Tag: The Verge

YouTube is trying to Shut Down Comment Spammers with new Rules Violation Warnings

YouTube says it will begin to warn users when it has spotted and removed their comments for violating the company’s guidelines, according a post signed by “Rob” at TeamYouTube. Big creators have been increasingly drawing awareness to comment spam on the platform, and this change and other updates shared Tuesday could help reduce the volume of […]

1 Billion Customers Expected to have 5G by End of 2022

5G is about to hit a major milestone. According to telecom equipment maker Ericsson’s latest mobility report, 1 billion (yes, billion with a “B”) wireless subscribers around the globe will be connected to 5G by the end of this year. While that may be well behind 4G, which grew to around 5 billion subscribers in 2022, […]

Musk Quickly Tries to Rebuild amidst Twitter Chaos

Since Elon Musk took control of Twitter, the overriding theme has been job cuts. Thousands were fired directly, while others were let go after declining to sign up for Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter 2.0. Now it seems the social media company is changing its tune, and staffing back up to replace at least some of the […]

Here’s How to do your own Due Diligence on FCC’s Long-Awaited New Broadband Maps

If you feel like you’re paying more for less and having to deal with a lot of hassles and headaches when it comes to your internet (or lack of) service, you’re not wrong… and you’re not alone. As The Verge reports, one huge reason for the mess is that the wolves guard the henhouse. The FCC […]

Taylor Swift and the DOJ are coming down hard on Ticketmaster after the Eras Tour Ticket debacle

In case you missed it, the millions of people trying to get tickets for Taylor Swift’s upcoming The Eras Tour basically put Ticketmaster into meltdown mode earlier this week. As The Verge reports, fans lucky enough to get presale codes encountered continuously crashing queues, massive wait times, and systems that wouldn’t accept their information (such as […]

Google’s Nest Wifi Pro Update will Fix Slow Internet Speeds

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The Verge reports that Google is rolling out a new software update for the new Nest Wifi Pro to address the slow internet speeds experienced by some users. The company’s “currently investigating reports of a small number of users experiencing reduced internet speeds on Nest Wifi Pro routers,” said Sanjay Noronha, Google Nest Wifi’s product […]

Celebrate Atari’s 50th Anniversary by Playing this New Collection

One of the biggest challenges in video game preservation is figuring out how to actually present old games. As The Verge reports, there is an expansive new release, made by Digital Eclipse to celebrate Atari’s 50th anniversary, which experts say is simply the best way to experience a retro collection. Available on just about every […]

Meta Announces Massive Job Cuts

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Meta has announced it will lay off 11,000 employees or around 13 percent of the company’s total staff. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the news in a blog post, saying he was at fault for being overoptimistic about the company’s future growth based on a pandemic surge. “At the start of Covid, the world rapidly moved online and the […]