Month: April 2021
Facebook isn’t planning to tell you if you’re one of the 533 million people whose data leaked
Facebook is responding to the recent news that data from 533 million accounts leaked online for free, but perhaps not in the way users might have hoped: the company doesn’t plan to notify the users whose data was exposed online, a Facebook spokesperson told Reuters. In the dataset, there’s apparently…
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Apple to go where Facebook doesn’t want it to Apple logo
Apple has announced that it would start enforcing in a few weeks a new privacy notification rule that some digital advertising firms have warned could hurt their sales. Apple said the notices would be compulsory when its iOS 14.5 operating system becomes available soon. It is not clear when the…
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Telstra’s NBN 250 plan drops to NBN 50 prices Indiana Jones with golden idol
Competition is heating up in the NBN’s top speed tiers, with a number of internet providers offering discounted rates for new customers. After slashing the price of its NBN 250 plan, Telstra now has one of the cheapest (and best) NBN 250 plans in the market. To keep up with…
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AMD inexplicably threw scalpers a bone with limited-edition Radeon RX 6800 XT ‘Midnight Black’ GPU
Because the world desperately needed another GPU people can’t actually buy, AMD decided to release a limited-edition “Midnight Black” version of its Radeon RX 6800 XT early Wednesday morning, where it sold out before most people even saw the card was there. You might be thinking: “Why would you release…
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Valkyrae and CouRage are now co-owners of 100 Thieves
100 Thieves, a popular esports organization and lifestyle brand, announced that two of its biggest content creators, Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter and Jack “CouRage” Dunlop, will now be co-owners. “As a streamer and former pro-player myself, I always wanted 100 Thieves to be an organization guided by and built to be…
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Spotify stays quiet about launch of its voice command ‘Hey Spotify’ on mobile
In 2019, Spotify began testing a hardware device for automobile owners it lovingly dubbed “Car Thing,” which allowed Spotify Premium users to play music and podcasts using voice commands that began with “Hey, Spotify.” Last year, Spotify began developing a similar voice integration into its mobile app. Now, access to…
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