Don’t Count Bluesky Out Yet
Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter late last year, things have gone from bad to worse at the microblogging site. Many users want out, and they’re hoping that there’s…
The NYT Will A-N-N-O-Y Wordle Fans With Even More Ads
Photo: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) The once-sacrosanct halls of Wordle are adding new ads. When you hit “Play” on the Wordle mobile app, you’ll now be treated to what…
Shell Backtracks on Greenwashing, Renews Commitment to Drill, Baby, Drill!
Oil and gas giant Shell has walked back the greenwashing image that it had worked so hard to foster over the last few years. The company has moved away from…
Should’ve Said No: Taylor Swift Reportedly Did Sign a Deal With FTX
Image: John Medina (Getty Images) While news of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange’s crumbling castle has come and gone, there is a new wrinkle in the tale involving one of the…
Spotify to Boot Legacy Subscribers Who Still Pay Through Apple’s App Store
If you’re a longtime Spotify Premium subscriber, your account could be set for a shake-up. Spotify is ending all support for payments made via Apple’s App Store billing system, and…
ChatGPT’s Website Traffic Dipped for the First Time Since Its Launch
Image: Tada Images (Shutterstock) It appears that the artificial intelligence fatigue is upon us: OpenAI’s website traffic has fallen for the first time since the company launched the viral chatbot…
Sriracha Prices Explode on eBay Amid Year-Long Shortage
Image: NewStart (Shutterstock) Huy Fong Sriracha prices are soaring as people become increasingly desperate to get their hands on a bottle one year into its chili shortage. Now online sellers…
Bluesky Sees “Record” Web Traffic After Elon’s Latest Dumb Twitter Decision
Elon Musk apparently took a break from training for his upcoming battle royale with Mark Zuckerberg to do a new, incredibly unpopular thing to Twitter this weekend. In a bout…
Netflix Wants to Make Ads More Like TV Shows
Even for those who grew up in the days of cable—the ones who cut their teeth on brain-melting Sunny D or Kool Aid commercials—watching ads on streaming services is somehow…
TweetDeck Falters as Elon Musk Wrecks Twitter
Image: Rokas Tenys (Shutterstock) The hits don’t stop coming for Twitter users. This weekend, the platform’s owner Elon Musk claimed he’s imposing a limit to the number of tweets an…