Technology

We’ve all gotten those incredibly annoying robocalls on our phones.  Although, over the last few years, scam text messages have grown into an out-of-control nuisance. I tend to get a lot claiming that I have an online order that has been canceled or that an account that I don’t have …

Now here’s a path not taken: according to a new report from Semafor, Elon Musk tried — and failed — to take over ChatGPT creator OpenAI in 2018. Musk was part of a small group that founded the AI lab in 2015 as a nonprofit, intending the firm to share research …

The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a nationwide ban on TikTok. Those short, shareable videos make it the largest social app out there. Get this: 150 million Americans use TikTok, including about two-thirds of teens.  What’s the big deal? TikTok is a national security threat. The Chinese-owned social …

PayPal says that the rollout will start on its website, rather than its app, and that you have to be running Chrome on Android 9 or up to access passkeys. If it’s available for your account, you may get a prompt asking if you want to create a passkey, which …

From smartphones to smart cars and smart homes, now this D.C.-based start-up company is attempting to release the “smart needle.” Smart needles seem only appropriate as we inch closer to a seemingly sci-fi-based reality with neuralink, ChatGPT and quantum computing. Remarkably, this development, unlike the catastrophic undertones of ChatGPT, is …

People all over the world can now pay for Twitter, as the company has announced that its Twitter Blue subscription service is now available globally. While the subscription has been pretty widely available before (you could sign up for it in almost 50 countries), the expanded availability reflects the company’s …

If you have an iPhone, you know they are great for so many reasons, offering us a wide range of features that make our lives easier. Although sometimes the touchscreen can be challenging at times and get us into trouble.  We end up with typos we never intended to make. …

Turtle Beach has announced the Stealth Pro, its latest flagship wireless gaming headset equipped with “unrivaled active noise cancellation” and a swappable two-battery system. The Stealth Pro is available to preorder today for $329.99, with a full release date set for April 23rd. If you winced at the price, you’re …

Adobe announced a new “family of creative generative [artificial intelligence] models” called Firefly this week. In a Monday release, the company said its first model would empower customers to generate high-quality images and text effects. Trained on Adobe Stock images, openly licensed content and public domain content where copyright has …

Samsung’s recently caught some flak after widespread reports that its camera software fakes zoom pictures of the moon, but things may be about to get way more unsettling. A Verge reader wrote in on Wednesday to tell us that the company’s software is adding teeth to pictures of their seven-month …