Substack Is Totally Borked on Twitter
Like a voodoo doll that’s been poked and prodded by an overly-enthusiastic amateur magician, Elon Musk’s Twitter has started to come apart at the seams. Now it’s an open question…
Google is Finally Bringing Live Translate Captions to Chrome
After nearly two years, Chrome browsers may soon finally get a feature that has thus far been restricted to Google Pixel phones. On Thursday, Reddit user and Chrome Canary beta…
Inside Google’s Plan to Kill the Cookie
Next year, Google will get rid of third-party cookies, the tracking tool marketers and data hogs have used to follow you around the web since 1994. To replace the cookie,…
Yes, Tinder Is Working on a $500 Subscription Tentatively Called ‘Tinder Vault’
Tinder has struggled to move away from its identity as a hook-up app as parent company Match Group talked up ‘premium subscription features.’Photo: Lauren DeCicca (Getty Images) Tinder is working…
Spotify Live Dies
Spotify is officially shuttering its Clubhouse copycat called Spotify Live. The feature was a bit like a live radio station that listeners could access on the Spotify mobile app. How…
7 Other Times the U.S. Stupidly Tried to Ban TikTok
Photo: Samuel Corum (AP) U.S. government efforts to ban TikTok over national security grounds, once considered a pie-in-the-sky pipe dream, are looking more and more likely by the week, especially…
Jack Dorsey’s Block Rebuffs Cash App Fraud Allegations With Data Disclosure
Block, the Jack Dorsey-owned parent company of Cash App, is contesting accusations of fraud and rampant fake accounts with a new data disclosure. In a Thursday memo to investors, the…
Dripped out Pope Francis, Trump under arrest, Putin kneeling before Xi Jinping–the era of difficult to detect AI-generated images is upon us.
Where does the fun stop and the societal harm begin? Artificial intelligence companies behind image and text generators seem to be grappling with that question in real-time, as their products…
Midjourney Shuts Down Free Trial Access Amid Deepfake Bonanza, but Says It’s Unrelated
Where does the fun stop and the societal harm begin? Artificial intelligence companies behind image and text generators seem to be grappling with that question in real-time, as their products…
Twitter Details How Much Money API Access Will Cost Now
Twitter previously announced that free access to its API would close on February 9. Image: Primakov (Shutterstock) In a poorly thought out plan to make Twitter as profitable as possible,…