Blackstone acquires tech publisher IDG for $1.3B, as private equity strikes again
It’s been a busy week for private equity, with Cloudera, Stack Overflow and FireEye coming off the board on Tuesday and Wednesday. Today Blackstone bought media...
The ‘world’s lightest’ hardcase carry-on is, well, pretty damn light. And that’s about it.
There are suitcases that have power banks built in, that you can ride on when you get tired, that follow you automatically around the airport, that...
Paramount+ Ad-Supported Plan Gets $1 Cheaper But Loses Live Channel Access
Paramount+, formerly known as CBS All Access, is replacing its $6 a month Limited Commercials plan with a new, $5 per month Essential Plan. It’s hard...
Google Announces the $99 Pixel Buds A-Series, For Reals This Time
Today, Google officially released its new earbuds following an accidental early announcement back in May. Like most Google hardware, we knew everything about them already, but...
Stadia Savepoint: May updates
It’s time for another update to our Stadia Savepoint series, recapping the new games, features and updates on Stadia. In May, players summoned the courage to...
Apple’s all-new AirTag tracker just went on sale for the first time ever
SAVE $1.02: The new Apple AirTag is on sale for the first time ever — as of June 3, you could get one on Amazon for just...
Walmart Copies Prime Day (Again) With “Deals for Days” Starting on June 20th
After learning that Amazon Prime Day kicks off on June 21st, Walmart is copying Amazon again and says it’ll host its own biggest sale of the...
Twitter Blue is Official, and It’s Stupid
Twitter users have speculated for months—nay, years—over whether the site would ever offer a subscription tier with added perks. Today, it announced it is officially launching...
Norton Antivirus Is Now a Cryptominer … Wait, what?
You can’t be serious. Norton 360, the somewhat-frustrating antivirus software that comes preinstalled on many Windows computers, will soon have a built-in Ethereum cryptominer. In its...
Understanding Kubernetes Image Pull Policies
Kubernetes image pull policies control when Kubelet should fetch an updated image version. Pull policies are used when a new Pod is starting up. Kubelet will...
