#Tech In mid-March, Virgin Orbit went into an "operational pause" and put most of its 750 employees in an unpaid leave due to financial issues. Reports have come out that the satellite launch company was in talks with potential new investors since ...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Sony's God of War: Ragnarok PS5 bundle is $50 off right now
#Tech If you've had your eye on the PS5 and God of War: Ragnarok, which just happens to be one of our best PlayStation 5 games for 2023, then this is your chance to get both together at a discount. The PS5 God of War: Ragnarok bundle is currently o...
Twitter says it's killing legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1st
#Tech Pretty soon, previously verified Twitter accounts will lose their checkmarks unless they start paying for it. The website has announced that it will "begin winding down [its] legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks" on...
Friday, March 24, 2023
Twitter says it's killing legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1st
#Tech Pretty soon, previously verified Twitter accounts will lose their checkmarks unless they start paying for it. The website has announced that it will "begin winding down [its] legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks" on...
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Security researcher reveal Zoom flaws that could've allowed attackers to take over your Mac
#Tech Zoom's automatic update option can help users ensure that they have the latest, safest version of the video conferencing software, which has had multiple privacy and security issues over the years. A Mac security researcher, however, has repo...
YouTube is reportedly planning to launch a 'channel store' for streaming services
#Tech YouTube has been working on an online store where you can purchase subscriptions for various streaming services, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Google-owned video streaming platform has reportedly been developing a "channel store" ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
US Justice Department is reportedly poised to sue Google over its digital ad dominance
#Tech Google may soon be facing its second antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice. According to Bloomberg, the DOJ is gearing up to sue the tech giant as soon as September after a year of looking into whether it's been using its do...
Friday, August 5, 2022
Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud for hiding real number of fake accounts
#Tech Elon Musk is accusing Twitter of fraud for hiding the real number of bots on its platform, according to The New York Times. In the latest installment of the Twitter-vs-Musk saga, the Tesla chief's team claimed in a legal filing that 10 percen...
Thursday, August 4, 2022
US Attorneys General will take legal action against telecom providers enabling robocalls
#Tech The Attorneys General of all 50 states have joined forces in hopes of giving teeth to the seemingly never-ending fight against robocalls. North Carolina AG Josh Stein, Indiana AG Todd Rokita and Ohio AG Dave Yost are leading the formation of ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
New York regulators slap Robinhood's crypto business with $30 million fine
#Tech In the latest in what seems to be a string of challenges the company has to grapple with, Robinhood's crypto division has been slapped with a $30 million fine by the New York State Department of Financial Services. It's the first crypto-focus...
Friday, December 10, 2021
Microsoft tried and failed to bring Xbox games to the iOS App Store
#Tech The Epic Games vs. Apple trials brought to light how Microsoft tried to conjure up solutions on how to make Xbox games available from the App Store. Apple revised its guidelines last year so that companies like Microsoft and Google can make t...
Thursday, December 9, 2021
SpaceX launches a NASA telescope that will observe black holes
#Tech A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off with NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) satellite. First announced in 2017, the IXPE is the first satellite capable of measuring the polarization of X-rays that come from cosmic sources, ...
Saturday, December 4, 2021
Tour the White House's Christmas decorations on Google Street View
#Tech You can now take a tour of the White House's halls decked with Christmas trees and other decor fit for the season — virtually, that is. Google first added the official residence of the President of the United States to the places you can visi...
Friday, December 3, 2021
Google delays its workers' return to office yet again
#Tech Google workers in the US will no longer be required to return to in-office work on January 10th. According to CNBC, company security VP Chris Rackow told employees in an email that Google will wait to reassess the situation and figure out whe...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Niantic buys gameplay recording app Lowkey to improve its in-game social experience
#Tech Niantic has acquired another company to help build out its augmented reality platforms. The company has announced that it's acquiring the team behind Lowkey, an app you can use to easily capture and share gameplay moments. While you can use a...
Microsoft will be required to disclose sexual harassment cases after shareholder vote
#Tech Microsoft's shareholders have forced the tech giant to write up an annual report that would detail how it handles sexual harassment cases within the company. Investors voted in favor of passing a proposal requesting the annual report at their...
HTC Vive Focus 3 gets more accurate hand tracking in new update
#Tech HTC has rolled out a firmware update for the latest standalone Vive Focus that greatly improves its hand-tracking capabilities. The company says firmware version 3.0.999.284 significantly improves the feature's performance, stability and accu...
Virtual modular synth VCV Rack 2 is now available
#Tech VCV Rack 2 has arrived, and it could help you figure out if modular synthesis is something you can get into before blowing a fortune on it. The original app dropped in 2017, giving you access to thousands of virtual modules that let you try E...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active 2 drops to an all-time low of $149
#Tech If you weren't able to grab a smartwatch this past Black Friday and Cyber Monday, here's a deal you may want to take a note of: Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active 2 is currently available for only $149 on Amazon. That's $101 less than retail and t...
BMW M's second standalone model is the Concept XM plug-in hybrid
#Tech BMW M, the famous automaker's subsidiary in charge of high-performance vehicles, has introduced its second standalone model over 40 years after the M1 was first sold to the public. The new vehicle is a plug-in hybrid model called the Concept ...