Take it from me: never, ever get a new phone number
Two years ago, I got a new phone number. In the eyes of my social media and ride-hailing apps, Amazon, my bank, and the state of Pennsylvania, that effectively meant...
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Media Execs, Tech Vets And Legal Experts Debate AI’s Impact At CES: “Devastating Threat”, “Net Positive” … Or Both?
Saying that AI was discussed at CES last week is a bit like saying oxygen was breathed during the giant tech confab. There was simply no way of avoiding the...
What is Skype? A history of Microsoft’s free video-calling app and how to use it
Skype, a telecommunications platform currently owned by Microsoft, became ubiquitous in the early 2000s, at one point accounting for up to 40% of all international calls. While Skype has since...
Mark Zuckerberg takes another shot at Apple and says it’s ‘squeezing people’ for money
Mark Zuckerberg is taking more shots at Apple. In an interview on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that was published Friday, the Meta CEO shared several issues he has with...
Mark Zuckerberg says pressure from Biden made him re-think Meta’s content moderation policy
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained his rationale for changing the company’s content moderation policies during Friday’s episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Earlier, on Tuesday, Zuckerberg posted a video...
Mark Zuckerberg says AI could soon do the work of Meta’s midlevel engineers
This year coding might go from one of the most sought-after skills on the job market to one that can be fully automated. Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta and some...
Smart business? Currying favor? Why big tech leaders are friending and funding Trump
Four years ago, several of California’s most influential tech titans determined that then-President Trump was such a threat to democracy they barred him from posting on their social media platforms....
Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
The U.S. government under incoming President Donald Trump should intervene to stop the EU from fining American tech companies for breaching antitrust rules and committing other violations, Meta chief executive...
Buy-now-pay-later services make it very easy to spend — and influencers are sounding the alarm
Buy-now-pay-later services (BNPL), such as Klarna and Affirm, have made it easier than ever to keep up with influencer micro-trends — but young people say such services are increasingly trapping...
What is Microsoft Edge?: Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s internet browser for Windows
There was once an old joke among Windows users: “Internet Explorer is the best browser to download a better browser with.” In other words, Internet Explorer — Microsoft’s old flagship...
