In less than 48 hours, Meta’s Twitter rival Threads surpassed 70 million sign-ups, upended the social media landscape and rattled Twitter enough that Elon Musk is now threatening legal action against Meta. But as CNN reports, even as users signed up for Threads in droves, with some clearly eager to flee the chaos of Elon Musk’s Twitter, the […]
If you currently try to access Twitter without logging in to your user account, you’ll be unable to see any of the content that was previously available to the wider public. Instead, you’ll meet a Twitter window that asks you to either sign in to the platform or create a new account, effectively blocking you […]
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. […]
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 […]
Thousands of subreddits went dark to protest Reddit’s new moneymaking idea – to begin charging steep fees for third-party data access to its platform – as profit becomes central to how social media works. Now in its third day (and showing no signs of stopping), a number of groups on the site have vowed to remain closed […]