How to Claim Your YouTube Handle
On every platform, from Twitter to Instagram to Google Docs, the practice of mentioning and tagging someone by typing an “@” symbol followed by their chosen name or handle is now well established—but YouTube is still playing catch up.The internet’s biggest video site has only just gotten around to introducing handles for its users, giving
Alexa Might Not Get Much Smarter Than It Is Right Now
“Hey Alexa, can you make some money?”As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Amazon is aiming to cut costs by slimming down some of its less profitable departments. The big one is Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant software. Despite Alexa’s existence inside millions of Echo devices and other smart speakers around the world, the business of
16 Best Subscription Boxes to Gift (2022): Services We Love
Is there someone on your list who you just can’t find a present for? Don’t throw your hands in the air just yet—consider a subscription box. There are boxes for nearly every interest, and your giftee gets to try a bunch of stuff that would be far too expensive for you to compile yourself. You
New York Voted to Protect the Planet. California Did Not
But in a move that puzzled many of the state’s progressives, Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, joined the California Republican Party to oppose the measure because of Lyft’s involvement. He called it “a special interest carve-out” and a “cynical scheme devised by a single corporation to funnel state income tax revenue to their company.” The governor
Black Friday deals live: the biggest sales this Sunday
Top Black Friday headlines* Samsung has superb handset trade-in deals * The best Black Friday deals today are on TVs * No good Apple deals – except Airpods Pro 2 * Great discounts on appliances at Amazon * Walmart’s Black Friday sale 2 starts tomorrowIt’s Sunday, and Black Friday 2022 might be officially a week
Production on Apple’s mixed reality headset is rumored to be starting soon
Home News Wearables Rumors have been swirling for years about an Apple VR headset (Image credit: Future) It would seem that Apple’s mixed reality headset is moving from the realm of rumor into an actual product that you’ll be able to go out and buy: mass production of the device is reportedly going to get
More malware is being hidden in PNG images, so watch out
Home News Computing (Image credit: Shutterstock/Chor muang) Researchers have found evidence of new threat actors using PNG files to deliver malicious payloads.Both ESET and Avast have confirmed seeing a threat actor going by the name Worok using this method since early September 2022.Apparently, Worok has been busy targeting high-profile victims, such as government organizations, across
Live blog: Twitter chaos
(Image credit: Shutterstock / thongyhod / Twitter)After a protracted process, in which the world’s richest man tried to pull out numerous times, Elon Musk finally purchased Twitter on October 28 for $44 billion. It’s been a wild and unpredictable ride ever since.Anyone keeping up with Musk’s on-again, off-again, and finally on-again Twitter purchase would be
Amazon turns crime fighter to foil Chinese counterfeiters
Home News Pro (Image credit: Shutterstock) Amazon has revealed (opens in new tab) that it helped law enforcement agencies take down three major counterfeiting operations in China, thanks to intelligence provided by the company’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU).Nearly a quarter of a million fake goods were seized in the provinces of Guangdong and Jiangxi as
Google just made it possible to pay for Spotify Premium outside the Play Store
Home News Software (Image credit: Google) Google is expanding its User Choice Billing (UCB) pilot program with Spotify among the first participants. It’s now officially allowing the music platform’s customers to set up service payments outside Google’s Play Store.Back in March, Google teamed up with Spotify to launch the program by giving people the ability