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Apple and Google announced today that they will lead an industry-wide initiative to draft a specification that alerts users to unwanted Bluetooth tracking after numerous cases of Bluetooth trackers like Apple’s AirTag being used for stalking or other criminal apps. Other tracker makers like Samsung, Tile, Chipolo, eufy Security, and …

Instagram announced today that it is extending API access to its creator marketplace to make it easier for brands to discover and work with creators on their third-party creator marketing platform. Brand agencies will also have creator marketplace access. Last July, Facebook launched its creator marketplace to help brands find …

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense shut down a server that had been leaking private emails from the American military to the public internet for the previous two weeks. The exposed server was housed on a Department of Defense server that was part of Microsoft’s Azure government cloud, which …

As COVID-19 shakes the second-largest economy in the world, China’s smartphone market is experiencing a speed bump after a decade of frantic growth. According to research firm Counterpoint, the nation’s smartphone shipments fell 14% year over year in 2022, hitting a ten-year low. According to Canalys, it was also the …

You’ve come to the right place if, like us, you were captivated by the new Amazon Prime series The Rig but left with more questions than answers about how offshore oil drilling actually operates. Here, we break down what happens on an offshore oil rig. No infectious spookiness here. Deep-sea …

Amazon is scrambling to save money wherever it can after announcing a significant round of layoffs that will affect 18,000 workers just a few days ago and ending AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a program that donates 0.5% of the price of all qualifying purchases to charitable organizations. It is a different …

Although there won’t be a major Apple event today, the company has a lot of stuff to announce this morning. Along with the new Mac Mini, two new MacBook Pros with upgraded M2 CPUs have just been released. The M2 Pro and M2 Max CPUs are now available for the …

With the use of a very visual commenting system akin to Figma’s, Vercel, a well-known front-end development platform, now lets you comment immediately on preview deployments. Since September, the business has been testing this feature, which is now generally accessible to all users. Guillermo Rauch, co-founder and CEO of Vercel, …

The “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, are said to be broken down into smaller and less hazardous components in drinking water, according to researchers. As more study reveals potential health issues linked to PFAS use, the technology might be introduced to the water purification process to stop the alarming buildup of …

Since billionaire Elon Musk took over on October 27, Twitter has been in a wild spiral. Consecutive poor choices have resulted in sponsors leaving, neo-Nazis returning, and most recently, the expulsion of journalists who have negatively covered Elon Musk. A contentious new rule that forbids links to any other social …