Aja Trier is used to getting her art stolen — published without attribution, ripped off on T-shirts, and even printed on phone cases. But when she opened her inbox on January 4, Trier was overwhelmed with alerts about her art being ripped off on an entirely new scale: her viral Vincent Van Gogh-style paintings had … Read more
On February 9th, the day of its next Unpacked event, Samsung is also rolling out an update that enhances some of the Galaxy Watch 4’s and Watch 4 Classic’s health and wellness features. While the watches have long been able to perform body composition scans, the update adds insights about those results powered by Chris … Read more
I love it when fashion houses and technology collide. It’s often a complete disaster. I’ve played, reviewed and stared incredulously at a few of them, but, oh boy, Louis Vuitton . Its new Tambour smartwatch has a lot of what you’d expect: a $3,500 price tag for the most well-heeled smartwatch shoppers, LV livery everywhere, … Read more
Peloton is replacing its CEO and losing about 2,800 jobs among other cost-cutting measures, according to an interview the company gave to the Wall Street Journal. The job cuts amount to around 20 percent of the former pandemic darling’s corporate workforce, but will not affect the company’s lauded roster of instructors or fitness content. Peloton … Read more
The UK is, once again, attempting to introduce mandatory age verification in order to access adult content online. The beleaguered nation, currently reeling from a series of self-inflicted crises, has announced its plans to revive the scheme that has been deemed unworkable since 2015. Chris Philp MP, under-secretary of state for Tech and the Digital … Read more
If you can’t get your hands on a new GPU right now, you could at least have a miniature version sitting at your fingertips. As seen via Tom’s Hardware, a new custom keycap in the form of an Asus ROG Strix brand GPU is now on sale in China. It replaces the right-shift key on … Read more
Peloton grew massively during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now that things are opening up, it has struggled to maintain growth. Now, the company is shaking things up by replacing its CEO, overhauling the board and laying off around 20 percent of its corporate workforce, according to The Wall Street Journal. CEO and co-founder John Foley … Read more
With the US labor market getting tighter and employees changing jobs or quitting in droves, Amazon has made a big move to become more competitive. The company has boosted its maximum base pay from $160,000 to $350,000, in response to what it calls a “particularly competitive labor market,” The Washington Post has reported. In a … Read more
The UK government has revived plans for porn sites to verify users’ ages — an initiative that was scrapped in 2019 due to technical challenges and criticism from privacy campaigners. The new rules will be part of the UK’s Online Safety Bill, a mammoth piece of legislation intended to reset how digital platforms are governed … Read more
TikTok is beginning to test ways to age-restrict some types of content in its app amid a push to beef up for teens. The work is in an early stage, but the company says the goal is to shield younger users from mature content or other potentially inappropriate videos. TikTok, like other social media apps, … Read more