Month: August 2023
Elon Musk’s X can’t send Blue subscribers their ad revenue-sharing payouts on time
In news that isn’t very surprising given the recent history of Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X, the company won’t be able to make some promised payments on time. The X Support account says that because its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program is so popular, “We need a…
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Zuck says Threads will add search and web ‘in the next few weeks’
“Search and web coming in the next few weeks,” he tweets, saying he’s “excited about the team’s pace of shipping.” Meta took a gamble on launching a barebones Twitter alternative at breakneck speed while Twitter continued to crumble, and it may have paid off — my colleague Alex Heath recently…
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Could this 31TB SSD sell for less than $1000 in 2024? Solidigm’s new ruler drive may well be the one
Forget consumer SSD, all the action (and excitement) seems to take place these days in the enterprise market. Solidigm’s D5-P5336 range, launched last week, not only brings a new 61.44TB version to the market (the biggest SSD available) but is also doing its best to drive down prices to record…
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Your Android phone may soon read QR codes from across the room
You might soon not have as much trouble reading far away QR codes on your Android phone. Google is working on a new code scanner that automatically detects a QR code in the camera frame, zooms in, and reads it. The feature isn’t quite making its way to devices just…
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Judge dismisses major arguments in Google antitrust case
The government’s antitrust case against Google just got significantly smaller. In a filing on Friday, a US district court judge dismissed several of the claims that the Department of Justice and a coalition of states brought against the company, including allegations that Google Search harms competing services. The decision stems…
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Twitch streamer Kai Cenat arrested after chaotic giveaway in NYC’s Union Square
On Friday, a massive gathering of people showed up at New York City’s Union Square for a giveaway hosted by two social media influencers, mega-popular Twitch streamer Kai Cenat and another streamer, Fanum. Cenat and “a few other people” have been arrested, NBC 4 reports, citing former police chief Terence…
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