August 6, 2021 Facebook’s justification for banning third-party researchers ‘inaccurate,’ says FTC Illustration by Alex Castro / Th When Facebook banned the personal accounts of academics researching ad transparency and misinformation on its platform this week,…
August 6, 2021 Kindle Flaw Could Have Let Hackers Take Control of Your Ebook Reader and Steal Information All connected gadgets are technically vulnerable to bad actors, but Amazon’s Kindle e-readers aren’t exactly the first device that’d pop into your head when…
August 6, 2021 Larry Page Revealed as Another Tech Billionaire With Secret Residency in New Zealand The government of New Zealand confirmed on Thursday that Google co-founder Larry Page, the sixth wealthiest person in the world, has obtained residency in…
August 6, 2021 Microsoft is integrating Spotify into a new Windows 11 focus focus feature Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Microsoft is planning to integrate Spotify into a new Windows 11 feature. Panos Panay, Microsoft’s head of…
August 6, 2021 We’re Worried About the Wrong Volcanoes New research identifies several clusters of relatively small volcanoes that, should they erupt, would ravage critical infrastructure and the global economy. Read more… via…
August 6, 2021 Overwatch League sponsors reevaluate support following Activision Blizzard lawsuit Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Overwatch League sponsors Coca-Cola and State Farm are re-evaluating their support of the competition after…
August 6, 2021 Uber CEO Says Requiring Vaccines for Drivers and Riders Would be Fair, But Not Happening There are two types of people in Uber’s world, according to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: office workers and drivers. Besides differences in salaries and benefits,…
August 6, 2021 Did Pippin from The Lord of Rings Just Promote a New Cryptocurrency Called ‘JRR Token’? As if we didn’t have enough scam-ridden cryptocurrency out in the world already, on Friday a new coin based on The Lord of the…
August 5, 2021 Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong With Indonesia’s Plan for ‘Jurassic Park’ on Island Filled with Komodo Dragons Who wants their next vacation to be on an island filled with large, carnivorous reptiles? Raise of hands? Anybody? Well, hand-raisers, whoever you are,…
August 5, 2021 The best deals on 4K TVs The 55-inch Samsung Crystal TU-7000 is on sale at Best Buy for $450. | Image: Samsung There are a lot of 4K TVs available…