November 3, 2022 How to Join Mastodon, the Ad-Free Social Network Billionaires Can’t Buy Six months ago, after the news broke that changes were coming to Twitter’s policies against disinformation and hate speech, I decided to give Mastodon…
November 3, 2022 Gmail tracker update will make sure you always know where your package is at Google continues to pump out shopping features to its many platforms for the holiday season; this time, Gmail is getting a new package tracker….
November 3, 2022 Here’s what you need to know about Netflix’s Basic with Ads plan By the time you read this article, Netflix will have started rolling out its new “Basic with Ads” plan. After years of resisting investor…
November 3, 2022 Outdated Android and iOS phones could put US government workers at risk of attack Many individuals working across US government agencies and organizations are using smartphones with outdated operating systems, putting both them and the organizations they work…
November 3, 2022 Hell Yeah, There’s a Muskox Cam The University of Alaska Fairbanks has teamed up with Explore.org, an organization with a network of live nature cams, to launch a webcam that…
November 3, 2022 Lyft Just Laid Off Nearly 700 Corporate Employees and Partly Blamed It on Paying for Drivers’ Insurance Lyft workers, like so many others in the tech industry this year, opened their inboxes today to read some dreaded news: Nearly 700 of…
November 3, 2022 Netflix’s ad-supported plan isn’t working on Apple TV devices If you’re an Apple TV user who was considering switching to Netflix’s new ad-supported plan, it might be best to hold off for now….
November 3, 2022 LIGHTSPEED Presents: ‘Beyond the Shore’ by Tania Fordwalker io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is…
November 3, 2022 If You’re Playing the Powerball Lottery, Here’s How To Improve Your (Infinitesimal) Chances of Winning Saturday’s drawing in the Powerball multi-state lottery has an estimated jackpot of $1.5 billion. That’s the third-largest lottery prize ever in U.S. history. Read…
November 3, 2022 Most Home ‘Compostable’ Plastic Doesn’t Actually Break Down, Study Finds Seemingly every corner of our world is now littered with plastics, and only a tiny percentage of it is ever recycled. To mitigate this,…