[ad_1] What makes injuries more likely to occur at Amazon’s automated warehouses is that the company has unrealistic expectations of the human employees that work there. Where workers called pickers previously had to scan about 100 items every hour, Amazon now expects them to scan up to 400 products in the same amount of time. […]
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Sonos sues Google for infringing on five more speaker patents
[ad_1] Just one day before Google’s Pixel 5 reveal, Sonos has filed a new lawsuit against the search giant, alleging it has infringed five more patents. The patents cover technologies that form the basis of some of Sonos’ best-known features, including its Trueplay tuning tool. The new lawsuit is the latest development in the ongoing […]
SoftBank is reportedly close to selling ARM to NVIDIA
[ad_1] NVIDIA declined to comment to Engadget. We’ve also asked SoftBank and ARM for comment. If a deal goes through, it could represents one of the largest semiconductor buyouts in history. It potentially gives NVIDIA an edge across a wide range of computing devices, ranging from mobile chips to the most powerful supercomputers. For SoftBank, […]
Vinyl outsold CDs for the first time since the ’80s
[ad_1] Overall physical sales fell to $376 million. That’s a drop of 23 percent year-over-year. Reasons for that include people not visiting music stores, artists not touring (and not selling CDs at shows) and millions of people losing their jobs and entertainment budgets amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And then, of course, there’s the increasing shift […]
Funimation partners with VIZ Media to expand its streaming anime catalog
[ad_1] Two of the biggest anime distributors in the US are teaming up. On Wednesday, Funimation announced that it’s working with VIZ Media to bring the publisher’s catalog of anime titles to its streaming service. Some of the more notable shows making their way to Funimation with the deal include 2018 sci-fi boxing anime Megalo Box and Gargantia […]
Apple pushes iOS 14’s updated ad anti-tracking feature to 2021
[ad_1] “We are committed to ensuring users can choose whether or not they allow an app to track them,” the company said in a developer update it posted on Thursday. “To give developers time to make necessary changes, apps will be required to obtain permission to track users starting early next year.” While the policy […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will produce content for Netflix
[ad_1] “Our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope,” they said in a statement to the New York Times. “As new parents, making inspirational family programming is also important to us.” They believe Netflix “will help us share impactful content that unlocks action” through its “unprecedented reach.” The company has […]
AT&T reportedly backs away from selling Warner Bros. Interactive
[ad_1] For the time being, AT&T has reportedly decided against selling its Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division to another company. According to Bloomberg, the telecom concluded the unit was too valuable to ditch, even if a sale would have helped the company with its $165 billion debt load. When news of the potential sale first […]
Joe Budden’s podcast will no longer be a Spotify exclusive
[ad_1] Budden’s twice-weekly show has hit the top spot on Spotify’s podcast charts, as Variety noted. It currently sits at number 15, so it clearly has a strong audience. Still, Budden claimed “Spotify never cared about this podcast individually” and that it had been “undermined and undervalued.” He referenced other podcast deals Spotify has made […]
Ubisoft fires Assassin’s Creed creative director amid misconduct allegations
[ad_1] Ubisoft has fired Ashraf Ismail, the former creative director of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, in the wake of misconduct allegations. Ismail stepped down from his role on the game in June, though he remained with the company. A fan publicly accused him of taking advantage of his position and lying about his marital status while […]