23andMe Users’ Info Leaked Again, Millions of Records Found on Dark Web
Millions of 23andMe users had their info leaked once again after being hacked earlier this month, according to a report by TechCrunch Thursday. The hacker, who goes by the name…
Threads ‘Temporarily’ Blocking Covid-Related Search Terms
Image: rafapress (Shutterstock) Threads search is blocking terms like “Covid,” “vaccines,” “long Covid,” and others, but it is reportedly only temporary according to Instagram’s head, Adam Mosseri. This comes a…
Threads Edit Button Is Here, No Payment to Zuck Required
Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Threads may not be the place to go for news, but it now has an edit button. And unlike a certain other social media platform,…
People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not to.
When the Arab Spring unfolded just over ten years ago, Twitter played a pivotal role. The site was both a source for up-to-the-minute information and an organizing tool for protestors,…
23andMe Sued After Hacker Claims Massive Data Breach Impacting Ashkenazi Jews
23andMe, the company that lets you know whether you’re related to your wife or not, appears to be in trouble. Over the weekend, multiple outlets reported that the biotech company…
Remember That Letter Calling for a Pause on AI? It Didn’t Work
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAIPhoto: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) On March 29, 2023, more than 500 top technologists and business leaders signed onto an eye-catching open letter begging artificial intelligence…
Meta’s New AI Dating Coach Will Kink Shame You (Unless You’re Into Foot Stuff)
Last week, Meta introduced AI chatbots to its family of apps, including Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp. The bots include a variety of personas built for different purposes such as…
Meta May Ship Far Fewer Quest 3 Headsets than Quest 2
How’s that whole metaverse thing going? Well, according to one top analyst’s sales expectations for the Quest 3 mixed reality headset, not as well as Meta might hope. That, plus…
Meta Quest 3 Shows Us the Metaverse Dream isn’t Dead Yet
Watching the Meta Quest 3 being announced by Meta made me realize something – the hardware available for virtual, augmented and mixed reality is finally catching up with the big…
Snoop Dogg’s a Dungeon Master and All of Meta’s Other AI Announcements
Every tech company in existence is currently racing to cram as much AI into their product base as possible, so it’s not at all surprising that Meta’s annual Connect event…