Facebook sure looks like it's getting into the debt collection business

Facebook wants to help you get paid. Or so the company claimed in recent days, announcing a new program which essentially turns the social media giant into a debt collector. For a small fee, of course. Dubbed Facebook Invoice Fast Track, the program works by buying up a company’s outstanding invoices and quickly forking over […]
Google screwed temp employees out of millions in pay, complaint alleges

Google knew it had systematically underpaid thousands of its temp workers, on a mass scale and in violation of local laws, and sought to hide that fact. So alleges a June whistleblower complaint filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a report from the New York Times. That complaint, combined with internal emails […]
Hubble zooms in on a dazzling star cluster that looks like a frozen fireworks show

Hubble’s latest image share is a good one for fans of cosmic razzle-dazzle. You’re seeing NGC 6717, a globular cluster that forms a piece of the constellation Sagittarius. But where it appears to you, a person on the ground staring up at the sky, as a pinprick of light amidst other pinpricks of light, to […]
How to use iOS text message effects on your iPhone

Merely texting your friends without any effects is so boring in 2021. The time is now to figure out how to breathe some new life into your iMessage conversations. If you’ve got an iPhone, there are a handful of neat ways to add message effects to your texts in iMessage. The best part? Doing so […]
How to create an IGTV series

If you thought you’d never be able to make your own TV series, think again. Well, it’s IGTV. Which is kinda like TV, except it’s on Instagram, which, if you think about it, is basically tiny TV. Forget writing out a whole pilot and pitching it into the digital void hoping that by some semblance […]
Google Search for web officially joins the dark mode revolution

Google’s flagship product is the latest website to let users embrace the darkness in their hearts. Or just reduce eye strain, depending on how you want to look at it. Google Search, the main thing Google was known for before it became an all-encompassing tech albatross, will let all users switch to a dark theme […]
Apple says you should keep your iPhone camera away from motorcycle engines

This has gotta be one of the weirdest ways you can ruin an iPhone camera. Apple posted a new page to its support website warning iPhone owners to be careful about exposing their phones to the specific vibration frequencies found in “high-power or high-volume motorcycle engine.” News of the support page first popped up in […]
After Apple ruling, Big Tech just *might* be vulnerable

There’s finally a chink in Big Tech’s armor. On Friday, a federal judge handed down a mixed ruling in Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against Apple. The judge determined that Epic had failed to prove that Apple was a monopoly — score one for Apple. However, she also found that Apple was violating California laws mandating […]
How to log out of Facebook

If you have a computer, tablet, and smartphone, chances are you’re probably logged into Facebook on multiple devices. Sure, it’s convenient. But logging out of Facebook is an easy way to protect your privacy. There are a few ways to do this. You can log out of each device individually. Or there’s a way to […]
Get the iconic Marshall Stanmore II Bluetooth speaker for 10% off

TL;DR: Jam out in style with the Marshall Stanmore II Bluetooth Speaker and save 10% with the coupon code MARSHALL10. As of Sept. 11, grab it for just $314.99. Adding a new speaker to your home gives you a great way to unwind and lose yourself in your favorite tunes. But when you get a […]