Best AV receiver for 2021
News December 2, 2021
Are you looking for the best AV receiver for the money? You’ve come to the right place. I’ve tested most of the popular options from the major brands in the $500 to $800 range, and the connectivity, performance levels and feature sets are impressively high. From 8K video to Dolby... Read more
Apple’s game award winners: Wild Rift, Marvel: Future Revolution, Myst, Space Marshals 3, and Fantasian
News December 2, 2021
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. Apple honored its best games and apps of the year as it gave out its annual... Read more
Federal judge blocks Texas social media ‘censorship’ law
News December 2, 2021
Getty Images A federal judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction against a Texas law that prohibits large social media companies from banning users or blocking content based on their political viewpoints. HB 20, signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 9, targets companies with at least 50... Read more
The US National Space Council Is Back and Focused on Security
News December 2, 2021
On Wednesday morning, US vice president Kamala Harris led the Biden administration’s inaugural National Space Council meeting, at which she and other political leaders outlined their priorities for the future of civil, commercial, and military space activities. She’s the first woman and first person of color to run such... Read more
Really stupid “smart contract” bug let hackers steal $31 million in digital coin
News December 1, 2021
Blockchain startup MonoX Finance said on Wednesday that a hacker stole $31 million by exploiting a bug in software the service uses to draft smart contracts. The company uses a decentralized finance protocol known as MonoX that lets users trade digital currency tokens without some of the requirements of... Read more
Google Doodle goes neo-impressionist to celebrate artist Georges Seurat’s 162nd birthday
News December 1, 2021
Google Georges Seurat was a French painter perhaps best known for creating the masterpiece A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, a pastoral scene featuring Parisians enjoying a park. Instead of mixing colors on a pallet and then applying them to the canvas, Seurat used a... Read more
Jack Dorsey’s Square Is Now Block
News December 1, 2021
Jack Dorsey is no fan of Mark Zuckerberg. He once told Rolling Stone that at dinner at Chez Zuck, the Facebook CEO served him a goat he had killed, and the meat was cold. More recently, he made fun of Zuckerberg’s metaverse ambitions. Nonetheless, however unintentionally, today the CEO... Read more
Former NFL safety launches G1, a new esports organization
News December 1, 2021
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event. Former NFL safety Kenny Vaccaro announced today that he is retiring from the physical sport and... Read more
I Know You Want It – More Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
News December 1, 2021
Family and friends of ReadWrite — you will see a few ads in the gift list below — but I had to hurry and get some screenshots off of Amazon because I’m rushing to get this list out to you today. You’ll find many wonderful items for the special... Read more
Debt collectors can now slide into your DMs on social media
News December 1, 2021
James Martin/CNET New financial regulations allow debt collectors to privately message people on social media services such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in an attempt to collect a debt. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new Debt Collection Rule, which went into effect on Tuesday, is part of the overarching... Read more










