The 60s are alive and well in my Spotify app. Erin Carson / CNET In the past week I have tried to bring something back from the dead. Especially a Nashville radio station called Oldies 96.3, which no longer exists and has not existed for a long time. It all started last weekend when friends…
Calls and texts for Elon Musk end up in the wrong place. Getty Images Lyndsay Tucker, a 25-year-old skin care consultant at Sephora, receives many calls for bionic limbs and people who volunteer for space. That’s because her phone number once belonged to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Tucker receives at least three calls…
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, explains the company’s remote working approach. James Martin / CNET Although Facebook and Twitter have announced big updates Google does not make any significant changes to its workplace priorities regarding policies that enable employees to work remotely. Instead, the search giant is taking a more measured approach, CEO Sundar Pichai…
The legendary “Snyder Cut” of the Justice League 2017 will be released on HBO Max next year. Warner Bros./HBO max HBO max, the new HBO– anchored streaming service with additional shows and films, starts on Wednesday – and its arrival brings a complex matrix of answers to a simple question: how much does it cost…
steam If you are a player – or only occasionally visit the Cheapskate sites – you probably know that Epic games gives away one or more free games every week. This week, Epic really outdid itself. The giveaway is Sid Meiers Civilization VI, the latest game in the long-running series (Sid Meiers Civilization debuted in…
Ned Stark’s last moments in season 1. HBO Many TV shows have been running for years without wiping out a really permanent moment, but Game of Thrones only needed nine episodes to produce an all-time great. In Baelor, Episode 9 of season 1Around 2.7 million watched how the admirable Ned Stark, apparently the protagonist of…
This fan-made Bender Smart speaker doesn’t care about manners. Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton / CNET If you are always fed up with Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant Interrupt your conversations or Endanger your right to privacyMaybe a belligerent fictional robot that insults you for asking too many questions is faster. Futurama Fan and Reddit…
Mark Zuckerberg James Martin Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, said Thursday that some employees will have the opportunity to work permanently from home the novel corona virus has triggered a shift to remote work for some of the world’s largest technology companies. In an internal town hall meeting for employees that was broadcast live on…
The fear that a wine cork will split as you try to open the last bottle is a certain type of fear – especially when the wine shop is closed in the evening. One way to avoid this disaster is to use an electric wine opener that removes human error from the equation and quickly…