T-Mobile is ramping up its efforts to cash in on the lucrative advertising business. The carrier has officially launched its new “App Insights” program after more than a year in beta. App Insights allows marketers to buy user data directly from T-Mobile, with a particular emphasis on data showing which apps you have on your […]
Day: June 27, 2022
Apple revokes certificates for spyware app ‘Hermit’ distributed outside the App Store
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), a group that specializes in tracking and analyzing government-backed hacking and attacks, recently published research on “Hermit” – a spyware that can compromise Android and iOS devices. Luckily, Apple has already found a way to stop the spread of this specific spyware on its devices. more… The post Apple revokes […]
Woman Tries Returning Unused Dog Food After Dog Dies, Company’s Response Is Beyond Sweet
Woman Tries Returning Unused Dog Food After Dog Dies, Company’s Response Is Beyond Sweet Photo: IgorVetushko/Depositphotos There’s good customer service, and then there are a few companies that go above and beyond to support their customers. When Anna Brose contacted Chewy, an online pet food and supplies retailer, she was simply hoping to return an […]
Powerful Signs Protesting the Overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court
Powerful Signs Protesting the Overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court View this post on Instagram A post shared by Activist NYC (@activistnyc) On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that protected a woman’s right to abortion on a federal level for […]
Crypto exchange FTX is reportedly looking into buying Robinhood
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is reportedly considering an acquisition of the trading platform Robinhood, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources close to the situation told Bloomberg that FTX is still weighing the possibility and hasn’t yet made an offer. When asked about the possible buyout, FTX CEO Sam […]
Apple Watch Series 8 rumored to feature new Low Power Mode
Before WWDC 2022, Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman reported based on his own sources that Apple had been working on a new Low Power Mode for watchOS 9. However, watchOS 9 was announced with no new features in this aspect. Now Gurman is back with a related report, but this time he claims that Low Power […]
Pro-Russia threat group Killnet is pummeling Lithuania with DDoS attacks
Enlarge / Drowning in a sea of data. (credit: Getty Images) Internet services in Lithuania came under “intense” distributed denial of service attacks on Monday as the pro-Russia threat-actor group Killnet took credit. Killnet said its attacks were in retaliation regarding Lithuania’s recent banning of shipments sanctioned by the European Union to the Russian exclave […]
Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Speaks Passionately About Impact of Roe vs. Wade Overturn
Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Speaks Passionately About Impact of Roe vs. Wade Overturn Photo: YouTube On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned 1973’s Roe vs. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion. That decision now lays in the hands of individual states, with the country poised to become a place where abortions are legal […]
Overwatch 2 will replace the original Overwatch
Blizzard Entertainment The original Overwatch’s days are numbered. Last week, Blizzard revealed in a Reddit AMA that when Overwatch 2 launches on October 4th, it will overwrite Overwatch prime, effectively ending the six-year-old game. “When OW2 launches on October 4th it will be a replacement for the current live service,” wrote game director Aaron Keller. […]
A new full-size HomePod could be a hit, as long as Apple doesn’t overthink it
Evidence is mounting that Apple is planning a new version of the original, full-size HomePod that was released in 2018 and discontinued in 2021. Reports now indicate that Apple is planning to release a new version of the HomePod next year to fill the void left by Apple’s first smart speaker. With the original HomePod […]