ESL FaceIt Group teams with Acer’s Predator on Counter-Strike esports
Source: Venture Beat A couple days after it renewed Intel, ESL FaceIt Group named Acer as its official OEM Partner across its Counter-Strike esports portfolio. Read Full Article
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China tariffs may already be hiking up import fees
Source: The Verge US consumers may already be seeing additional fees on shipments from China after President Donald Trump’s tariff on Chinese goods took effect on Tuesday. Clint Reid, the founder and CEO of a company that offers software to help with cross-border commerce, posted screenshots on X showing additional charges added to a shipment…
Volkswagen claims it’s actually making that $20,000 EV and will show it next month
Source: The Verge Volkswagen has announced that next month, it will show off a new low-cost, entry-level EV that could cost just €20,000 (about $20,800 USD), the price it suggested it would hit back when it announced the ID. Life concept in 2021. That’s a steal compared to current low-end US EVs like the over-$28,000…
Steam now warns you if an ‘early access’ PC game might be abandoned
Source: The Verge Steam’s early access program helps small to medium-sized developers get an idea off the ground, but not every game actually does. Now, Valve has a notice designed to warn Steam users when they visit an early access game’s store page if it’s been a minute since the last update. If the dev’s…
Qi2: all the latest news on the MagSafe-like wireless charging standard
Source: The Verge Nomad is course-correcting from a small design blunder last year on its three-in-one MagSafe charging stand. Like its predecessor, the new Stand One Max for 2024 is a wireless multi-charger for a compatible iPhone, Apple Watch, and set of AirPods. However, now you can charge all of those devices with your phone…
Qwertykeys halts keyboard shipments to US over tariff costs and confusion
Source: The Verge The keyboard company Qwertykeys has temporaily halted all shipments to the United States in response to President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods going into effect. The company says it’s working on ways to mitigate shipping costs and that the tariffs have made it so that “all keyboards from China to the U.S….
Sonos lays off 200 employees as its struggles continue
Source: The Verge Things at Sonos are getting worse before they get better — if they’re going to get better. Today the company laid off approximately 200 employees, The Verge has learned. The news was announced at around 4PM ET, and a letter to employees from interim CEO Tom Conrad was posted on Sonos’ website….
Ford lost $5 billion on EVs in 2024
Source: The Verge Ford’s electric vehicle and software business lost $5.1 billion in 2024, up from $4.7 billion lost in 2024. And the automaker doesn’t anticipate any relief this year, when it predicts it will lose as much as $5.5 billion on its EV business. Ford reported its fourth quarter and full-year earnings on Wednesday,…
WolfEye Studios partners with Neowiz on new sci-fi action-RPG
Source: Venture Beat WolfEye Studios announced it’s partnering with Korean publisher Neowiz to distribute its upcoming game, an untitled retrofuturistic action-RPG. Read Full Article
Google ends DEI hiring goals
Source: The Verge With new U.S. Executive Orders, court decisions, and many companies making changes to their DEl programs in recent weeks, we sat down with Fiona Cicconi to learn how Google is thinking about this. Can you tell us how we’re thinking about this across the company? First, I want to be clear: we’ve…