Gmail Gets Its Own Blue Checks for Verified Emails
Companies and Google account holders can now go through a verification process to prove they are who they say they are on Gmail.Screenshot: Google Companies like Meta have been on…
Whoops! YouTube Shares Profits With Climate Liars Two Years After It Promised to Stop
People like to tell lies about climate change on YouTube. That’s bad enough, but worse is the fact that Google makes money by running ads for major brands against those…
Clubhouse Slashes More Than Half Its Staff
Clubhouse is downsizing, big time. The company, which launched its audio-based social platform in the early pandemic days of April 2020, is now laying off more than half of all…
Amazon Begins Another Round of Mass Layoffs
Amazon has officially started up its most recent round of employee reductions. The company is kicking off its previously announced layoffs of ~9,000 staff by axing workers in its Amazon Web…
Facebook’s Ad System Went Nuts and Charged Customers for Ads No One Saw
Facebook’s advertising system went haywire starting around 2 am on Sunday morning, charging marketers extra money for ads that no one saw. Reports suggest Meta, the social network’s parent company,…
Parler’s New Owner Is in It for the Money, Not the Politics
Last week, the right-wing social network Parler was sold to a media conglomerate called Starboard. The company shut Parler down indefinitely to “undergo a strategic assessment.” It marks the end…
Imgur Bans NSFW Content, Begins Purge
Out with the old and out with the new too, I guess. Image: Postmodern Studio (Shutterstock) Imgur has announced a new policy on NSFW content—and you should say goodbye to…
Reddit Will Start Charging Big Companies for API Access
Image: Ink Drop (Shutterstock) Reddit execs have noticed that everyone is getting rich off of AI but them. The company announced on Tuesday that it will start charging businesses for…
Google Experiment Reassures Ad Tech Bros That They’ll Be Just Fine After Chrome’s Cookies Are Gone
In 2024, Google will block third-party cookies in Chrome, the world’s most widely used internet browser. That will kill off one of the main ways companies track you online, and…
Feds Allege China Disrupted and Spied on Dissidents’ Zoom Calls
On Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York alleged that the Chinese government used all sorts of techniques to harass and spy on Chinese dissidents living…