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- California appeals court finds Amazon responsible for third party sellers’ products
- Former Netflix executive convicted of money laundering
- Florida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for Disney
- Enjoy these limited-time tech and gaming discounts
- Sony’s new prime lenses are the small saviors I’ve been looking for
- Microsoft’s app store changes crank up the Apple pressure
- Today I learned that card grading companies are drowning in Pokémon cards
- Facebook acquires the developers of VR military simulator Onward
- Want a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro? You may have to wait until July
- Basecamp implodes as employees flee company, including senior staff
| California appeals court finds Amazon responsible for third party sellers’ products Posted: 01 May 2021 09:59 AM PDT  An appeals court in California has ruled that Amazon can be held liable for products sold through its marketplace by a third-party seller, the Los Angeles Times reported. It's the second major case in California where an appeals court has rejected Amazon's long-held position that it is merely an intermediary between buyers and its third-party sellers. Amazon collectively refers to these sellers as its "Amazon Marketplace" even though it's not a separate or distinct part of Amazon's website. Third-party sellers' products typically appear in Amazon listings, with a small line of text to indicate that Amazon itself is not the actual seller. At issue was the case of a woman who suffered burn injuries after a hoverboard she purchased on...  |
| Former Netflix executive convicted of money laundering Posted: 01 May 2021 08:50 AM PDT  A former Netflix executive was convicted of taking bribes and kickbacks from vendors doing business with the company, according to the US Department of Justice. Michael Kail, who was Netflix's vice president of information technology operations from 2011 to 2014, was found guilty by a jury of money laundering, and wire and mail fraud. According to the DOJ, Kail used his position at the company to "unlock a stream of cash and stock kickbacks" for himself Netflix sued Kail in 2014 claiming he hid payments from vendors by directing them to his personal consulting company. According to the DOJ, Kail accepted bribes totaling more than $500,000, as well as stock options from nine tech companies that provided products or services to Netflix. K...  |
| Florida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for Disney Posted: 01 May 2021 07:56 AM PDT  Florida is on the verge of passing legislation that would fine social media companies like Twitter and Facebook that "knowingly de-platform" political candidates. The bill was first proposed in February by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a supporter of former President Trump, although Florida Republicans insist the bill has nothing to do with the former president, a famous denizen of social media who was banned earlier this year by major platforms. The Florida House of Representatives passed SB 7072 by a vote of 77 to 38 on Thursday, after the state Senate voted Monday to pass the measure. The bill now goes back to the Senate to approve some of the changes made by the House; the Senate's version called for fines of $10,000 per day for banning a...  |
| Enjoy these limited-time tech and gaming discounts Posted: 01 May 2021 06:30 AM PDT  We've reached the weekend, and the start of another month. Sayonara, April, and hello to May. The past few days at The Verge have been some of the best tech deals so far this year, like the now-expired deal that knocked $150 off the Apple Watch Series 6, putting it lower in price than even the Apple Watch SE. That one sold out in just a few hours, though I wouldn't be surprised to see it come again soon. Not all of the best sales of the week have ended. You can save on PC games in celebration of Golden Week in Japan, and get $80 off a Google Nest Wifi bundle, to name a couple of examples. Find even more below. Save up to $147 on a preorder of a new M1 iPad Pro or iMacApple announced that the new iPad Pro and the colorful iMacs will...  |
| Sony’s new prime lenses are the small saviors I’ve been looking for Posted: 01 May 2021 06:00 AM PDT  The new Sony 24mm f/2.8, 40mm f/2.5, and 50mm f/2.5 are three new compact prime lenses that each cost $599.99 and will be shipping in mid-May. While they uphold the reputation of quality Sony has established with the G lineup, it's their uniformity and small size that come as a welcomed surprise. Uniformity and size are so rarely a topic of discussion in regards to lenses. As a video-first creator, 67mm, 77mm, and 82mm are common thread sizes in my gear bag. But it feels like with every new lens I buy I have to factor in the cost of a new ND filter or a step-up or down ring. These three new lenses all conveniently share the same 49mm filter thread. Then there is weight and size. It's no secret that bags with full-frame camera gear are...  |
| Microsoft’s app store changes crank up the Apple pressure Posted: 01 May 2021 05:00 AM PDT  Microsoft shook up the PC gaming industry this week with the announcement that it was cutting the fee it takes from game sales on the Windows store. On the surface, it's a welcome move, with Microsoft matching the 12 percent cut that Epic Games takes, and putting more pressure on Valve, which still takes a 30 percent cut on most Steam purchases. But the cut is also a tactical move: Microsoft wants to help pressure Apple, and this week's changes could play a role in the bigger app store battles kicking off next week. Microsoft's announcement comes just days before a huge court trial between Epic Games and Apple, and just as the EU has found issues with Apple's rules — claiming the company has a "dominant position in the market for the...  |
| Today I learned that card grading companies are drowning in Pokémon cards Posted: 30 Apr 2021 06:05 PM PDT  A report from Vice has opened my eyes to just how big the Pokémon trading card collecting market is getting — apparently to the point where card rating companies have waitlists that range from six to ten months, with one company claiming it's receiving over 500,000 cards to grade per week. The card graders, who rate trading cards' conditions to determine how collectable (and therefore valuable) they are, are so swamped that people who want to get their Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, or sports cards graded are also having to wait in line (or pay out the nose to skip it). One card rating company apparently needed employees so bad it offered $1,000 starting bonuses — and then bumped them up to $2,500. Another company had to buy two warehouses to store...  |
| Facebook acquires the developers of VR military simulator Onward Posted: 30 Apr 2021 03:30 PM PDT  Facebook's Oculus division has snatched up yet another popular virtual reality game developer. On Friday, the company announced it has acquired Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the hit multiplayer military simulator Onward. "We've seen great success with Onward on the Oculus platform for several years — first on Rift and more recently on Quest," Mike Verdu, Facebook's VP of AR / VR content, said in a blog post. "Becoming part of the Oculus Studios family will give Downpour Interactive the opportunity to cultivate both the Onward community with the full support of Oculus Studios resources, and, in the future, pursue other projects." Everyone from Downpour Interactive will move over to the...  |
| Want a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro? You may have to wait until July Posted: 30 Apr 2021 02:16 PM PDT  If you're hoping to get one of the new 12.9-inch iPad Pros with a Mini LED display, you may be waiting a while — the delivery times for even the base model have slipped to late June or early July (via Bloomberg). Leading up to the device's announcement, there were rumors that the display tech could be a production bottleneck for Apple, and that appears to be the case — Apple's site says the 11-inch iPad Pro, announced alongside the 12.9-inch, would be delivered in late May. The Mini LED display that could be to blame for the short supply of iPads is a new tech for Apple, but it promises to bring a ton of improvements compared to normal LED displays. However, they're trickier to produce — Apple says that the previous iPad Pro's display...  |
| Basecamp implodes as employees flee company, including senior staff Posted: 30 Apr 2021 01:20 PM PDT  After a controversial blog post in which CEO Jason Fried outlined Basecamp's new philosophy that prohibited, among other things, "societal and political discussions" on internal forums, company co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson said the company would offer generous severance packages to anyone who disagreed with the new stance. On Friday, it appears a large number of Basecamp employees are taking Hansson up on his offer: according to The Verge contributing editor Casey Newton's sources, roughly a third of the company's 57 employees accepted buyouts today. As of Friday afternoon, 18 people had tweeted they were planning to leave. Not long after Fried's Monday blog post went public — and was revised several times amid public backlash...  |
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