Redbox Is Finally Deadbox
Photo: Colleen Michaels (Shutterstock) Streaming services chalk up another victim as Redbox parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment files for bankruptcy. Suggested Reading The New Beats Pills Are…
Apple Could Be Fined $30 Billion for Violating Competition Laws
The European Commission says Apple violated the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) over its App Store policies. This violation could end up costing the iPhone maker billions. Suggested Reading The…
Elon Permits Advertisers to Un-F*ck Themselves
Elon Musk’s social media business X, formerly Twitter, took a turn for the worse in November 2023 when he told advertisers to “go f**k yourselves” on stage with the New…
Families of Boeing 737 Max Crash Victims Want Former Executives Prosecuted
Boeing has been having serious problems all year but it’s beginning to look like the company may actually be in pretty deep shit. After lawmakers humiliatingly yelled at the embattled…
Perplexity Is Reportedly Letting Its AI Break a Basic Rule of the Internet
Perplexity wants to change how we use the internet, but the AI search startup backed by Jeff Bezos might be breaking its rules to do so. The company appears to…
Call Centers Introduce ‘Emotion Canceling’ AI as a ‘Mental Shield’ for Workers
Call center employees have notoriously unpleasant jobs. They field questions from disgruntled customers all day long and can only respond with corporate-mandated jargon. Many expect AI will one day replace…
Apple Pay Later Is Dead, Your Debt Is Not
Apple says it’s shutting down Apple Pay Later, the tech giant’s “buy now, pay later” loan service, less than a year after launching the product to United States users in…
Feds Sue Adobe for ‘Trapping’ Customers in Long, Expensive Subscriptions
The U.S. government sued Adobe on Monday for allegedly “trapping” customers in its default, most lucrative subscription plan. In a complaint, the Department of Justice (DOJ) writes that Adobe locks…
Satellite Images Reveal Tesla’s Big Unsold Car Problem
Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP (Getty Images) When it comes to Tesla, it seems like the only thing people want to talk about lately is the Cybertruck and its flaws. And while…
Alex Jones Asks Court for Permission to Sell InfoWars to Pay Sandy Hook Families That He Defamed
Alex Jones has asked a bankruptcy court for permission to sell the majority of his assets, including the conspiracy theory media empire InfoWars, in order to pay the roughly $1.5…