An Instagram outage that started Monday morning has been fixed, Instagram confirmed on his Twitter account. During the outage, Instagram shut out users, telling many of them that “we have suspended your account on October 31, 2022”. Reports of the problem appeared to be concentrated among iPhone users, with some saying their app recently crashed … Read more
GMC has joined forces with the world’s largest supplier of law enforcement e-bikes to produce an over-the-top, twin-motor, fat tire electric bicycle to complement its equally over-the-top, twin-motor, fat tire Hummer EV truck. It’s the latest sign that automakers are trying to leverage the popularity of e-bikes to further the shift to electric vehicles. The … Read more
Over the past few months of Peak TV, the voice message has emerged as one of my favorite ways to talk about what I’m watching. I’m finishing this week’s episode of Andoromute the show credits and immediately start recording a voice message of my thoughts to send to a friend. The main reason we use … Read more
Less than 24 hours after completing his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk decided to change his homepage. He requested logged out users visiting Twitter.com are redirected to the Explore page which shows trending tweets and news stories, according to employees familiar with the matter who wished to remain anonymous to speak without permission … Read more
Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given his employees their first ultimatum: meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave. The guideline is to change Twitter Blue, the company’s optional $4.99-a-month plan that unlocks additional features, to a more expensive plan that also authenticates users, according to … Read more
Twitter is fighting an increase in hateful tweets after Elon Musk officially took over the company on Friday. Yoel Roth, head of platform security and integrity, said on Twitter that the company is taking action against an “organized effort” to spread hate speech on the platform. According to Roth, a “small number” of accounts have … Read more
Telegram has removed the ability for users on iOS to create pay-to-view posts due to Apple’s strict App Store guidelines (via 9to5Mac). In a post on Telegram, CEO Pavel Durov says creators on the platform have used third-party payment or donation bots to sell access to certain posts on their channels, but Apple was “not … Read more
As noted by Gurman, this release window should allow Apple to launch the new MacBooks around the same time as the macOS Ventura 13.3 and iOS 16.3 updates, which are expected sometime between early February and March. This prediction is consistent with Ming-Chi Kuo’s August tweet suggesting Apple could release the new MacBook Pros early … Read more
Elon Musk finally owns Twitter. While Twitter users are still dissecting what that means to them, we have a general idea: less content moderation, fewer people keeping the lights on, and perhaps the eventual addition of “app everything” features like payments and reservations for services. But the default Twitter app isn’t the only platform the … Read more
This weekend we’re talking about Google devices, most notably Google’s Nest Audio and Nest Hub Max, along with some other excellent discounts that you might want to take advantage of while you still can. First up we have Google’s compact Nest audio, which retails for $49.99 at Best Buy, Target, and the Google Store, saving … Read more