Month: July 2023
CEOs are really getting on board with AI – but is that a good thing?
New research has claimed CEOs are now ranking productivity as their number one priority, up from fourth place last year. With customer experience and tech modernization roundup up the top three most common priorities, CEOs are turning to artificial intelligence en masse. IBM surveyed thousands of CEOs from across 30…
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Meta’s new Facebook parental controls show social media still doesn’t like responsibility
Social media platforms have been facing criticism for their influence on young minds for at least a decade, and now Meta, Instagram’s and Facebook’s parent company, is implementing new features to actively address such concerns, such as the impact on teens’ mental health, across its platforms. These features include new…
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Netflix is now streaming Insecure, and more HBO shows are coming
Some big HBO titles are heading to Netflix — just not the absolute biggest. Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery have reached a deal to start streaming select HBO series on Netflix’s platform. All five seasons of Insecure, which ran on HBO between 2016 and 2021, are now available, and others are…
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Biosphere is a buddy comedy about the last two dudes on Earth
It’s always nice when the end of the world can have some levity. Biosphere, from director Mel Eslyn, manages to mash up a post-apocalyptic story with a buddy comedy for a movie about two best pals who just so happen to be the last remaining people on the planet. It’s…
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Adobe Figma deal thrown into jeopardy following CMA probe
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) really isn’t happy about that Adobe and Figma merger – and it wants the company to prove the controversial deal isn’t a threat to its rivals. Following a two-month investigation, the CMA has published its Phase One decision, saying the proposed merger “may…
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TweetDeck is falling apart after Twitter’s rate-limiting fiasco
Twitter’s power-user focused TweetDeck interface is experiencing major issues after owner Elon Musk announced limits on the number of tweets users can view daily. The Verge has experienced these issues first hand with our publication’s Twitter accounts, and multiple users across the platform (including at least one Twitter Blue subscriber,…
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