Pornhub blocks access in Utah to challenge age-verification law
Utah’s age verification law, which targets publishers distributing material deemed to be “harmful to minors on the internet,” has gone into effect. As a response, MindGeek...
Mastodon simplifies sign-ups to attract new users
After Elon Musk took over Twitter, one of the alternatives to the social media website that users flocked to was Mastodon. It’s a decentralized network where...
Google launches a beta Nearby Share app for Windows PCs
Back at CES 2022, Google talked about how it‘s improving Android’s integration with the Windows ecosystem in several ways. Nearby Share was one of the features...
NLRB says Activision Blizzard illegally surveilled employees during a walkout
Activision Blizzard is facing yet another complaint by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The labor agency has “found merit with several elements of the unfair...
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is stepping down as CEO
Jamie Siminoff, who founded Ring and created the video doorbell that started it all, is stepping down as the company’s CEO. In a blog post, Siminoff...
Snapchat’s latest feature helps you maintain your streaks if you miss one
A lot of users were obsessed with keeping up Snapstreaks after they launched, even maintaining streaks in the hundreds with several friends. They don’t seem to...
Google workers in Japan have joined a labor union in response to planned layoffs
Dozens of Google Japan employees have organized under the Tokyo Managers’ Union. It’s the first labor union at Google Japan, according to Meiji University Assistant Professor...
Twitter faces another global outage
The DownDetector pages for Twitter are exploding in activity — again — and users are sharing that the social network seems to be broken for them....
Space organizations want the moon to have its own time zone
There’s been a resurgence of interest in the moon, now that we’re getting closer to re-establishing a foothold on the celestial body. Space agencies and private...
ChatGPT reportedly reached 100 million users in January
ChatGPT has been growing at a rate much, much faster than TikTok or any other popular app or service. According to a new study by analytics...