Skip to main content / Commissioners approved a new policy statement putting gig companies on notice Sep 15, 2022, 8:08 PM UTC | FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan glances at SEC Chairman Gary Gensler during a House Financial Services Committee hearing. Photo by Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission voted today to put gig economy companies on notice, promising to protect gig workers from unfair contracts, pay, and hours. ...read more

The ceremony is expected to be the most-watched broadcast in history On September 8th, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96. To honour Her Majesty’s life and 70-year reign, the Royal Family will be holding a public funeral on September 19th. The event is expected to be the most-watched broadcast in history, bringing in some four billion viewers around the globe. When Because the funeral is taking place at England’s Westminster Abbey, you’ll want to make note ...read more

Skip to main content Sep 15, 2022, 7:11 PM UTC | The real horror is being stuck with iOS 3 for eternity. Netflix has released the trailer for its latest Stephen King adaptation, Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, which is based on the short story by the same name. In the trailer, we see Craig, played by Jaeden Martell (who starred in the recent It adaptations and Knives Out), bonding with the titular Mr. Harrigan, an aging billionaire played by Donald Sutherland (President Snow in ...read more

Gaming Previous Next Save on the likes of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Dying Light 2, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade By Bradly Shankar @bradshankar Sep 15, 2022 7:32 AM EDT 0 comments PlayStation is once again running a ‘Blockbuster Games’ sale on its digital storefront, offering up to 75 percent off hundreds of big titles. See below for some of the highlights: The Dark Pictures Anthology — Triple Pack (include ...read more

Since our original lead deal sold out, here’s another quick one for you. The 32GB Apple TV 4K is still on sale for $119.99 at Amazon, down from its original list price of $179. While the Apple TV 4K is best suited for users that live in the Apple ecosystem, there’s plenty of utility to be found in this innocuous black box. Apart from letting you stream media from platforms like Disney Plus and HBO Max, the Apple TV 4K provides an avenue to access content from Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness Plu ...read more

The strategy largely focuses on reaching net zero emissions by 2050 Samsung says it will achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The South Korean tech giant outlined details in a new environmental strategy it says will help it join worldwide efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change. Samsung is tackling its Device eXperience (DX) division first, saying operations in the area will reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030. The division includes Samsung’s consumer electronics busi ...read more

Ford announced the 2024 Mustang yesterday — maybe the last gas-powered one? — and while the vehicle is very similar in its design and shape to the last version, the operating system looks to be all-new, with sharp new graphics and a “digital cockpit inspired by fighter jets.” It’s so new, apparently, that the company won’t tell us what software it’s running on. On paper, the 2024 Ford Mustang’s 13.2-inch central touchscreen is running on Sync 4, Ford’s operating system that ...read more

Skip to main content / Blizzard’s taking down the servers in preparation for Overwatch 2 Sep 15, 2022, 6:05 PM UTC | Image: Blizzard Despite an earlier promise that Overwatch and Overwatch 2 would peacefully coexist, we recently learned that there can be only one. And now we have a date for when Overwatch prime goes offline: October 2nd. In an interview with Eurogamer , Overwatch commercial lead Jon Spector explained that on October 2nd, Overwatch pr ...read more

Skip to main content / Zoom has resolved a major outage Updated Sep 15, 2022, 4:04 PM UTC | If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Zoom went down for around an hour this morning, giving everyone working from home a bonus brief period of time without back-to-back meetings. Users saw plenty of “an error occurred” messages, and most weren’t able to launch meetings. Zoom’s main website, zoom.us ...read more

Last year, the scooter maker Unagi launched an Indiegogo campaign for a vehicle it called Model Eleven. The campaign ultimately raised more than $700,000. Now, the company is saying it has canceled the Model Eleven entirely. The Model Eleven, as Unagi initially described it, was going to be leaps and bounds beyond any scooter you’d seen on the road. The company billed it as “the smartest scooter on Earth” and promised scooter-specific directions via Google Maps, a camera system that could ...read more