A co-founder of Twitter has joined the board of Chroma, a startup developing a brand-new genre of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices. Biz Stone, who co-founded Twitter and Medium and was previously an angel investor in Chroma alongside the founders of Pinterest, joined the company’s board of directors today, …

Players under the age of 18 will no longer be able to play Fortnite on iOS and Google Play as of January 30. Fortnite is still playable by users who already had it installed even though it was removed from the iOS, macOS, and Google Play stores in August 2020. …

According to a recent annual report released by data.ai, consumer spending on apps decreased 2% to $167 billion last year, signaling the first-ever slowdown in the global app economy. Downloads were also up 11% year over year, giving the impression that app adoption was still happening and was being particularly …

A public beta of WhatsApp’s native macOS app that works with Apple Silicon has been made available. Users running macOS 11 Big Sur or later versions on Macs powered by Apple’s own chip will be able to download the test version. Additionally, this native app will work with Intel Macs …

The parent holding company of Google, Alphabet, has announced that it will be laying off about 6% of its workers worldwide. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and Alphabet, wrote an open letter in which he noted that the company had “hired for a different economic reality” than what it’s …

There are simply not enough chargers for everyone’s electronic needs. Simply put, chargers work like magic to keep us and our electronics powered up all day. Yes, we dislike having to share our beloved chargers with multiple devices and the tangled cables, but how does one choose which device to …

Bitwarden, an open source password management platform, has made its first known acquisition by purchasing Passwordless.dev, a young Swedish startup that specializes in assisting software developers in integrating passwordless authentication technology. The information was released shortly after Bitwarden, a competitor of 1Password and LastPass, revealed that it had received $100 …

Many well-known Twitter clients went down on Friday, including Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Echofon. Users were unable to access their accounts or view their timelines. At first, it appeared to be a flaw in the Twitter API, but when the company went silent, new information revealed that Twitter had purposefully restricted …

According to individuals acquainted with the company’s plans, SmartNews, a news aggregation website and app with headquarters in Tokyo, today announced a 40% decrease of its U.S. and China personnel, or roughly 120 people. The announcement was made on Thursday during an All-Hands meeting that the SmartNews team was present …

You’ll probably make the time to visit a specialized service facility when it’s time to have your Rolex serviced. Similarly, you won’t let the neighborhood shoe shiner fix the red bottoms on your Louboutins. Why then should your premium EV be required to use any plebeian charging network? Mercedes-Benz is …