Tumblr Is in the Red and Losing $30 Million Every YearCEO Matt Mullenweg hosted a live Q&A attended by just 800 users and told them the company is spending lots more than…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 12, 2023
Lawyers Who Argued Supreme Court Cases Paid a Clarence Thomas Aide Via VenmoRajan Vasisht received at least seven payments from lawyers via Venmo during November and December 2019, one for…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 12, 2023
Artists Accuse Shein of Algorithmically Stealing and Selling Their ArtThree artists argue that Shein's tech collects data on its customers to identify emerging trends—and that it…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 12, 2023
Discord Unveils New Parental Controls to Keep Tabs on Your KidsThe Family Center will keep track of the number of calls or messages, the number of added friends, and how many…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 11, 2023
Microsoft Gets the Green Light to Purchase Activision Blizzard in Victory Over FTCThe Federal Trade Commission had filed for an injunction to block the $68.7 billion sale, citing antitrust concerns.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 11, 2023
Sacré Bleu: Ticketmaster Suspends Taylor Swift Tour Ticket Sales in France After Record DemandSales for Swift's highly-anticipated European leg of The Eras Tour—which would feature six stops in France in…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 11, 2023
Snapchat Adds Linktree-in-Bio FeatureAfter a trial period last year, the new integration will allow any Snapchat user with a public account to add a…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 10, 2023
Not Funny: Sarah Silverman Sues ChatGPT and Meta After AI Allegedly Trained on Her BookSilverman is joined by authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey in the lawsuit against OpenAI’s ChatGPT and…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 10, 2023
Thumbs-Up Emoji Is an Official Contract Agreement, Canadian Court RulesA farmer argued that 👍 was confirmation he received the contract, while the buyer argued that it was confirmation…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 7, 2023
Shazam Expands iOS Integration to YouTube, Instagram, and TikTokApple purchased Shazam for $400 million in 2018, and since then has included it as a free app on iPhones.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 7, 2023
Should've Said No: Taylor Swift Reportedly Did Sign a Deal With FTXContrary to previous reports, FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried is the one who allegedly pulled out of the deal with Swift…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 6, 2023
France Passes New Bill Allowing Police to Remotely Activate Cameras on Citizens' PhonesThe bill will reportedly apply to suspects in crimes that are punishable by a minimum of five years in jail.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 6, 2023
ChatGPT's Website Traffic Dipped for the First Time Since Its LaunchAfter beginning to plateau in May, ChatGPT's website traffic dropped around 10 percent from May to June.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 5, 2023
OpenAI Pauses ChatGPT's 'Browse With Bing' as Users Bypass PaywallsOpenAI officially released Browse with Bing in beta last week, only to reverse course on Monday.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 5, 2023
Where the Hell Is Instagram’s Twitter Clone?Threads, Instagram's Twitter rival, was briefly listed on the app store this weekend.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 3, 2023
TweetDeck Falters as Elon Musk Wrecks TwitterAfter several updates, non-Twitter Blue users are limited to 1,000 tweets per day before their timelines are locked.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJuly 3, 2023
Reddit's Valuation Has Fallen Even Further, Fidelity SaysFidelity estimates Reddit's holdings are at $15.4 million, which is down over 7% from the fund’s estimates of $16.6…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJune 30, 2023
Tech Companies Sue Arkansas Over Parental Consent Law for Social Media AccessNetChoice, the group that filed the lawsuit, represents major tech giants like Meta, Airbnb, Amazon, TikTok, Google,…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJune 30, 2023
King Charles Unveils Jony Ive-Designed Seal for ‘Astra Carta’ Space Sustainability InitiativeAstra Carta emphasizes sustainable practices for private space companies, and features a logo designed by Apple's…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJune 29, 2023
Anonymous Disney Imagineer Purportedly Confirms Donald Trump Animatronic Is Hillary ClintonDisney apparently had to hastily redesign her animatronic for The Hall of Presidents after betting on a Clinton win…ByKevin HurlerPublishedJune 28, 2023