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29 Aug

EU officials believe Telegram lied about user numbers to skirt regulation

John RoutledgeLatest News

Not only is Telegram CEO Pavel Durov facing criminal charges in France, the company he founded could be in hot water with the European Union as well. EU officials are looking into whether the platform lied about its user numbers to avoid being regulated under the Digital Services Act (DSA).The Joint Research Centre — a department of the European Commission,…

29 Aug

Apple event 2024: What to expect at the iPhone 16 keynote in September

John RoutledgeLatest News

The biggest day of the tech world’s autumn calendar is nearly here: Apple’s iPhone 16 event will take place on September 9 at 1PM ET. We'll be live-blogging the news, and you can watch it live via the company’s website or on YouTube. The biggest news from the Apple event will almost definitely involve the forthcoming lineup of iPhone 16…

29 Aug

Netflix’s Wallace and Gromit movie features a ‘smart gnome’ robot in a teaser clip

John RoutledgeLatest News

[embedded content]Netflix and the BBC have released an all-too-brief look at Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. A clip from the stop-motion animated movie features Wallace proudly revealing his latest invention, a “smart gnome” called Norbot. The robot aggressively shakes Gromit’s paw while introducing itself to the pooch, hinting at trouble ahead.It’s a very short clip, but it’s full of…

29 Aug

Labor Day sales include up to $150 off fire pits and pizza ovens from Solo Stove

John RoutledgeLatest News

Labor Day deals are in full swing, so that means fall is almost here, bringing with it leaves of changing colors and crisp weather. In other words, it’s nearly bonfire season. To commemorate this, Solo Stove is holding a sitewide Labor Day sale that includes fire pits, pizza ovens and just about everything else.You'll find straight-up discounts on a lot…

29 Aug

This Labor Day sale discounts Apple’s MagSafe charging pad to just $29

John RoutledgeLatest News

The Labor Day discounts are coming in hot. Here’s one for Apple’s fantastic MagSafe charging pad. It’s usually $39, but this Amazon sale brings it down to $29. That’s a savings of 26 percent and close to a record low price.If you haven’t tried a charging pad before, you are in for a treat. There’s a reason this thing made…

29 Aug

Meta’s Oversight Board looks into anti-trans posts that the company won’t remove

John RoutledgeLatest News

Meta's Oversight Board is looking at two anti-transgender posts shared in 2024 that were reported multiple times for hate speech, bullying and harassment. The first is a video shared on Facebook that shows a trans woman being confronted in the bathroom by another woman. The post misgenders the person as a man and questions why they should be allowed to…

29 Aug

Meta says Llama’s usage grew tremendously due to the power of open source

John RoutledgeLatest News

Meta has published an update on how its Llama large language models are performing, and they're apparently doing so well that they're now "approaching 350 million downloads to date." That's 10 times more than the downloads it accumulated compared to the same time last year. Approximately 20 million of those downloads took place in the last month alone, after the…

29 Aug

The best Apple Arcade games so far, updated for 2020.

John RoutledgeGaming, Latest News

It’s been nearly five years since Apple Arcade launched, and while the service hasn’t fully delivered on Apple’s promise back in 2019, it can still be worth paying for. Of course, that’s provided you’re willing to hunt through the 200-ish games currently available on the service. I’ve been playing Apple Arcade games since it launched and these are just a…

29 Aug

Meta will open up Horizon Worlds access to preteens

John RoutledgeLatest News

When I was a preteen, social media was just getting going, so there weren't many restrictions in place regarding access. Now, regulations — and the consequences of not having them — are everywhere, with the latest example coming courtesy of Meta (a case study for all the good and bad social media has to offer). Meta has announced it's opening…

29 Aug

The best Apple Arcade games so far, updated for 2020.

John RoutledgeGaming, Latest News

It’s been nearly five years since Apple Arcade launched, and while the service hasn’t fully delivered on Apple’s promise back in 2019, it can still be worth paying for. Of course, that’s provided you’re willing to hunt through the 200-ish games currently available on the service. I’ve been playing Apple Arcade games since it launched and these are just a…