A bipartisan group of lawmakers has contacted the Department of Justice over what they believe is “potentially criminal conduct by Amazon.” Amazon has been under increasing scrutiny for what some perceive as monopolistic practices. During investigation into Amazon’s practices, lawmakers Read More
Microsoft Advertising’s Ad Creator extracts site images for use in ads
Ad Creator and its built-in photo editor can help advertisers that don’t have access to a design team save time. Microsoft Advertising has announced Ad Creator, a new feature that extracts images from your site so that they can be used in Read More
Outage Impacting Slack, AWS, Github, Walmart, and Others
What appears to be a major outage is impacting a number of high-profile sites, including Slack, AWS, Github, Walmart, and others. According to Downdetector.com, some of the internet’s largest sites and platforms are experiencing a spike in outage reports. The Read More
Linux Kernel Gaining Support For Hybrid Processors
Linux will soon be able to take better advantage of Intel’s newest hybrid processors, adding support for Intel’s Hardware Feedback Interface (HFI). Beginning with the Alder Lake line of chips, Intel is adopting a hybrid design, feature multiple high-performance and Read More
US Space Force Wants Help Combatting Space Junk
It may not be battling aliens, but the US Space Force still wants help combating a major enemy: space junk. Space junk has become a growing problem over the last few decades. According to Space Force, the newest branch of Read More
Apple Users Should Update Their Devices Immediately
Apple has released updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS that fix a major vulnerability in Safari. A vulnerability was discovered in Safari earlier this month by FingerPrintJS, one that let “any website track your internet activity and even reveal your Read More
COVID/WFH Has Broken Big Tech
In a huge Twitter thread, a big tech insider reveals that COVID and generous work from home privileges are destroying the morale of big tech employees. Top 10 Quotes: Obviously insanely radically leftwing. COVID/WFH has totally broken people. Everyone is Read More
Jack Dorsey Creates Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund
Square founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced the launch of the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund as a way to help protect Bitcoin developers. Bitcoin developers are facing new legal threats on multiple fronts, impacting their ability to be innovative and Read More
Yes, the Blackberry 5G Phone Is Still Coming
Despite delays, a 5G Blackberry phone is still in development, complete with the iconic physical keyboard. Blackberry devices were once some of the most popular PDAs and smartphones on the market, before getting trounced by Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Read More
Toshiba Announces Plan to Split Into Three Companies
Toshiba is the latest company splitting up, with plans to split into three separate companies. Once one of the most influential tech companies, Toshiba has had a number of missteps, scandals, and general mismanagement over the last several years. The Read More