Apple’s market cap has reached the $3 trillion bar on Friday, when the individual AAPLE shares showed a price above $192 soon after trading began. Its share price maintained that level and eventually closed the day at $193.97, making it the first company to end a day with a market cap of over $3 trillion. […]
Last week, Meta announced new parental control tools across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. This includes a new parental supervision hub in Messenger, a feature that pre-emptively blocks unwanted DMs on Messenger and Instagram, and nudges to remind teens that they should take a break. As TechCrunch reports, Messenger supervision controls will be available in Meta’s Family […]
Last week, members of Congress questioned how new rules for artificial intelligence can protect against the technology’s risks without reinforcing the early advantages enjoyed by tech giants such as Microsoft and Google. As Bloomberg reports, Representative Frank Lucas, the Oklahoma Republican who chairs the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, opened Thursday’s hearing by recognizing […]
Apple is rolling out an iOS 17 software update this fall, chock full of new features from keyboard and Messages upgrades to a journal app and grocery list capabilities. But you’ll only get to use these features if your iPhone is a newer model, as older generation iPhones will be left in the dust. The […]
Microsoft is increasing its Xbox Series X prices in most countries in August with the exception of the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia. As The Verge reports, the Xbox maker is also increasing the monthly prices of its Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions for the first time next month, which […]
You can’t make this stuff up. After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “send me location.” The Verge confirmed that Zuckerberg’s post on his Instagram account is, in fact, not a […]
Google Lens is now able to offer more information on that pesky rash that you’re not sure whether to worry about. In a blog post published this week, Google outlined how the Lens image search feature built into its apps on iOS and Android can “search for skin conditions” like an “odd mole or rash.” As […]
Reddit will soon exclusively be a hub for pictures of comedian and Emmy-winning host John Oliver, if protesters get their way. Some of the biggest Reddit communities are now only allowing photos and videos of the comedian, following votes from users. As BBC News reports, a multitude of Reddit communities – known as subreddits – […]
Microsoft is dropping a new Windows 11 preview build for Insiders in the Dev Channel, and it has a new feature that enables handwriting entries directly into fields throughout the OS. Previously, handwriting-to-text conversion largely worked in certain software, like OneNote, or within a special handwritten text recognition box. As The Verge reports, the new “Windows Ink” […]
Are you still hanging on to that giant 8TB spinning HDD for your PC game installs? Well, it’s starting to look like SSDs will become the new minimum spec for modern PC games. While SSDs have shipped as standard in the latest and greatest PC gaming rigs and laptops, game developers haven’t really been pushing […]