Everyone’s knows someone who, every year around the holidays, insists that you don’t get them any gifts. “I have everything I need already!” they say. “Don’t waste your money on stuff I won’t use!” Well, we say that not giving gifts is simply no fun. So we found presents that are sure to be a…
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Welcome back to the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite (*read in Kristen Bell’s voice*). The second season of HBO Max’s reboot of Gossip Girl is here, with a fresh batch of schemes, secrets, and glamour. This time, it’s the second season of junior year and the fight for Queen is on. No one can quite…
Never a boring minute in Twitterland. As if the saga with blue and grey checkmarks wasn’t enough — TL;DR both checkmarks are in play right now — Twitter appears to have made its Twitter Blue subscription unavailable. The option, previously available in the sidebar for iOS users, now isn’t showing (folks on Android need not…
You’ll likely need a new SSD drive when Warzone 2 drops, with it weighing in at 115GB to install on your Xbox. The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 companion battle royale title is set to take a chunk out of your console, according to recognized Twitter user Warzone 2 Informer, and would put the…
Three Samsung smartphone models have been found carrying vulnerabilities that were allegedly abused by a commercial surveillance vendor to spy on people and probably steal their sensitive data. Researchers from Google’s Project Zero security team said that the Samsung S10, A50, and A51 models were affected, and that only devices powered by Samsung’s home-made Exynos…
Carl Icahn. REUTERS/Henny Ray Abrams Carl Icahn brushed off Thursday’s stock surge, warning inflation remains a grave concern. He cautioned the FTX fiasco could hit other assets, and teased previous bets against crypto. Icahn revealed he was building an activist stake in Twitter before Elon Musk came along. Carl Icahn shrugged off the stock market’s…
Elon Musk said he wanted to be “crystal clear” about Twitter’s office policy. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Elon Musk has told Twitter employees to return to the office or “resignation accepted.” On Wednesday, Musk had emailed staff to announce the end of remote working. Musk has hinted at his desire to introduce a more intense work…
Twitter owner Elon Musk. Win McNamee/Getty Images Elon Musk persuaded a top Twitter executive to stay after she resigned, Bloomberg reported. Reports said Robin Wheeler had quit, but she tweeted later on Thursday “I’m still here.” Various top executives and managers have left Twitter since Musk joined. Elon Musk persuaded a senior executive at Twitter…
Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk told Twitter staff to coax YouTubers onto the platform with 10% pay increases. This is despite Twitter just laying off more than 1,000 workers as part of cost-cutting measures. Musk said that Twitter was considering introducing video monetization and allowing longer videos. Elon Musk told Twitter staff to…
Some ‘official’ badges reappeared, despite Elon Musk saying they were an “aesthetic nightmare.” Andrew Kelly/Reuters Twitter’s “official” badges seem to have been re-rolled out after appearing, then vanishing. Elon Musk previously claimed he had “killed” the gray badges, calling them an “aesthetic nightmare.” Twitter’s support account confirmed on Friday the badges had been added to…