Verizon sells Yahoo and AOL to Apollo for $5 billion

Yahoo and AOL are changing hands again.  Verizon, which purchased AOL in 2015 and Yahoo in 2017, is now selling them to private equity company Apollo Global Management for $5 billion.  Verizon merged AOL and Yahoo into a subsidiary called Oath in 2017, eventually rebranding it into Verizon Media. The new company, in which Verizon […]

Elon Musk asked Twitter for 'skit ideas for SNL' and was promptly dunked on

As you may know, noted non-comedian Elon Musk is hosting Saturday Night Live this coming weekend.  Elon Musk is funny. Not in the way, say, Gilda Radner or John Swartzwelder or Ziwe Fumudoh or Chris Fleming are funny, which is to say he is not funny because he deliberately, successfully does things that are meant […]

Apple's foldable iPhone might come in 2023

Apple is reportedly seriously considering building a foldable smartphone, and it’s likely to launch in 2023.  This is according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via MacRumors), who claims that the device will have an 8-inch, QHD+, flexible OLED display.  It’s worth noting that Kuo is generally bullish on foldable smartphones. His opinion, according to his […]