More advertisers plan to drop spending on Elon Musk’s X next year
As Elon Musk struggled to rebuild X’s ability to generate revenue, the site suffered a mass advertiser exodus late last year, and at least some of those departures were evidently due to pro-nazi content. A few months later, Musk told advertisers “go fuck yourself.” And this was all right before Musk shared that the former […]
OpenAI clarifies: No, “GPT Next” isn’t a new model.
No, “GPT Next” is not OpenAI’s next big thing. Earlier this week, Tadao Nagasaki, the lead executive for OpenAI’s Japanese operations, shared a presentation at Japan’s KDDI Summit that seemed to imply a new model call “GPT Next” was imminent. But an OpenAI spokesperson has confirmed to Mashable that the term “GPT Next,” written in […]
Apple Watch 10: Did Apple just accidentally leak it in iOS 18?
Want to know what the new Apple Watch Series 10 looks like? You might be able to find out right now using your own iPhone. A prolific leaker known online as Majin Bu tweeted that Apple may have accidentally leaked a sneak peek of the Apple Watch Series 10 on iOS 18.1. Apparently, if you […]
X beefs up safety staff, a few dozen people at a time
X (formerly Twitter) is re-investing in its trust, safety and security teams pre-election, after CEO Elon Musk controversially dissolved the platform’s oversight council nearly two years ago. The company has opened up two dozen new safety and cybersecurity positions at sites across the United States, TechCrunch reported, a lean addition intended to bulk up its […]
Amazon deal of the day: Get a $50 DoorDash gift card for only $42.50
Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Sept. 5: OUR TOP PICK $50 DoorDash gift card $42.50 at Amazon (save $7.50) Get Deal BEST HEADPHONES DEAL Soundcore Life Q30 hybrid noise-cancelling headphones $55.99 at Amazon (save $24) Get Deal BEST TV DEAL Amazon 50-inch Omni QLED Fire TV $399.99 at Amazon […]
Find a dreamy queer romance during Stuff Your Kindle Day
FREE KINDLE BOOKS: On September 5, celebrate Stuff Your Kindle Day and get thousands of Kindle Books totally free, including plenty of LGBTQ+ romance novels. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Free Kindle books during Stuff Your Kindle Day Get Deal Readers rejoice! Our time is here. September 5 marks Stuff Your Kindle Day, […]
Swoon over free historical romance books on Stuff Your Kindle Day
FREE E-BOOKS: On September 5, hundreds of e-books are totally free on Amazon for Stuff Your Kindle Day. Shop these historical romance books for free today. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Free Kindle books on Stuff Your Kindle Day Get Deal For the voracious reader, there can never be enough books. And while […]
Scammers are using pictures of your home to amplify sextortion threats
As the tech landscape evolves, and the public’s awareness of digital attacks grows, scammers are harnessing every tool at their disposal — including Google Maps. A new sextortion scam (a form of financial coercion in which bad actors threaten to release personal, explicit images to the public) leverages publicly accessible geomapping data (read: images of […]
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Aura Edition: ‘Smart Share’ lets you send pics by simply tapping your phone against it
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition is packed with the new Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors set to contend with the show-stopping Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips. (The Snapdragon X Elite chip is inside our best Windows laptop of 2024: Microsoft Surface Laptop 7.) It’s not just the new chips, though, […]
I said ‘Dance!’ to this Lenovo Auto Twist laptop, and the display twirled 360 degrees like ‘The Exorcist’
At an IFA 2024 showcase, Lenovo unveiled a gaggle of new laptops that feature the shiny new Intel Core Ultra 200V series chips. The hyped-up Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips, found inside some of the best laptops of 2024 (e.g., Microsoft Surface Laptop 7), are all the rage, but there’s a new sheriff in town. […]