A hot potato: The feature sounds a lot like old-school themed chat rooms of yesteryear where Internet users could congregate and strike up a conversation with others over a shared topic. But, today’s Internet is far different than what was around 25 years ago. In short, it’s a far less friendly place full of scammers and bots. Judging from some of the feedback the announcement post is getting, lots of people just want to be left alone.

Reddit has introduced a new feature designed to

Why it matters: Another report has shown just how much of an effect the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the smartphone industry. According to estimates, handset production is expected to fall a record 16.5 percent YoY to 287 million units in the second quarter, after a first-quarter that saw output down 10 percent.

The figures come from TrendForce , which places the blame for the decline on disruption caused by Covid-19. Delayed work resumption combined with labor and material shortages

Highly anticipated: Gamers have been eagerly awaiting news on the latest Assassin's Creed game since early hints and leaks pointed toward it taking place in the Viking era. Now, that news is finally starting to trickle in, slowly but surely. After a (roughly) 8-hour-long official livestream, the Assassin's Creed Twitch account finally confirmed the existence of this game, and it's been aptly dubbed "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla."

Update: Watch Assassin's Creed: Valhalla

Bottom line: According to a Zoom spokesperson, it was a genuine oversight on their part, unintentionally referring to participants as “users” and “people.” The mistake has since been rectified in the original blog post and a note was added to the bottom of the post that identifies the error and change.

Video conferencing app maker Zoom said in a blog post earlier this month that it now has more than 300 million daily users , an admission that helped push its stock value further north.

Shortly after the

What just happened? Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is proving lucrative for the company. In its recent earnings call, the Redmond firm revealed that more than 10 million people subscribe to the service, which has reached "record levels of engagement."

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed Xbox Game Pass had hit the milestone in the previous quarter. The Covid-19 lockdown, which has seen record levels of people buying and playing games, doubtlessly helped the service reach that 10 million figure

In context: Intel's new Core i9-10900K CPU comes equipped with 10 cores, 20 threads and new Turbo frequencies to go head to head against the Ryzen 9 3900X and possibly become the new gaming flagship processor. Meanwhile, the new Core i7 and Core i5 range look very competitive not just in terms of specs and expected performance, but most importantly, in pricing and value against otherwise very aggressive Ryzen rivals.

This has been a long

Rumor mill: We know that Nvidia is going to launch its Ampere-based RTX 3000 graphics cards this year, but it hasn’t yet revealed when. According to a new report, they will arrive sometime in the third quarter, and add-in board partners are already clearing stock in preparation.

The claim comes from a now deleted China Times post , which stated that three new generations of Ampere cards would arrive in the second half of the third quarter, so we might see them launch sometime

A hot potato: In its earnings call yesterday, Tesla beat analysts’ estimates for its first-quarter revenue, but that’s not what most people are talking about. Elon Musk overshadowed the results by ranting against shelter-in-place orders, which he called “fascist” and claimed infringed on people’s rights.

Tesla recorded 88,400 sales between January and March, along with a profit of $16 million. Despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,

What just happened? If ever there was a sign of the strange times we live in, it’s an OS update that comes with Covid-19-related features. That’s what’s happening with Apple’s upcoming iOS 13.5, which has seen a new beta release containing several changes to help fight the novel coronavirus.

Earlier this month, Apple and Google announced their Covid-19 contact tracing plan. The platform, built directly into their respective mobile operating systems, works