Bluesky barrels toward 1 million new sign-ups in a day
Social media app Bluesky has picked nearly a million new users just a day after exiting its invitation-only beta and opening to everyone. In a post on its main rival…
Logitech Astro A50 X Review: Ditching All Your Dongles Means Dealing with a Mess of Wires
The initial pitch for the $380 Logitech Astro A50 X Lightspeed headset sounds like an infomercial. It’s as if a revived, gamer-ified Billy Mays made a 30-second TV pitch sounding…
X (formerly Twitter) returns after global outage
X, formerly known as Twitter, went down for about 90 minutes for users around the world early on Thursday ET. Anyone opening the social media app across all platforms was…
X now offers audio and video calls, but it’s easy to turn off
A couple of months after landing the CEO job at X (formerly Twitter) in May, Linda Yaccarino said: “X will be the platform that can deliver, well … everything.” Part…
X begins charging $1 a year for new, unverified accounts
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is to start charging some users a $1 annual subscription for the ability to perform certain actions such as posting, reposting, and replying.…
10 Spooky Picks to Stream on Paramount+
Crawl (2019) – Official Trailer – Paramount Pictures Alexandre Aja (High Tension, 2006’s The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) applies his talents for blending nail-biting suspense and creepy creatures to…
X, formerly Twitter, may be about to test three subscription tiers
X owner Elon Musk said last month that the platform formerly known as Twitter would probably introduce a subscription fee for all of its users. In the last few days,…
X, formerly Twitter, looks set to become subscription-only
Anyone currently using the free tier of X, formerly known as Twitter, may soon be asked to hand over a “small” monthly fee to access the service, X owner Elon…
Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says
Driverless car systems have a bias problem, according to a new study from Kings College London. The study examined eight AI-powered pedestrian detection systems used for autonomous driving research. Researchers…
X says it’s squashing the bug that deleted Twitter images and links
X, formerly known as Twitter, says it’s working to restore potentially millions of images and links that suddenly and rather mysteriously disappeared from the platform in recent days. “Over the…