Chinese-language accounts flooded Twitter with spam, per a report. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Chinese bot accounts posted spam, which buried news about COVID protests, per the Washington Post. Twitter was aware of the issue by noon and started addressing the issue, the Post reported. Protests against strict COVID-19 restrictions have erupted in several areas of China….
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Musk posted a picture of his “bedside table” on Monday morning with guns and Diet Coke cans. The picture also includes famous painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River. Musk has previously expressed that he’s a strong supporter of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Elon Musk posted a picture…
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts is calling on Congress to pass new legislation to rein in tech companies after Twitter boss Elon Musk ignored an information request. “Elon Musk could respond to my tweets but failed to respond to my letter by yesterday’s deadline and answer basic questions about Twitter verification,” Markey tweeted on Saturday….
For the past couple of years, Cyber Monday has been almost an extension of Black Friday. In the tech deals space, lots of the discounts and sales we saw at the end of last week are still available now as Cyber Monday deals. There are some new ones, though, which means that even if you…
WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that lets you send messages to yourself like reminders and shopping lists, parent Meta has confirmed with TechCrunch. Called “Message Yourself,” the feature was first spotted by WaBetaInfo several weeks ago as part of a beta test, but is now being rolled out globally to iOS and Android users…
Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk claims that signups for the social network are at an all-time high despite ongoing concern over its future. Musk’s first act as owner of Twitter was to fire around half of the company’s staff. That move has now left Twitter trying to hire, and it’s that fact that kicks…
Samsung’s powerful and intelligent robot vacuum cleaner system is currently discounted for Cyber Monday with $400 knocked off the usual price. The Jet Bot+ is a self-emptying robot vacuum cleaner that comes with its own charging station and automatic emptying system. It’s designed to work on hard floors and carpets and will help take the…
Do you miss your Palm Pilot or, even worse, are too young to have used one? Panic not, because the Internet Archive just emulated it in your browser. The Palm Pilot was arguably the precursor to smartphones and was a small touchscreen device that you could do all kinds of things with. You could write…
Now that we’re coming up to the end of the year, it might be time to start thinking of that new year’s resolution for next. And, what better commitment than to get yourself fitter in 2023? Peloton’s fitness gear could help – whether you treat yourself to a new connected exercise bike, indoor cycling shoes…
Fran Lebowitz once said, “You’re only as good as your last haircut,” and perhaps she has a point. After all, Joel Miller from Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us series is easily recognisable, with his full head of hair and slightly scruffy facial furniture. However, it turns out that if you remove all of his…