Slack is down but it’s almost Friday anyway
UPDATE: May 20, 2021, 3:14 p.m. CDT Slack appears to be back up and running. According to a Slack update, users who are still having issues should “fully quit your…
Google is opening its first physical retail store
If you’ve ever wanted to be truly immersed in the world of Google, want no more: The company is opening its first physical retail store in New York City this…
Venmo is pausing some payments being sent to Palestinian relief funds
The escalating violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has caused donations to pour in for aid groups. But some donations on Venmo are getting stalled and even stopped. The payment app…
Google employees demand Palestine support in letter to CEO
The escalating violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has caused a divide among Google employees, leading to a public call out of the company’s silence. On Tuesday, a group of 250…
Here’s everything that was revealed at Google I/O 2021
Google’s I/O developer conference made its big return to the (virtual) stage with a keynote event Tuesday, and the tech giant had plenty to unveil in the software department. But…
Google wants to make changing your compromised passwords easier
If you won’t clean up your compromised passwords, then Google, like an exasperated parent, will have to do it for you. During the tech behemoth’s annual developer conference on Tuesday,…
You can get iPhone notifications in your Oculus Quest headset now
VR is futuristic, cool, and just plain fun, but it leaves you blind to the environment around you. The latest Oculus Quest software update just made that way less of…
Apple releases new Apple Watch bands and faces for Pride month
GLSEN board member and LGBTQ+ advocate Dominique Morgan wearing Apple’s new Pride Edition Braided Solo Loop. Image: apple All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.If…
How Bezos became an asshole, and 7 other things we learned from ‘Amazon Unbound’
Full disclosure: Brad Stone, author of the definitive books on Jeff Bezos’ company (The Everything Store, 2013, and its just-published sequel Amazon Unbound), is an old friend. When Bezos was…
Twitter’s rumored paid service, ‘Twitter Blue,’ may cost $2.99 a month
How much are people willing to pay for new Twitter features? Is it $2.99? According to Jane Manchun Wong, a software developer who’s gained a reputation for reverse-engineering applications to…