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- G.I. Joe’s Fortnite collaboration includes a Snake Eyes skin and action figure
- Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement
- Coachella has been canceled for the third time due to the coronavirus pandemic
- Go read this story about how bad software helped slow coronavirus vaccine distribution
- After a wild week of stocks, you can’t stream most of the biggest Wall Street films
- WhatsApp is using Status messages—its version of Stories— to try to reassure users about privacy
- Chromebooks just had their best year ever
- Acer’s Swift 5 (late 2020) puts the ‘ultra’ in ‘ultraportable’
- Subscribers of Apple TV Plus will continue to get credit refunds until June
- A good COVID-19 vaccine is good enough
| G.I. Joe’s Fortnite collaboration includes a Snake Eyes skin and action figure Posted: 30 Jan 2021 04:00 PM PST  With all of its recent licensed characters, which includes everyone from Sarah Connor to The Mandalorian, the virtual battlefield of Fortnite is starting to resemble a playground full of action figures. When you think about it like that, a collaboration with G.I. Joe makes a lot of sense. With that in mind, Epic and Hasbro announced that iconic character Snake Eyes will be available as part of the Fortnite universe starting today — both in-game and as a physical toy. The new version of the character is called Snake Eyes: Zero Point edition, an allusion to a key part of Fortnite lore (one which took on more significance this season). The in-game version will be available starting on January 30th for 1,800 V-bucks, while a 6-inch-tall... |
| Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement Posted: 30 Jan 2021 01:58 PM PST  The Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) is in turmoil following the announcement of an international alliance on Monday. The alliance, Alpha Global, was billed as a worker-led initiative, but union members in the US say they didn't know about it until The Verge published an exclusive. That piece included a press release quote from AWU executive council member Parul Koul, which she says she didn't write. The news was an unwelcome surprise to union members who expect the Alphabet Workers Union to run democratically. Now, multiple sources tell The Verge that some AWU organizers are considering pushing the group to disaffiliate from the Communications Workers of America (CWA), a national union representing workers in telecommunications and media.... |
| Coachella has been canceled for the third time due to the coronavirus pandemic Posted: 30 Jan 2021 01:41 PM PST  Health officials have ordered the Coachella music festival scheduled for April to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. It's the third time the pandemic has forced the annual outdoor festival that draws hundreds of thousands of fans to the California desert to be postponed or canceled. "The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival currently scheduled for April 2021 are hereby canceled," Riverside County Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser said in an order issued Friday. Kaiser's order also canceled the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, also scheduled for April.
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| Go read this story about how bad software helped slow coronavirus vaccine distribution Posted: 30 Jan 2021 12:33 PM PST  It's no secret that the US is struggling to distribute coronavirus vaccines; some states haven't received enough doses, and finding an appointment on sign-up websites has been a chaotic experience. A new report in MIT Technology Review looks at why, almost a year into the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seemed totally unprepared for actually getting shots into people's arms. According to Technology Review, the agency knew it needed a robust, one-stop shop that could be used by patients, clinics, employers, and government officials. But instead, the CDC spent $44 million on something called the Vaccine Administration Management System —-VAMS— built by consulting firm Deloitte (via no-bid contracts) which was so... |
| After a wild week of stocks, you can’t stream most of the biggest Wall Street films Posted: 30 Jan 2021 10:30 AM PST  It has been a wild week for the stock market, with amateur traders from Reddit's r/WallStreetBets subreddit battling traditional investors. The past several days have been full of massive swings in stocks like GameStop and AMC and app-fueled drama that's sparked a larger debate over the nature of Wall Street as a whole. But if you were hoping to kick back this weekend, relax, and enjoy a classic business movie about shark-like investors and over-confident Wall Street executives, you're probably out of luck. Nearly every major finance film isn't available to stream right now in the US (at least, not at the time of publication of this article), thanks to the capricious nature of the streaming marketplace, the increasingly fragmented... |
| WhatsApp is using Status messages—its version of Stories— to try to reassure users about privacy Posted: 30 Jan 2021 09:36 AM PST  Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has started posting Status messages to users about its "commitment to your privacy." The in-app messages were appearing for members of The Verge staff in the US and UK on Saturday, and some users reported the Status messages — WhatsApp's version of Snapchat Stories or Twitter Fleets—have been appearing in India for a while now. "There's been a lot of misinformation and confusion around our recent update and we want to help everyone understand the facts behind how WhatsApp protects people's privacy and security," a WhatsApp spokesperson said in an email to The Verge. "Going forward, we're going to provide updates to people in the Status tab so people hear from WhatsApp directly. Our first update... |
| Chromebooks just had their best year ever Posted: 30 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST  According to analysts, Chromebooks had an incredible 2020, with the last quarter being the strongest ever for Google's laptops (via 9to5Google). According to research firms Gartner and Canalys, over 30 million of the devices shipped last year, with somewhere between 11 and 11.7 million shipping in Q4 alone. Canalys says that's a staggering 287 percent more than were shipped in Q4 2019. The firms disagree on how much growth this is when compared to 2019, but both estimate that it's a lot: Gartner estimates that Chromebooks are up 80 percent, while Canalys says it's 109 percent. For comparison, PC sales were up by 11 percent this year, which is the biggest growth the category had seen in a decade. This isn't to give the impression that... |
| Acer’s Swift 5 (late 2020) puts the ‘ultra’ in ‘ultraportable’ Posted: 30 Jan 2021 07:30 AM PST A lightweight laptop that doesn't cut too many corners |
| Subscribers of Apple TV Plus will continue to get credit refunds until June Posted: 30 Jan 2021 07:02 AM PST  Apple has notified subscribers of its Apple TV Plus streaming service that they'll continue to get refund credits on their accounts until June, following a second extension of its free trial program earlier this month, 9 to 5 Mac reported. Apple extended the free year-long trials of Apple TV Plus to customers until July 2021. The trials were included with the purchase of any Apple device (an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV) and were initially set to last until November 1st, 2020. This was the second extension; an earlier extension had pushed back the free trial end date to February, allowing users who started a free trial between November 2019 and June 2020 to get up to five months of additional access for free. But before Apple issued... |
| A good COVID-19 vaccine is good enough Posted: 30 Jan 2021 07:00 AM PST  Experts have been looking forward to seeing results from Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine trials for months. The vaccine is a logistical dream compared to the other two authorized in the US. It's much easier to store, and it requires only one shot instead of the two required by its competitors. The only outstanding question was how well it actually worked. On Friday, they got their answer — it works pretty well. In a 43,783 person trial that spanned the globe, the vaccine was 66 percent effective at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19. Now, 66 percent might seem like a let down compared to the 90-plus percent efficacy from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. But that's a matter of perspective. Before results of those vaccine trials... |
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