hours of cloud DVR space… Go To Full Article

Amazon FreeTime comes to Android to distract more kids

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Amazon FreeTime is bound to entertain a lot more kids than it used to now that it's available on Android phones and tablets. The subscription service for kids and tweens could only be accessed through Kindles, Fire tablets and Fire… Go To Full Article

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