Category: Company News / General Interest
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End of Year Deals promotion comes to PlayStation Store
PlayStation Blog – 11.28.22 Get help with your gaming holiday plans with PlayStation Store’s End of Year Deals promotion, live today! Peruse and save up to 80% on a wide range of games and add-ons that are discounted for a limited time*. You can check out the full list of titles included in this promotion…
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5 things you need to know about re:Invent, AWS’s biggest cloud event of the year
Amazon Blog – 11.27.22 Thousands of cloud-computing fans will convene in Las Vegas from November 28 through December 2 for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) 11th re:Invent cloud conference. Each year, re:Invent features leader keynotes, new service announcements, fun, and inspiration. Here are five things to know about this year’s re:Invent: Source: 5 things you need to…
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Orbit Side Mount 2 – MagSafe Monitor, Webcam & Continuity Camera Mount for iPhone/Android
Charby YouTube Channel – 11.25.22 Your workstation got an upgrade! It now rotates your phone between portrait & landscape mode. And a quick flip turns it into a professional webcam. It switches instantly so you can get all kinds of work done easier & quicker. Source: Orbit Side Mount 2 – MagSafe Monitor, Webcam…
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History’s coolest planes | POWERUP for kids
PowerUp Toys Blog – 11.25.22 (11.24.22) Adults can be amazed at how curious kids are about machines. You pass something as seemingly mundane as a garbage truck in traffic and your kid’s jaw hits this floor. This is a cool thing, it’s a natural curiosity that you (as a parent or educator) can nurture like…
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Why this former researcher started a game company
Google Blog – 11.21.22 Born and raised in Salvador, Brazil, Filipe has always been fascinated with his country’s culture and past. So much so that he decided to study history, eventually becoming a teacher and researcher. Also a long-time gamer, Filipe saw gaming as a creative way to tell stories — and realized it was…
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Ground control to Alexa
Amazon Blog – 11.21.22 When Amazon engineers started building Alexa, the company’s voice AI, they were inspired, in part, by the voice-enabled computers powering Star Trek spaceships. This week, eight years after Alexa’s commercial launch, the voice AI will become an actual space traveler aboard NASA’s Artemis I, the first of several missions bound for the Moon.…
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Passkeys and 1Password: The future of passwordless | 1Password Blog
1Password Blog – 11.17.22 You may have seen mention of a “passwordless future” – the concept of simpler authentication and no passwords. That future is rapidly approaching, and we’re excited to share a glimpse of it with you today. Source: Passkeys & 1Password: The future of passwordless | 1Password Blog
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6 practical tips to help you stay safe and avoid scams when shopping at Amazon this holiday season
Amazon Blog – 11.16.22 We want to help consumers avoid impersonation scams this holiday season. These happen when a scammer pretends to be a trusted company and reaches out to try to get access to sensitive information like social security numbers, bank information, or Amazon account details. Source: 6 practical tips to help you stay…
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Owl Labs raises $25 million in Series C funding round led by HP Tech Ventures
Owl Labs Blog – 11.15.22 (11.14.22) Today, we are proud to announce a $25 million Series C investment and a strategic partnership with HP, bringing our company’s total funding to over $47 million. The funding round was led by HP Tech Ventures, the venture capital arm of HP Inc., and Angelo Del Priore, Partner at HP Tech Ventures,…