Month: August 2022
Pinterest has a new artistic way to spark your inspiration – but there’s a catch
Audio player loading… In a bid to support creativity, Pinterest has very quietly launched a new collage-making app called Shuffles on the Apple App Store. Looking at the App Store description (opens in new tab), Shuffles allows people to create collages by grabbing images from Pinterest’s “massive photo library” or…
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Apple drops mask requirements for most of its corporate workers
Apple is dropping its mask mandates for corporate employees at “most locations,” according to an internal email from the COVID-19 response team, obtained by The Verge. “Don’t hesitate to continue wearing a face mask if you feel more comfortable doing so,” the email reads. “Also, please respect every individual’s decision…
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Roku has a problem — its buttons aren’t printing enough money
No, you didn’t suddenly forget how to read: Roku, the streaming box and service company, is worried about how much money its buttons are bringing in. Not because it suddenly started making clicky actuators for other companies to include in their products (what a pivot that would be), but because…
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A mysterious battery-powered Google device appears in FCC filings
It’s officially August, which means we’re getting close to the fall hardware season, and two recent FCC filings from Amazon and Google could hint at a couple products the companies may — or may not — reveal. Google’s product is pretty mysterious; the product is described only as a “Wireless…
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Tiffany is selling custom CryptoPunk pendants for $50,000
For about $50,000 (30 Ethereum), CryptoPunk holders can get a handcrafted pendant modeled after their NFT (non-fungible token) from Tiffany & Co. — and no, this is not a joke (via Decrypt). The pendant, which will feature “at least” 30 diamonds or gemstones, will hang on an 18K gold chain…
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Hackers have found a new way to hijack your Discord account
Audio player loading… Cybercriminals have found a new way to steal your Discord account using the npm open-source repository alongside a couple of malware (opens in new tab) variants. As reported by Kaspersky, which first spotted the campaign it dubbed LofyLife, the criminals have created four malicious packages that spread…
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