Tag: Tech
Facebook, Instagram, And WhatsApp Are Down
Facebook and the company’s entire family of apps suffered an outage Monday morning. Shortly before 9 a.m. Pacific time, the social network’s namesake app, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Oculus — Facebook’s virtual reality service — became unreachable for many people. The outages appeared to be caused by…
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The Secret to Media Superstardom? Tell People How To Get a PS5
Gabby Jones for BuzzFeed News Matt Swider at his home office in the New York City on September 30, 2021 It’s not unusual for Matt Swider to gain 10,000 Twitter followers in a single day. So it’s natural that Swider, the US editor-in-chief of TechRadar, a popular gadget site, doesn’t…
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An iPhone 13 Pro Review For Piglets
As I established three years ago, the iPhone is very good for taking pictures of dogs. Back in 2019, the newest iPhone at the time — the iPhone 11 Pro Max — captured stunning photos of dogs with incredible visual accuracy. So, perhaps unsurprisingly, the newest iPhone — now the…
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Would You Have Sex In Front Of Amazon’s New Robot Dog?
Amazon imagines the corgi-esque robot tailing you around the house, locating stuff for you with a semi-obscene periscope, and supporting video chats with its touchscreen. Astro boasts onboard facial recognition so it can recognize its owners. It also has a navigation system that should allow it to map your home…
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Instagram Is “Pausing” Making An App For Kids
Instagram announced on Monday morning that it is “pausing” work on its planned app meant just for kids. Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote on the company blog, “While we stand by the need to develop this experience, we’ve decided to pause this project.” This comes after an explosive report by…
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Do NOT Say This Man Is Riding An Electric Surfboard
In the replies to his post, Zuckerberg noted to a well-wisher that the Times’ assertion that he was using motorized power was defamation. It’s worth noting that Zuckerberg was photographed riding an electronically powered board made by Lift Foils in 2020 — with enough white sunscreen caked on his face…
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