Democrats demand FTC probe Amazon-iRobot deal

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission is facing mounting pressure to block Amazon’s proposed $1.65 billion purchase of iRobot, the company behind Roomba autonomous vacuums. In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan on Thursday, a group of Democratic lawmakers argued that the proposed merger would unfairly bolster Amazon’s dominance in the smart home market by acquiring one of the company’s leading competitors. They also criticized Amazon’s data privacy and security practices following past acquisitions of companies like Ring, including data sharing partnerships with over 600 law enforcement agencies across the country. “iRobot is a powerful market incumbent, and Amazon, given its vast resources, history of producing smart vacuums… and powerful platform,… Continue reading… from The Verge – All Posts https://ift.tt/Rg1zeKp via Grabey
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In 2023, Google can notify you if personal info pops up in search

The Verge Starting “early next year,” Google will be able to notify you if your personal info, such as your phone number, email, or home address, shows up in search results as part of its “results about you” tool. The announcement comes as Google has officially started rolling out the tool, which lets people easily create takedown requests for results with their personal info. The tool started showing up for some people last week. In a tweet, the company says the notification system will be opt-in. Ideally, it’s not something that most people will have to turn on; however, it will be nice to have the option, especially for those in high-profile positions or who find themselves targeted by harassment campaigns. Early next year, you’ll also be… Continue reading… from The Verge – All Posts https://ift.tt/SmHjW9h via Grabey
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Stage Manager isn’t just for M1 iPads anymore

Stage Manager is coming to some older iPad Pros. | Photo by Brennan King / The Verge In a major turnaround, Apple is bringing Stage Manager, one of iPadOS’s signature new features, to more iPads. Stage Manager, a new multitasking system, was previously set to be available only on iPads with M1 chips. Now, however, the feature will also be coming to third- and fourth-generation iPad Pros (which have the A12X Bionic and A12Z Bionic chips, respectively), according to a statement shared with Engadget. Unfortunately, Apple is also delaying one aspect of Stage Manager, and it’s one that will remain exclusive to iPads with M1 chips. Support for using Stage Manager with external displays won’t be available until a software update coming later this year. Here’s Apple’s full statement, from Engadget: We introduced Stage Manager… Continue reading… from The Verge – All Posts https://ift.tt/SluFebB via Grabey
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Meta’s new switcher puts all of your Facebook profiles and finstas in one place

Image: Meta Meta is testing a new way to add and switch between your accounts on Instagram and Facebook by integrating its Accounts Center into the apps. The features should help make things easier for anyone who constantly bounces between various accounts on the two apps or people who have a lot of Instagram profiles to separate their Online Brand, personal life, and business. The new account switcher for Facebook and Instagram will show you all the accounts and profiles you’ve added to the Accounts Center. While Instagram has let you switch between different profiles for years, the new system lets you throw Facebook accounts in the mix, making it easier to jump over to Facebook if you need to do something on that app. It’ll also show you some… Continue reading… from The Verge – All Posts https://ift.tt/L1ybrDC via Grabey
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DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket is having some issues again

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket hasn’t had a very good start to the football season. For the past two weekends in a row, subscribers have struggled to get their streams to work, and this weekend is no exception. Even before today’s games started, users began complaining about numerous issues, with many saying that they can’t log into their accounts on the Sunday Ticket website or app and others having problems loading the streams. Those who are able to access the stream are reporting quality issues. Somehow Sunday Ticket is acting worse than last week. Truly depressing. @DIRECTV — Alex Reno (@alex_reno) September 25, 2022 DirecTV hasn’t issued any statement about whether it’s working to fix the stream, and the company didn’t immediately… Continue reading… from The Verge – All Posts https://ift.tt/zkECUgo via Grabey
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Acer Predator Triton 500 SE review: I expected more

The Triton 500 SE is an expensive gaming laptop that doesn’t flex its hardware enough Continue reading… from The Verge – All Posts https://ift.tt/9Z8Vwst via Grabey
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