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Free streaming platform Tubi reportedly getting into original programming

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 02:20 PM PST

Free streaming platform Tubi has plans to branch out into original programming, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the company's plans. The streamer will likely start with original movies, but is also exploring episodic TV shows, and is speaking with potential advertisers about partnerships, the report states.

Fox Corp. acquired Tubi for $440 million last March, in an attempt to get in on the streaming wars. Before the acquisition, Fox didn't have its own streaming offering. Fox said at the time it planned to offer a large number of its older shows and movies to Tubi subscribers for free, as well as some sports programming. There was no talk at that time of Tubi creating original content to try to compete with the likes of...

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Judge rules Google has to face lawsuit that claims it tracks users even in Incognito mode

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 12:40 PM PST

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

A judge in California ruled Friday that Google has to face a class action lawsuit that claims the search giant secretly collects data from users even when they're using its private "Incognito" mode, Bloomberg reported.

Three users filed a complaint last June alleging Google has a "pervasive data tracking business," and its tracking persists even if users take steps to protect their private information, such as using incognito mode in Chrome, or private browsing in Safari and other browsers. The lawsuit seeks at least $5 billion.

Google had sought to have the case thrown out, but US District Judge Lucy Koh wrote in her ruling that the company "did not notify users that Google engages in the alleged data collection while the user is in...

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Go watch this drone video that will really make you miss movie theaters

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 10:25 AM PST

Last week everyone was fixated on the "Right Up Our Alley" drone video that made us all nostalgic for bowling alleys. On Friday night, a VP at drone company DJI tweeted this video of a drone flight through a mostly-empty movie theater in Minnesota, and I don't know about you but I really miss going to the movies. This video makes that longing about 100 times worse.

According to its YouTube page the video is by SkyCandy, and is a one-take fly-through of Mann theaters' Plymouth Grand in Plymouth, Minnesota. It was filmed using a DJI Air Unit and Rotor Riot Cinewhoop.

The video is just over a minute long, but the drone takes us through the lobby — after being welcomed through the front doors by a masked theater employee— where people are...

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Tesla reportedly had 450 cases of coronavirus at its California plant after reopening last May

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 09:21 AM PST

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After it reopened in defiance of health department orders last May, Tesla's plant in Fremont, California saw 450 cases of COVID-19 through December 2020, new data from legal website PlainSite shows (via The Washington Post).

Last March public health officials in Alameda County, where the Fremont plant is located, restricted all but "essential" businesses from remaining open as coronavirus cases surged across the country. Tesla fought the order but eventually shut down the plant on March 23rd. But a few days later, Tesla restarted production at the Fremont plant, even though it was in violation of the public health order. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter at the time that he planned to be on the factory floor with Fremont workers and t...

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Judge blocks US restrictions against Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 08:30 AM PST

Xiaomi Mi 10S Sold In China
Customers try out Xiaomi Mi 10S smartphones at a Xiaomi in Rizhao, Shandong Province of China. | Photo by Liang Ya/VCG via Getty Images

A federal judge has blocked the US Department of Defense from placing restrictions on Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi that were set to take effect next week.

Just before former President Trump left office in January, the DoD designated Xiaomi as a "Chinese Communist military company," (CCMC) making it subject to Trump's executive order banning the US from investing in such companies. But late Friday, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras issued a preliminary injunction to prevent what he called "irreparable harm" to Xiaomi, saying the designation was "arbitrary and capricious."

Xiaomi said in court filings it would suffer "extreme and irreversible damage" to its business and reputation if the restrictions took effect, and has...

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Some research has gotten a huge boost during the pandemic

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 06:59 AM PST

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Billions of dollars have been spent fighting the pandemic, with a huge proportion of that money going towards vaccine development. Other areas of research have also gotten a big boost during the pandemic — and the results could make a huge difference to public health in the future.

Here are some of the big winners in the pandemic-inspired funding race.

mRNA Vaccines — The astounding success of both the Pfizer / BioNtech and Moderna vaccines has set the stage for the development of other highly-customizable vaccines in the future. The beauty of the vaccines is that they are basically blueprints — they use a genetic code to tell the body to build tiny molecular targets. The body's immune system then goes to town on target practice and...

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Google will now let third party developers create custom Tiles for Wear OS

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 06:45 AM PST

Wear OS Tiles give users a quick-glance option | Google

Google says in a new blog post that it will now allow third-party developers to create custom Tiles for Wear OS. It first introduced Tiles in 2019, widgets that users could glance at and swipe among to get information about weather, calendar notifications, or stats like heart rate. All of the Tiles used to be directly from Google or the device's manufacturer.

Its Jetpack Tiles library for third-party developers is now in alpha. Google notes in the blog post:

Tiles can be designed for many use cases, like tracking the user's daily activity progress, quick-starting a workout, starting a recently played song, or sending a message to a favorite contact. While apps can be immersive, Tiles are fast-loading and focus on the...

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Nvidia brings its latency-reducing tech Reflex to Overwatch

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 06:30 AM PST

Overwatch

An update to Overwatch's Public Test Region (PTR) is bringing Nvida's latency-reduction tech, called Reflex, to the popular esports title (via Engadget). The tech aims to help reduce the amount of time between when you click your mouse, and when you see the resulting action on screen, making the game feel more responsive. The fact that it's coming to Overwatch was announced back in January, but it's now available to players who can access the PTR, and who have the latest Nvidia drivers.

If you haven't been able to get your hands on one of Nvidia's latest graphics cards, there's still hope that you'll be able to try Reflex out for yourself in Overwatch — the tech was announced alongside the 30-series graphics cards, but works on cards...

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Amazon ordered to temporarily close facility near Toronto due to increase in COVID-19 cases

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 06:16 AM PST

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

A public health authority has ordered Amazon to close one of its fulfillment centers in Canada for two weeks because of an uptick in the rate of COVID-19 infections at the facility. A public health investigation found that while the rate of COVID-19 infections has been decreasing in the area, the rate inside the Brampton facility, near Toronto, "has been increasing significantly."

Dr. Lawrence C. Loh, the medical officer of health for the Peel region where the facility is located, said the temporary closure was necessary to help stop the spread of the virus. "This Amazon facility is in a vulnerable community and employs thousands of people. Immediate action must be taken to protect these essential workers and the community where they...

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Avatar passes Avengers: Endgame to retake box office crown after China re-release

Posted: 13 Mar 2021 05:27 AM PST

Avatar
Image: 20th Century Fox

Avatar has once again retaken its crown as the most lucrative movie of all time, with James Cameron's 2009 film reaching a new all-time box office high to beat out 2019's Avengers: Endgame, which took the top spot with its $2.7902 billion take that year.

But thanks to a re-release of Avatar in China, Deadline reports that Avatar has already grossed enough to push its box office total to $2.798 billion, which edges out Earth's Mightiest Heroes once again for largest worldwide total.

The surge in Avatar ticket sales comes as China theaters are re-opening in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen a rush of theatergoers eager to return to theaters. And seeing as most major Western film studios have yet to release new titles...

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