Microsoft has dismissed the idea that design elements set to debut with Windows 11 could have a detrimental effect on performance. The company set out its vision for Fluent Design, a framework applied by Microsoft in-house and used by developers to create apps that feel as if they were designed natively for Windows.

Zoom has unveiled a new feature called Focus Mode to keep students from distracting each in virtual classrooms. The feature allows the teacher to see all the students, but each student can only see the teacher or host. This comes as the threat of COVID-19 and particularly the Delta version potentially keeping students out of schools.

Instagram has been in the news this summer after Black soccer stars in England were bombarded with racist messages following their team’s Euro 2020 final loss, trying to prevent some of that behavior from happening again with the introduction and expansion of three safety features. Turning this on prevents anyone who doesn’t follow you, or who recently followed you, from commenting or sending a DM.

Reese's Puffs' musical instrumental push takes an age-old tactic — the limited-edition, activity-loaded cereal box — and updates it for younger audiences that are mobile-first and attuned to the type of beat-making prevalent in hip-hop and electronic music, leveraging what it claims is a first-of-its-kind AR technology that detects the placement of cereal pieces to create music.

Coinbase stock rose as much as 6% in regular trading after the crypto exchange reported second-quarter earnings that crushed analyst expectations, boosted by a volatility-spurred jump in trading volumes, posting total second- quarter revenue of $2.2 billion, of which $1.9 billion was transaction revenue and the remainder from subscriptions and services.

The Silicon Valley search giant said videos uploaded by 13- to 17-year-olds to YouTube will be private by default, which means the videos can only be seen by those who post them and those with permission to view them. Google also said anyone under 18 or their parent or guardian can request removal of that child's images from the company's image search results.

Facebook has always had two faces. One is the grimace of a firm that many people, particularly politicians, love to hate, but the other face is a happy one of a company that users, advertisers, and investors cannot live without. The two-facedness is likely to become more pronounced if Facebook succeeds with its biggest project, creating a 3d digital world with the 3d physical one.

AMC will begin accepting Bitcoin payments for concessions and theater tickets as soon as the end of the year, marking the latest development in AMC’s hard lean into memestock superstardom. Bitcoin payments will have to be made online but will be widely supported across all of the US theaters, though Bitcoin may not be the only cryptocurrency the company accepts.

YouTube is trying to get Gen Z on Shorts, a TikTok lookalike that has already invested $100 million into through a creator fund, emphasizing how easy it is to start posting to the portal through mobile with a dedicated destination that hosts Shorts videos on the main YouTube app.

Salesforce announced it was taking a leap into streaming media with Salesforce+, a forthcoming digital media network with a focus on video that will bring the magic of Dreamforce to viewers across the globe with luminary speakers, generating significant debt along the way. The company believes it can do even more with an on-demand video service providing business content around the clock.

If you're still determined to pack two trips’ worth of fun and adventure into your first summer getaway, maybe it’s time to assess whether your smartphone will do justice to the two years’ Worth of vacation memories you’re about to make, bringing the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G 5G “call-camera” with him and left his fancy, high-end digital SLR camera at home.

Sony officially owns AT&T’s Crunchyroll, which will join Funimation and Funimation under one roof, as the ultimate goal of the unification of the two anime properties is to develop a unified anime subscription experience as soon as possible. The deal is priced at $1.175 billion and will be used to help pay down the debt it amassed from its spending on streaming.