Tech Culture The Web TikTok is the fastest-growing social platform in the US, but YouTube is still the most popular Facebook and YouTube popularity has held steady By Shawn Knight, January 31, 2024, 2:33 PM
Tech Culture The Web Amazon is unlikely to lose Prime subscribers over Video ads Shipping is core to Prime, and that isn't changing By Shawn Knight, January 31, 2024, 12:31 PM 21 comments
Tech Culture Apple Spotify bashes Apple's new App Store policies in the EU, calls them "extortion" Apple's new fees in the EU will make things more difficult than ever for developers By Kishalaya Kundu, January 31, 2024, 8:45 AM 16 comments
Tech Culture The Web Pastor launched worthless cryptocurrency because "God told him to do it," spent $1.3 million of investors' money When in doubt, blame God By Rob Thubron, January 30, 2024, 5:17 AM 14 comments
Software Tech Culture German railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systems Legacy systems do have their advantages By Shawn Knight, January 29, 2024, 3:23 PM 25 comments
The Web Tech Culture ICANN to reserve the ".internal" top-level domain for private networks Vendors are already using private domains in a non-standardized way, and that's no good By Alfonso Maruccia, January 29, 2024, 2:45 PM
Tech Culture Industry SpaceX sued by wife of employee who has been in a coma since workplace accident 2 years ago SpaceX has a questionable worker safety record By Rob Thubron, January 29, 2024, 10:45 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture South Korean company smuggled $11.6 million worth of US-made chips into China The operation ran for three years By Rob Thubron, January 29, 2024, 10:07 AM 7 comments
Industry Tech Culture Tech layoffs and share prices don't add up: Cutting costs at financial peaks? Could this be the start of the great AI replacement? By James Miller, January 28, 2024, 12:07 PM 37 comments
The Web Tech Culture US lawmakers weigh-in on deepfakes after explicit Taylor Swift images are shared online Deepfakes "can cause irrevocable emotional, financial, and reputational harm" said one representative By James Miller, January 28, 2024, 7:23 AM 34 comments
Electronics Tech Culture Hisense rolls out 100" QLED 4K TV, selling for under $2,000 Just in time for the Super Bowl By Shawn Knight, January 26, 2024, 2:51 PM
Electronics Tech Culture Ring ends warrantless law enforcement requests for user footage Without saying why By Rob Thubron, January 25, 2024, 8:35 AM
AI Tech Culture They warned you: Someone allegedly used a politician's cloned voice to interfere with an election It will most assuredly not be the last time this happens By Cal Jeffrey, January 23, 2024, 3:13 PM 13 comments
Science Tech Culture DragonFire laser weapon can hit a coin from a kilometer away for around $13 a shot Lasers can accurately track and destroy aerial targets By Daniel Sims, January 23, 2024, 2:36 PM 29 comments
Tech Culture MSI replaces social media team, apologizes after post causes outrage Asus jumped at the chance to troll its rival By Rob Thubron, January 23, 2024, 10:52 AM 11 comments
Mobile Google Predatory loan apps continue to exploit users despite Google's ban Some of the apps extort borrowers using stolen data from their phones By Rob Thubron, January 23, 2024, 6:58 AM 8 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Disney's HoloTile is another omnidirectional VR treadmill you will probably never use Supports multiple users walking independently, but home applications are doubtful By Cal Jeffrey, January 23, 2024, 6:14 AM
AI Tech Culture Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits China for celebration with employees amid AI chip restrictions Jensen knows how to party By Rob Thubron, January 22, 2024, 8:08 AM
Tech Culture Hardware Amazon sold a fake RTX 4090 with an RTX 4080 GPU and fried components The mash-up card was part of a pallet deal By Rob Thubron, January 22, 2024, 6:55 AM 10 comments
Tech Culture Industry Opinion: The big AI party is not cancelled, just postponed No one is ready for any of that AI enablement... yet By Jonathan Goldberg, January 22, 2024, 6:03 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture AI Customer service chatbot gets foul-mouthed and calls its own company "useless" "Their customer service is terrible" -- says customer service bot By James Miller, January 21, 2024, 11:46 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Software Bugs in Fujitsu accounting software that led to false convictions were known "from the start" A Fujitsu exec called the scandal "Shameful and appalling" By Rob Thubron, January 21, 2024, 8:35 AM 18 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Many game developers are not embracing a subscription future, unless you ask Ubisoft or Microsoft, of course Baldur's Gate 3 developer expresses concern over a subscription-dominated future By Daniel Sims, January 17, 2024, 5:06 PM 34 comments
Industry AI Non-tech industries can offer job security to tech talent right now Want to secure a job in AI? Focus your search on non-tech companies By Elaine Burke, January 17, 2024, 10:54 AM
Industry Tech Culture Elon Musk issues ultimatum to Tesla: give me more shares or AI and robotics development stops Musk wants 25% of the EV giant By Rob Thubron, January 17, 2024, 5:19 AM 55 comments