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Dot's Home, Locket Among Cultural Impact Winners In 2022 Apple App Store Awards
Apps and games focused on mental health, social connectivity and racial justice highlight the Cultural Impact winners recognized in the 2022 Apple App Store Awards. → Read More
Elon Musk Officially Owns Twitter And Its Uncertain Future
Elon Musk officially owns Twitter, but his plans for the social media platform remain incoherent. → Read More
Kim Kardashian's $1.26 Million Fine For Crypto Promotion Isn't The Statement The SEC Thinks It Is
The SEC fined Kim Kardashian $1.26 million for promoting a fraught cryptocurrency without disclosing her payment, but this isn't the sizable gotcha the SEC thinks it is considering the width of influencers promoting web3 assets overflowing with red flags. → Read More
NASA Crashed A Spaceship Into An Asteroid And Set A New Course For Planetary Defense In The Process
After hitting its target more than seven million miles away from Earth, NASA's successful DART mission represents a “first demonstration of a game-changing planetary defense capability.” → Read More
Tenikle 360 Review: Weird In The Right Ways
The Tenikle 360 may be the most versatile device mount around, and it's octopus-inspired construction does more than just let it stand out amongst the crowd. → Read More
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 Review: A Foldable Phone Ready For The Spotlight
While the Flip4’s changes are small, those changes help advance the reimagined flip phone to a place where wide adaptation feels far more realistic and viable for the everyday use enjoyed by owners of non-folding smartphones. → Read More
GameStop, Polium One Show Once Again How NFTs In Games Are a 'Nightmare'
No matter how much the videogame world keeps telling NFTs and crypto to stay away, people still want to leave the door cracked enough for the exploitation and gas-filled promises from Web3 evangelists to enter. → Read More
No Matter Who Wins The Elon Musk/Twitter Battle, No One Wins
Elon Musk wants out of the Twitter deal. Twitter plans to sue him to complete the purchase. No matter how this situation plays out, it's hard to see how anyone truly wins, including Twitter users. → Read More
Donald Trump Removed Himself From Board of Truth Social Parent Company Just Before Being Served With Federal Subpoenas
Truth Social, the Trumpian Twitter alternative, is now without Donald Trump and other Trump loyalists after they exited the board of its parent company, TMTG, last month weeks before federal subpoenas landed on the company's doorstep. → Read More
Amid $258 Billion Lawsuit, Elon Musk Continues Voicing Support For Dogecoin
Elon Musk continues voicing support for crypto meme coin Dogecoin both on Twitter and in-person despite facing a lawsuit alleging his involvement in a "Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme," and Dogecoin's value is rising at the same time. → Read More
Meet The Winners of Apple's Swift Student Challenge
This year's winners of the Apple Swift Student Challenge offer apps addressing everything from gender exploration to quantum entanglement to life-saving medical care. → Read More
Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX Sued By Dogecoin Investor For $258 Billion In Connection With Alleged 'Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme'
A Dogecoin investor filed a federal lawsuit against Musk and the companies he chairs alleging that the billionaire engaged in a "Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme" that saw the meme coin lose more than 90% of its value in the last 13 months. → Read More
Samsung Launches New Mobile Wallet App Samsung Wallet
Samsung joins Apple and Google in the digital wallet game. → Read More
Seth Green Recovers Stolen Bored Ape After $300K Purchase
Seth Green got his Bored Ape back, and it only cost him nearly $300,000. → Read More
The 10 Major Takeaways From Apple's WWDC 2022 Keynote
The MacBook Air is back, powered by the brand new M2 chip. Check out the highlights from Apple's WWDC 2022 keynote as the conference continues all week. → Read More
Seth Green's Stolen Bored Ape 'Saga' Exposes More Woes Regarding NFTs
The humor of Seth Green's Bored Ape fiasco has given way to renewed conversations around the incredibly nebulous legal interpretations surrounding NFT ownership, consumer protections within web3 markets and the ever-present topic of copyright. → Read More
The Intimidation of App Development is Lessening Thanks To Young Developers, Community and Apple
Thanks to programs focused on underrepresented populations and tools like Apple's Swift Playgrounds, the barrier of entry to learning to code is decreasing. → Read More
7 Digital and Online Resources Making Access to Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare Easier
Abortion is still legal for now, and there are a number of online and digital resources that are making access to and information on the procedure easier to find. → Read More
Amazon Workers At Second Staten Island Facility Vote No On Unionization
A second Staten Island Amazon facility voted against unionization just one month after the Staten Island JFK8 facility became the first to organize successfully in the company's history. → Read More
Samsung, Designer Sean Wotherspoon Collaborate On Sustainable Mobile Accessory Line For Earth Day
Earth Day is the perfect day for Samsung and sustainable streetwear designer Sean Wotherspoon's mobile accessory collaboration to release. → Read More