DIRECTV Is the Latest Provider to Announce a Price Hike
Hey, if the likes of Netflix and YouTube Premium and Discovery+ can increase their prices—and they’re just a few recent services that’ve done so—why not DIRECTV? As of November 5,…
Microsoft Reportedly Hopes to Close Activision Deal Next Week
Image: FellowNeko (Shutterstock) The biggest acquisition in video game history appears to be coming to a close. After Microsoft offered to buy Activision Blizzard nearly two years ago—and faced a…
Meta May Ship Far Fewer Quest 3 Headsets than Quest 2
How’s that whole metaverse thing going? Well, according to one top analyst’s sales expectations for the Quest 3 mixed reality headset, not as well as Meta might hope. That, plus…
A Company Named X Social Media Is Suing X Corp, a Company Formerly Named Twitter
Image: bluecat_stock (Shutterstock) Turns out Elon Musk isn’t as creative at coming up with company names as we previously thought, as his obsession with the letter X is getting him…
Letterboxd Owners Sell Out for $50 Million
Letterboxd owners sold a majority stake in their social film discussion and discovery platform to Tiny for a whopping $50 million, the company announced on Friday. Tiny, a Canadian technology…
French Authorities Reportedly Raided Nvidia Offices
French authorities reportedly raided Nvidia’s local offices this week to investigate the company’s suspected anti-competitive practices. The raid was based on a final opinion report by the Autorité de la…
Epic Games Is Selling Bandcamp and Having Not-So-Epic Layoffs
Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) The video game company behind the massive battle royale game Fortnite is also fighting for its life. Epic Games is reportedly laying off 870 employees…
H&R Block, Meta, and Google Slapped With RICO Suit, Allegedly Schemed to Scrape Taxpayer Data
Anyone who has used H&R Block’s tax return preparation services in recent years may have unintentionally helped line Meta and Google’s pockets. That’s according to a new class action lawsuit…
‘First Official Unity User Group’ Disbands Over Company’s New Developer Fees
The self-proclaimed oldest cohort of Unity developers—called the Boston Unity Group—has announced that it is dissolving shortly after the game engine developer created a firestorm with changes to how it…
Tinder Thinks Some of You Are Horny Enough to Pay $500 Every Month
Having trouble finding the love of your life on Tinder? Don’t dig deep and work on yourself, just fork over $500 every month to the platform to find your soul…