Video streaming company Roku bolsters its Roku Channel with 30 new series featuring stars such as Kevin Hart, Laurence Fishburne and Chrissy Teigen.
Author: Mike Snider, USA TODAY
FCC offers new COVID discount: Apply to save $50 on your monthly broadband internet bill
The Federal Communications Commission will begin taking applications for the COVID-19 relief program to help pay for Americans’ broadband bills.
Virtual reality for military veterans: T-Mobile teams with Honor Flight Network, VR to bring memorials to war vets
For Military Appreciation Month, T-Mobile and Honor Flight Network are bringing VR versions of national war memorials to veterans who cannot travel.
‘Twelve Minutes,’ a video game mystery in miniature that repeats until you find the solution
“Twelve Minutes,” a video game due later this year on Xbox and PC, is a thriller with voice acting from James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley and Willem Dafoe.
Nix Facebook’s plan to create Instagram for kids, state attorneys general urge CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Attorneys general in 40 states, D.C. and 3 territories want Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to halt plans for Instagram for kids, calling it “dangerous.”
Talking Tech: Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds Trump ban, but nixes indefinite suspensions
Big tech news this week includes the Facebook Oversight Board upholding a ban on President Trump, Bill & Melinda Gates’ divorce, and a Peloton recall.
Google adding YouTube TV access to YouTube app ‘over next few days,’ as Roku standoff continues
As YouTube and Roku continue their standoff involving a deal to return the YouTube TV app to the Roku app store, YouTube is gaining access to YouTube.
Peloton delays launch of cheaper treadmill after Tread+ recall, plans software update with safety feature
After voluntarily recalling its treadmills Wednesday, Peloton said the action will likely cost the company $165 million in revenue from April to June.
USC fund for Black and Indigenous students honors Black engineer who changed video games
USC Games has announced an endowment named for Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who created the first console to store video games on cartridges.
Batter up! EA Sports gets back into baseball video games with ‘Super Mega Baseball’ studio deal
EA Sports, which quit making baseball video games in 2005, now has two baseball games in its lineup – and may have more in the future.