Amazon to pay $1.5 billion to millions of customers over deceptive Prime sign-ups
Amazon has agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which took Amazon to court over allegedly “deceptive” Prime membership signups, the regulatory agency announced Thursday. Amazon was accused of violating both the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA). Per the terms of the settlement, Amazon will pay […]
Meta just launched Teen Accounts globally. Experts say the safety tools dont work.
Meta announced today (Sept. 25) that it would be expanding its youth safety feature, Teen Accounts, to Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram users around the world — a move that will place hundreds of millions of teens under the company’s default safety restrictions. The tech giant has spent the last year overhauling Teen Accounts, including placing […]
Qualcomms new Snapdragon X2 Elite chips are coming soon to Windows laptops. Thats a big deal.
Huge news for anyone who likes fast, long-lasting computers (which should be most people): Qualcomm announced new Snapdragon X2 Elite chips on Wednesday at its 2025 Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii. The upgraded Snapdragon X2 Elite and the all-new Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme are set to supercharge next-generation Windows laptops starting next year. What’s the […]
What is Neon? The app that pays users to record their phone calls.
Get paid to record your phone calls and hand them over to third parties? It may seem a bit dystopian, but this app has quickly risen to the top of the App Store charts. Neon Mobile is a new app for iOS and Android devices that’s quickly growing in popularity, at least according to the […]
The DJI Mic Mini is a one of the best upgrades for content creators
Editor’s note: Currently, many DJI products are unavailable in the United States through official retailers, but they can still be purchased via third-party sellers on platforms like Amazon. You know the saying that people eat with their eyes first? I’m convinced most people watch videos with their ears first. Without good quality audio, even the […]
By confronting racial harm, immersive media is helping build empathy
This week marks 120 years since the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, when white mobs laid waste to Black‑owned businesses and lives. At SXSW this spring, I experienced that history through a phone‑based augmented‑reality installation. Standing on a downtown sidewalk, I watched a true-to-life hologram of an actor portraying Black journalist Jesse Max Barber describe the […]
Spotify to introduce AI label and spam filter to stop AI music slop
When AI slop started making the rounds on Spotify — bands like The Velvet Sundown for instance — users urged Spotify to do something about it. They wanted a label showing that the music on their Discover Weekly and recommendations was actually created by AI. Some users even went so far as to say they […]
Apple claims MagSafe stands are responsible for iPhone 17 Scratchgate
Amid reports that Apple’s new iPhone 17 Pro is particularly prone to scratches on its backside, the company has issued a response. Apple told 9to5Mac that the scratches that people are (as far as I can tell) largely seeing on store display units of the iPhone 17 Pro are not scratches at all. Per Apple’s […]
Nothing is spinning off its budget CMF brand into its own company
Tech company Nothing is spinning off its budget brand, CMF, into its own company. Nothing CEO Carl Pei announced the move on X, saying he plans to turn CMF into an India-based consumer tech brand. Pei wrote on X that Nothing plans “to establish CMF as a subsidiary headquartered in India – building it into […]
OnePlus 15 with cutting-edge Snapdragon chipset officially announced
There’s a new OnePlus flagship on the way, and it’s got a big leg up over the competition. On Thursday morning, OnePlus confirmed that the OnePlus 15 is officially on the way, and offered basically only one concrete detail for us to work with: It runs on the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 […]