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 […]
Lionel Messi has found a new home, and it’s a big win for Apple TV. According to The New York Times, the legendary soccer player has said that he will be signing a deal with Inter Miami in MLS, fresh off of winning the World Cup last year with Argentina, and the club confirmed the news with a […]
One of Meta’s top executives recently showed employees a preview of the company’s upcoming Twitter competitor during a companywide meeting. According to The Verge, the new standalone app will be based on Instagram and integrate with ActivityPub, the decentralized social media protocol. That will theoretically allow users of the new app to take their accounts […]
With the death of E3 nearly complete, Summer Game Fest has become the go-to summer event for gamers to get hyped about. According to The Verge, the event kicked off with a bang with a new side-scrolling Prince of Persia game, and there were a few more surprises after, including a new side-scrolling Sonic game, a new game from horror legend John Carpenter, a […]
A group of top AI researchers, engineers, and CEOs have issued a new warning about the existential threat they believe that AI poses to humanity. The 22-word statement, trimmed short to make it as broadly acceptable as possible, reads as follows: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale […]