The European Union can be a tough regulatory arena, especially for American tech megacorps. But according to a Microsoft lawyer, Google has been manipulating regulators by creating an “astroturf” group of cloud…
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The Wayback Machine is back up after hackers took it down last week
Last week, the Internet Archive and its beloved Wayback Machine was taken down by a hacktivist group who unleashed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the site. Along with that,…
8 truly useful AI tools that make your life and work easier
Artificial intelligence is the holy grail of the information age and the hot topic du jour. The hype was triggered by the revolutionary chatbot ChatGPT, which has turned our concept of non-human…
7 tips to make X/Twitter more tolerable if you can’t quit just yet
I joined Twitter in 2007, just a year after it was launched, and I’ve been using it almost daily since then. And while all social media platforms evolve over time, Twitter is…
Google Search is testing Twitter-style verification badges
Hey, Google Search. You doin’ alright, bud? Lately you’ve been having a rough time, what with all those scams showing up in search results and your new AI buddy Gemini telling people…
YouTube will shove ads in your face even when you pause videos
YouTube, you’re exhausting. While I spend more time watching YouTube videos than any of the video services I actually pay for, it’s so jam-packed with ads that I’ve spent a lot of…
Class action lawsuit filed against Amazon over deceptive deal prices
Why did Amazon rise to world dominance? It made online shopping convenient and easy, yes. And it stocked almost every item you can think of, sure. But really it comes down to…
Watch out! These 9 online banking scams drain your accounts
Bank customers who fall victim to cybercrime through phishing or other fraudulent methods are not only harmed in terms of the psychological stress and often onerous process of reversing the damage, but…
Spend $20, Get $20—the BJ’s Club Card Membership Deal You Can’t Miss
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Indiegogo offers refunds for (some) products that never ship
Crowdfunding is usually understood as a “spend your money, take your chances” proposal. But more and more reputable companies are using it as a platform to launch regular products, making the crowdfunding…
