Monthly Archives: October 2022

Google’s Pixel Buds Pro drop to $150, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals

Some of the biggest deals in tech right now come courtesy of Samsung Week, a sales event running through November 1st, in which the electronics giant has discounted a wide swath of their current-model devices. We’re seeing record low prices almost everywhere — as in, lower than Amazon’s October Prime Day deals. Google dropped some…

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a ‘moderation council’ before it reinstates banned accounts

Twitter isn’t about to rush into big content policy changes now that Elon Musk owns the company. Musk has announced that the social network will form a moderation council with members holding “widely diverse viewpoints.” There won’t be any “major” content decisions or ban reversals until that council meets, the entrepreneur says. Musk hasn’t named…

Apple Releases First Public Betas of iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 With Freeform App, Stage Manager External Display Support and More

Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 updates to public beta testers, opening up the software to the general public. Today’s beta comes one day after Apple provided the beta to developers. Public beta testers who have signed up for Apple’s free beta testing program can download the ‌iOS…

Elon Musk says Twitter will have a ‘content moderation council’

Laura Normand / The Verge Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, says the company is setting up a council to make important moderation decisions at the company. In a tweet on Friday, Musk said the “council” will have “widely diverse viewpoints” and that “no major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.”…

People are pretending to be laid-off Twitter employees carrying boxes outside of HQ

Vjeran Pavic / The Verge In videos circulating on Twitter Friday morning, two men carrying boxes are seen standing near the entrance to Twitter’s San Francisco building, claiming to have been laid off by Elon Musk, who officially took over the company Thursday evening. There are plenty of problems with what these two men say…