Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts
Elon Musk is by far the most followed user on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which he acquired in October of last year. With more than 153 million followers at the time of publication, Musk’s account @ElonMusk is basically a microcosm of the platform as a whole. So, who are Musk’s […]
3 tips for using Google's Bard AI chatbot more effectively, according to Google itself
An AI chatbot can be neat — a fun thing to play with — but perhaps you’re not using it to its full potential. Google, however, recently published a blog post sharing tips for how to use its AI chatbot, Bard, more effectively. The blog post is helpful in its entirety, but we’ve picked out […]
You need Samsung Galaxy Buds Live in your life — and they're 50% off
SAVE $74.99: As of August 18, the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live (in Mystic Red) are on sale for $75 at Amazon, down from their regular price of $149.99. That’s a discount of 50%. Opens in a new window Credit: Samsung Samsung Galaxy Buds Live (in Mystic Red) $75 at Amazon (save $74.99) Get Deal AirPods […]
This parking lot robot will charge your electric vehicle
With the increase of electric cars on the road new inventions are being presented to accommodate those drivers. EVAR Parky is a robot that lives in parking areas, waiting to charge your electric vehicle. After parking in a designated spot and plugging in the charging dispenser Parky receives a charging request and gets to work. […]
A giant online book collection Meta used to train its AI is gone over copyright issues
AI as we know it basically exists to eat up the internet and spit it back out at you. The problem with that is huge parts of the internet are protected by copyright law. That’s one of the major takeaways from the gigantic Books3 database getting taken down following a DMCA request by the Danish […]
Google Keep is about to become a lot more useful
Google Keep, the company’s note-taking app, is a nice, free way to write down quick notes that sync over Gmail. Compared to other popular note-taking apps, however, Keep has a pretty big omission: it doesn’t let you see the version history of your notes. This means that once you change something in a note, it’s […]
How to unblock Pornhub for free from anywhere in the world with a VPN
TL;DR: ExpressVPN is the top choice for unblocking leading porn sites. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $99.95 and includes an extra three months for free. There are a lot of porn sites out there, but your access to these sites is not always guaranteed. A lot of places ban access to […]
Get a refurbished Dell laptop for only $138
TL;DR: As of Aug. 18, you can snag a refurbished Dell Latitude E5450 (Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) for just $137.99 instead of $199.99. That’s a savings of 31%. When you arrive at your first class of the semester, you may notice the cool new gadgets and laptops that your classmates splurged for. But […]
WhatsApp now lets you share photos in glorious HD
WhatsApp just launched a feature that was on many users’ wish lists: the ability to share photos in higher quality. The feature, announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook, appears when you choose a photo you want to share. It’s a small “HD” button on top, allowing you to choose between standard or HD […]
Threads adds a separate feed just for reposts
Don’t panic if your Threads profile is looking a little more sparse than you remember. Meta‘s Twitter / X competitor has added a new reposts tab, separating users’ original posts and ones they’ve shared from others. All your reposts are still safe — they’ve just been moved to another tab. “[W]e’re rolling out a new […]