Month: May 2022
Blizzard hires a vice president of culture to fix its culture
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing sued Blizzard last July, saying it “created a culture of ‘constant sexual harassment’ and gender-based discrimination.” The revelations that followed through the rest of the year only served to confirm those assertions, and even as accusations of retaliation continue to roll in, a…
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WhatsApp rolls out emoji reactions, bigger files, and massive groups
WhatsApp is now rolling out the ability to react to a message with emoji, as well as share files that are up to 2GB in size, a massive jump from the previous 100MB limit. Meta, the company behind WhatsApp, said last month that these features would be coming “soon,” and…
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Here are some last-minute Mother’s Day gifts that should arrive on time
We’re now just days away from Mother’s Day on May 8th, but don’t panic: if you’ve left your gift shopping until the last minute, there are still plenty of great gadgets you can buy that should arrive in time. Even better, many of them are on sale, with a few…
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TurboTax “Free Edition” customers could be owed millions following overcharging claims
Audio player loading… A record multistate agreement led by New York Attorney General Letitia James has been reached with the tax software company Intuit which makes TurboTax. Under the terms of the agreement that Attorney General James made with officials from all 50 US states and Washington DC, Intuit has…
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Amazon’s trying to solve problem of endless streaming content with IMDb games
Amazon is throwing its hat into the ring of companies trying to solve one of streaming TV’s biggest issues: endless amounts of content can make it really difficult to pick something to watch. Its approach uses an IMDb-branded app that’s exclusively available to Fire TV owners, which will let you…
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GitHub will require all developers to enroll in 2FA by the end of 2023
Audio player loading… In an effort to further secure the developer accounts and code hosted on its platform, GitHub has announced that its users will need to enroll in two factor authentication (2FA) by the end of next year. More specifically, anyone that contributes code on the Microsoft-owned platform will…
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