American Psychological Association issues guidelines to limit the potential harm of social media on children
Experts says social media consumption for youth should start with parental "screening, monitoring and training"
Amazon is offering Prime members $10 to pick up a delivery instead of having it delivered
Another cost-cutting exercise from the retail giant
WTF?! Like many tech giants, Amazon is trying to cut costs in these times of economic uncertainty. Its latest exercise targets the millions of Prime subscribers who take advantage of the free shipping option, offering a few testers $10 to pick up a purchase rather than having it shipped to their home.
FBI seizes 13 more domains for offering DDoS-for-hire services
The agency had shut down 48 platforms over similar charges last year
Facebook is trying to shake off its 'old person's platform' image
Is Facebook the web equivalent of an adult diaper?
Google is increasing the number of ads in Gmail, showing them in the middle of inboxes
And people aren't happy about it
You'll have to change your Discord username soon
Familiar display names and server nicknames remain
Google is replacing Chrome's lock icon because it's not an indicator of website safety
Users find the icon confusing, not knowing what it really means
Consumer groups score big win against Big Cable as Colorado ends restrictions on municipal broadband
Dozens of municipalities in the state had already opted out of the restrictive 2005 law
Mozilla acquires review-checking service Fakespot, Firefox integration incoming
Mozilla will use AI to spot fake reviews and e-commerce scams on Firefox
The World Wide Web is 30 years old, and it's less free than ever
Forward-looking: The original World Wide Web software platform was developed by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee while he was working at CERN. The novel information system was designed to promote faster and easier information sharing within the scientific community. It turned into an everyday commodity and entertainment routine for billions of people worldwide.
China's Tencent now offers a $145 deepfake creation service
All you need is three minutes of video and 100 spoken sentences
Windows update breaks Chrome's 'default browser' feature
Microsoft didn't deny it was on purpose
Pornhub protests Utah age verification law by blocking the state's access
Adult performer Cherie DeVille explains why
Super Mario Bros. Movie is being illegally shared on social media
One post tallied over 9.3 million views on Twitter
Jack Dorsey's Bluesky is a decentralized Twitter, clone?
Can Bluesky succeed, or did Mastodon beat them to the decentralized punch?
Study identifies which countries spend the most time staring at their screens
Average screen time during waking hours ranged from just over 20% to almost 60% per day
Meta's Reality Labs lost $3.99 billion last quarter, bringing its total losses since 2020 to $30 billion
Do people even care about the metaverse anymore (or to begin with)?
New European Commission rules for 19 tech giants could spell trouble for Twitter
"Today is the D(SA)-Day for digital regulation"
What was the first widely-used web browser?
The groundbreaking web browser turned 30 this month, developed by a team at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in 1993.
ChatGPT costs an eye-watering $700,000/day to operate, claims new research
And it can't even write secure programming code
ECAT is Europe's new initiative to investigate the black box of online algorithms
What just happened? The European Union has unveiled its latest regulatory initiative, a watchdog organization designed to bringing a new level of transparency to "very big" IT companies and their often mysterious algorithmic applications.
Microsoft improves 3D rendering performance on the web with Babylon.js 6.0
A real-time 3D engine with advanced physics capabilities
Proton Mail's new product is a secure password manager
Let's hope the service doesn't turn into another LastPass-style security disaster