A new report from Bloomberg indicates Apple may be expanding its advertising business beyond the App Store and other first-party apps like News and Stocks. This plan could see Apple introducing ads into other pre-installed, first-party apps like Apple Maps, where ads have already been explored internally, the report claimed. And later, Apple may roll…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) seems determined to keep the capital flowing to controversial WeWork founder Adam Neumann. The storied venture firm wrote its largest individual check ever, at $350 million, to Flow, Neumann’s new residential real estate company focused on rentals, the New York Times reported today. The funding round values Flow at over $1 billion,…
Looking for a pair of headphones to get you through the school year? These deals on JBL headphones and earbuds at Amazon will save you up to 40% as of August 15: BEST BUDGET DEAL: The JBL Tune 510BT wireless headphones may not have fancy noise-canceling features, but they do offer wireless listening for up…
People can get a little obsessed with “stars who used to be famous.” That member of that boy band you used to know? What happened to them? Tabloid coverage and social media conversations can get really brutal and impersonal around these people’s lives, especially if they’ve hit a hard point. And there’s always more to…
This summer, IKEA explored the future of home and the city spaces we share by collaborating with the H22 City Expo, held from May to July in Helsingborg, Sweden. A partner of the large-scale city expo, IKEA hosted exhibitions and events across two sites in Sweden: Magasin 405 with Skogen in Oceanhamnen, and DM at…
It’s flat-out preposterous that Orphan has gotten a sequel. Sure, the 2009 horror-thriller about a pint-sized killer thrived at the box office and swiftly earned a reputation among horror fans for its chilling performances — and especially for that absolutely bonkers twist ending. But it’s 13 years later. For starters, how do you bring back…
A hacker claims to have breached Shanghai’s Covid app and stolen the personal user data found there According to a Reuters report, a cybercriminal going by the name XJP took to the hacker forum Breach Forums, to advertise a database carrying sensitive information on 48.5 million users. The database was taken from “Suishenma”, the Chinese…
I have become obsessed with the blandest feature of the Xbox Series S. After picking up the console at a bargain price, I did what many new Xbox owners would: subscribe to Xbox Game Pass and download an exorbitant amount of games that far exceeded the number I could reasonably commit to. Star Wars Jedi:…
A new update to Microsoft Teams will mean that you’ll soon get to see a lot more of your colleagues, whether you like it or not. The video conferencing platform is working on an “Interactive Large Gallery” upgrade that will mean your calls will now include feeds from even more people than ever before. In…
AMD was rumored to be planning to have its Ryzen 7000 processors launch – as in hit the shelves, and be available to buy – on September 15, but a fresh leak suggests that Team Red has pushed back that date, and the intended new timeframe happens to coincide with the expected Intel Raptor Lake…