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Twitter has introduced an API that gives third-party apps considerably more power.Conversation threads, poll results, spam filtering and other features are finally available elsewhere.These apps still won’t be as powerful as the official…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ok-Zur7M4w Google has always done some weird things with Assistant, like telling children Frozen stories, making jokes and giving the location of Santa. Now, you can listen to Assistant sing a song…

If you have fond childhood memories of afternoons spent at the local arcade, then you’ve had the occasional daydream about tracking down one of those old cabinets and putting it in the living room. But the size, cost,…

With thousands of summer holidays abroad cancelled, the scorching heatwave sweeping the UK right now can be a blessing. But while the soaring mercury might be perfect for barbecues with family, walks with friends, or lazy afternoons reading…

There won’t be a WWE 2K21 after last year’s disastrous effort, but wrasslin’ fans are getting WWE 2K Battlegrounds from developer Saber Interactive. The game actually looks fairly fun, but does the move to more arcade-style…

The highly-awaited next generation Xbox gaming console, the Xbox Series X, will be launched in November, 2020, Microsoft announced via a blog post. The post begins with Microsoft’s plans to launch Halo Infinite, which has been postponed to…

The new API includes three access levels: basic (which is free), elevated and custom. Previously, Twitter’s API was separated into three different platforms, which required developers to transfer APIs…

YouTube is allowing conservative pundit Steven Crowder to monetize his YouTube channel again, more than one year after Crowder was removed from the company’s Partner Program following complaints of homophobic and racist harassment from…

A new event has begun in Mario Kart Tour. This week marks the start of the Pirate Tour, and it introduces another classic course to the game, as well as a new kart and two new playable racers.The…

The smartphone market suffered terribly in the first quarter of 2020 at the hands of COVID-19 and the April-June quarter was even worse. Despite that,…

The Sims 4 has a lot of creative options for people-making, but the game – and the series as a whole – has often fallen short when it comes to representing people who aren’t white. Now, after an outcry from prominent members…

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is the first smartphone to feature Samsung Display's backplane display technology that has a variable refresh rate, the company announced on Wednesday. The new display panel is touted to deliver 22 percent…

Last month Microsoft announced a new brand called Dataflex that would bring low-code capabilities to both its Power Platform and Teams products.The branding provides a new name for the software giant's Common Data Service (CDS) which is…

August 12, 2020 3:37 PM ESTThe latest trailer for Atomic Heart shows just how far the game's come since we last saw gameplay in 2019 Atomic Heart, the mysterious first-person RPG from Russian developer Mundfish,…

When lost hiking out in the back country, a cell phone might not seem like the most useful tool. Absent a signal from the cellular network, it’s not possible to make outgoing calls for help. However, carrying your phone…