The Morning After: Netflix just added more than 15 million subscribers
And Intel's tiny new gaming PC.
With so many of us stuck at home, it’s no surprise that streaming numbers spiked. On Tuesday afternoon, Netflix gave a peek at just how much, with quarterly earnings numbers revealing it added nearly 16 million customers worldwide. Going by its new standards and projections, Netflix reported some 64 million people watched the Tiger King documentary in its first month of streaming, 65 million saw Money Heist and 85 million watched at least part of Mark Wahlberg’s Spenser Confidential. Are y’all really that bored?
-- Richard
'No Filter' review: How Mark Zuckerberg’s jealousy shaped Instagram
And the meaning of #Binghazi.
Wonder what happened after Facebook bought Instagram? Karissa Bell has the review of Bloomberg reporter Sarah Frier’s No Filter, a book that expertly chronicles the rise of Instagram, from its early days as a fledgling Foursquare-like check-in app to the Facebook-owned behemoth that currently accounts for more than a quarter of the company’s $70 billion revenue.
And it tells how Mark Zuckerberg -- who didn’t grant an extensive interview -- apparently got a bit worried that its growth was coming at the expense of Facebook.
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Intel's NUC 9 Extreme is the new king of tiny gaming PCs
The Core i9 kit we reviewed starts at $1,639 -- without GPU, RAM, storage or an OS.
If you’d like to set up a new gaming PC but only have teeny-tiny living space, then Devindra Hardawar can explain why the NUC 9 Extreme is made for you. The only problem? That price.
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Motorola's Edge+ launch was spoiled a day early
Take a sneak peek.
Later today, Motorola will officially unveil its new flagship smartphone, but Droid-Life uncovered a blog post by Verizon (the owner of Engadget’s parent company) detailing specs and apparent exclusivity of the high-end Edge+ model. The Edge+ will have a 6.7-inch 1080p OLED screen whose curved edges explain its name, a 90Hz refresh rate, a Snapdragon 865 processor, 12GB of RAM and 256GB of built-in storage.
There’s also 5G, a 5,000mAh battery, 6K video recording and a 108MP camera, but a reported $1,000 price tag may make its specs look ordinary next to the likes of the OnePlus 8 or Galaxy S20. We’ll find out more in just a few hours.
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'Fortnite' is finally available through the Google Play Store
On iOS there’s no other option.
According to Epic, Google has allegedly relied on “scary, repetitive security pop-ups,” Google Play Protect and hostile characterizations (such as treating third-party app sources as malware havens) to put non-Play Store titles “at a disadvantage.” After distributing Fortnite directly for 18 months, the publisher has found no suitable option other than to let Google take its cut to more easily reach Android users. If you’ve been waiting for an easier install process, then you can grab the shooter right here.
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Razer's updated Blade Stealth gets a faster display and GPU
A truly powerful ultrabook.
For 2020, Razer’s 3.1-pound Blade Stealth gaming laptop packs a 120Hz display for smoother gaming and comes with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU, which should boost speeds, too. It also offers Intel’s latest Core i7-1065G7 quad-core processor with faster clock speeds of up to 3.9GHz. As before, you can pair the $1,800 device with a Razer Core X eGPU equipped with any graphics card for greater gaming speeds.
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But wait, there’s more...
Sonos Radio is the company's first foray into original content
Canon’s 8K-capable EOS R5 will also shoot 4K video at 120 fps
VanMoof's S3 and X3 e-bikes are cheaper and packed with refinements
The rebranded Microsoft 365 is now available worldwide
How to grow a quarantine garden when you’re tight on space
Warner Bros.' 'Scoob!' is the next big movie going straight to video on-demand
'Hey Google' sensitivity option for Assistant devices starts rolling out
'Super Mario Maker 2' update lets you create overworld maps
