Meta is Launching a Pay-For-Verification Subscription Service For Facebook and Instagram

Meta is Launching a Pay-For-Verification Subscription Service For Facebook and Instagram

Meta is testing a subscription service which will allow Instagram and Facebook users to pay to get verified, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Instagram. “Meta Verified” will start at $11.99 a

SEGA of America Announces Layoffs Affecting 61 Employees in March

SEGA of America Announces Layoffs Affecting 61 Employees in March

In a recent development, SEGA of America has disclosed plans to lay off 61 employees effective March 8, as revealed in the latest Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice.

Peacock is Getting its First-Ever Price Hike

Peacock is Getting its First-Ever Price Hike

Peacock, the popular streaming service owned by NBCUniversal, has announced its first-ever price hike, affecting both its premium and premium plus subscription tiers. New users will now have to pay

‘It’s a Mistake!’ Why Elon Musk Will Not be Leaving His Companies to His Children

‘It’s a Mistake!’ Why Elon Musk Will Not be Leaving His Companies to His Children

Elon Musk, the 51-year-old billionaire and founder of companies like SpaceX and Tesla, has made it clear that he will not be giving control of his companies to his children.

Google Unveils AI Co-Scientist to Assist Researchers in Scientific Discovery

Google Unveils AI Co-Scientist to Assist Researchers in Scientific Discovery

Google has introduced an advanced artificial intelligence system, AI Co-Scientist, designed to aid researchers in generating hypotheses and planning experiments. The tech company emphasized that AI Co-Scientist is not a

Austria Offers Free Rail Travel for a Year – If You Get a Tattoo

Austria Offers Free Rail Travel for a Year – If You Get a Tattoo

The well-worn phrase "there are no bad ideas" encountered a reality check when Austria's climate minister endorsed a campaign that proposed offering a year's worth of free public transport in

China Imposes Tariffs on Canadian Agricultural and Food Products in Retaliation

China Imposes Tariffs on Canadian Agricultural and Food Products in Retaliation

China has announced new tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products, responding to levies introduced by Ottawa in October on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, and aluminum products. The Chinese Ministry

Threads vs. Twitter: 23 Things You Should Know About Musk and Zuckerberg’s Rivalry

Threads vs. Twitter: 23 Things You Should Know About Musk and Zuckerberg’s Rivalry

Last year brought a series of challenges for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, from the Facebook Papers revelations to skepticism surrounding the company's rebranding as Meta. However, an unexpected turn of

Kanye West’s Autographed Anti-Adidas Vinyl Auctioned for Half a Million Dollars

Kanye West’s Autographed Anti-Adidas Vinyl Auctioned for Half a Million Dollars

A unique Kanye West vinyl album, featuring an explicit message aimed at adidas, is up for auction and commanding an astronomical price. The item in question is a vinyl copy

PlayStation Sued For £5 billion in the UK Over ‘Rip-Off’ Games

PlayStation Sued For £5 billion in the UK Over ‘Rip-Off’ Games

Video game manufacturer, Sony PlayStation is being sued for £5 billion in the UK over allegations that it "ripped off its customers" with overpriced games and in-game purchases, as revealed

Michelob Ultra Becomes America’s Top-Selling Beer, Overtaking Modelo

Michelob Ultra Becomes America’s Top-Selling Beer, Overtaking Modelo

Michelob Ultra has claimed the title of the best-selling beer in the United States, dethroning Modelo Especial after two years at the top. Parent company Anheuser-Busch announced the milestone on

Tesla Found Partly Liable in Fatal Autopilot Crash, Ordered to Pay Millions

Tesla Found Partly Liable in Fatal Autopilot Crash, Ordered to Pay Millions

A Florida jury has ruled that Tesla bears partial responsibility for a 2019 crash in which a Model S using the company’s Autopilot system killed a pedestrian and left another

Trump Says Banning TikTok Won’t Make Americans Safer from China. He May Have a Point

Trump Says Banning TikTok Won’t Make Americans Safer from China. He May Have a Point

In a surprising shift, former President Donald Trump has downplayed the national security concerns surrounding TikTok, a stance that contradicts his earlier efforts to ban the app over fears of

Kandinsky Painting Recovered by Holocaust Victims’ Heirs Sets Auction Record at Nearly $45 Million

Kandinsky Painting Recovered by Holocaust Victims’ Heirs Sets Auction Record at Nearly $45 Million

A painting by Russian Modernist Wassily Kandinsky that once belonged to victims of the Nazi Holocaust, has sold for £37.2 million ($44.55 million) at Sotheby's in London. As reported on

ByteDance Reaches Deal With Investors to Avert US TikTok Ban

ByteDance Reaches Deal With Investors to Avert US TikTok Ban

TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has signed binding agreements with a group of US and international investors to restructure ownership of the app’s American business, a move aimed at preventing

Cash App Founder Bob Lee’s Death: Tech Worker Arrested in Fatal Stabbing

Cash App Founder Bob Lee’s Death: Tech Worker Arrested in Fatal Stabbing

Police have arrested a self-described tech entrepreneur over the fatal stabbing in San Francisco of Cash App founder Bob Lee. As reported on BBC, the suspect is 38-year-old Nima Momeni

Google Employees Urge Company to Sever Links With ICE

Google Employees Urge Company to Sever Links With ICE

Google is facing renewed internal pressure after hundreds of its employees called on the company to end its involvement with US immigration enforcement agencies, citing ethical concerns over how its

Brazil Blocks Access to X Amidst Escalating Tensions Between Elon Musk and Supreme Court

Brazil Blocks Access to X Amidst Escalating Tensions Between Elon Musk and Supreme Court

Access to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was blocked across Brazil on Saturday following a court-ordered suspension that marks the latest development in an intensifying dispute

Kelce Brothers Secure $100 Million Podcast Deal with Amazon’s Wondery

Kelce Brothers Secure $100 Million Podcast Deal with Amazon’s Wondery

NFL stars Jason and Travis Kelce have signed a landmark deal with Amazon's Wondery for their popular podcast, "New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce." The agreement, reportedly worth around

Google Search, Samsung’s Bing Pivot, and Microsoft Word to Microsoft Phrase

Google Search, Samsung’s Bing Pivot, and Microsoft Word to Microsoft Phrase

In the past, I’d noted that Google was largely wasting money paying Apple to have its search engine as the default search in Apple products. My thesis was based on

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