Apple bans app that promoted secret parties during pandemic
Apple has pulled the plug on Vybe Together, an iPhone app that allowed users to organize secret parties that would breach social-distancing rules in many cities. At writing time,…
Samsung opens pre-order reservations for Galaxy S21 phones
Samsung’s Galaxy S21 smartphones don’t have a fixed launch date yet, but you can already reserve your spot in the pre-order line. As noticed by XDA Developers, Samsung started offering…
How Big Tech failed to stop misinformation in 2020
The hottest memes of 2020! The most viral videos of the year! The hottest hashtags! The year–in–review lists from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were missing the biggest story of the…
Xiaomi ditches chargers for the Mi 11 after mocking Apple’s similar move
Oh what a difference literally just two months makes. Chinese phone maker Xiaomi is taking some flak over the news that its next major phone, the Mi 11, will be…
Amazon’s overdue Fire TV facelift mostly cleans up its old mess
Amazon’s been releasing and iterating on its Fire TV streaming device line for six years. Now it’s built into various TVs and sold in sticks and cubes. But one constant…
Twitter now lets you ‘turn off retweets’ for accounts with bad taste
Your timeline is about to get a whole lot cleaner. Twitter announced late Monday that it finally solved the age-old problem of otherwise valuable accounts constantly retweeting trash into your…
Apple closes a bunch of stores yet again because of COVID-19
Every Apple store in California is closing as the state sees a massive surge in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. According to USA Today, all 53 stores around the state…
Zoom employee secretly censored users on behalf of China, alleges DOJ
A senior Zoom employee falsely accused users of supporting terrorism and distributing child sexual abuse material in an effort to stop them from talking about the Tiananmen Square massacre, according…
Apple to Facebook: We’re standing up for our users
The Apple-Facebook beef over user tracking is getting serious. On Monday, Apple launched iOS 14.3, giving users the ability to see the myriad ways in which apps track you (and…
Google hit with another antitrust lawsuit
When it rains, it pours. Big tech antitrust lawsuits, that is. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday that the state is filing a lawsuit against Google for monopolistic business…