Tech

Would you try a Blind Date? What about a Blind Date on a Dating App? Well, Tinder is bring that feature to the app. Except, in this case, Tinder isn’t sending out two members on a blind date together — it’s introducing them to one another through a social chatting feature that will allow them […]

The IRS will not be needing your selfie after all. Internal Revenue Service announced plans to drop a controversial step to use facial recognition to verify IDs online. The IRS said that it will move away from using a third-party service that used facial recognition to help authenticate people who needed to create new online IRS […]

Less than two weeks after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard. Sony is acquiring Bungie. The video game studio that created hit franchises such as “Halo” and “Destiny,”  was buy for $3.6 billion. Sony (SONY) said the acquisition would help take its PlayStation platform “beyond the console” and flesh out the company’s efforts to develop live-service video […]

Two Los Angeles officers have lost their jobs after playing Pokémon GO, on duty. Instead of responding to a nearby call, Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were caught searching for Pokémon characters through the Pokémon GO app, according to a ruling this month from a California appellate court. That Saturday, a radio call for “a […]

HBO TV Show “Insecure” is now a Mobile Game. Black-owned game studio Glow Up have to create a new mobile game for Insecure fans. Glow Up Games and HBO have debuted free-to-play mobile game Insecure: The Come Up. The game puts players in the world of Issa Dee, Molly, and their friends, with all of […]

Sony has reportedly cut production plans for the PlayStation 5 due to component shortages and logistic constraints. Bloomberg cites sources familiar with Sony’s operations that say Sony was originally targeting more than 16 million PS5s. But, that figure has been cut down to about 15 million. The ongoing global chip shortage is one of the reasons for […]

Is Facebook is making Americans society worse? A new CNN poll says Yes. With 76% to 11%, that Facebook makes society worse, not better. Another 13% say it has no effect either way. That broadly negative appraisal holds across gender, age and racial lines. Even frequent Facebook users — those who report using the site at […]

Nine-year-old Jayline Barbosa Brandao from Boston saved her parents live. It all started on October 28th. Jayline’s mother, Marcelina Brandao, was overwhelmed by the carbon monoxide gas that filled their room, and it did not take long for her father to lose consciousness. She heard her dad yelling, after which she rushed to her parents’ room. […]

Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement that Facebook’s new corporate name will be ‘Meta.’ This announcement is in effort to reimage the company’s public image from just a social network platform to tech innovator focused on building the next generation of online interaction, known as the “metaverse.” In a statement from Zuckerberg, he […]

Would you take less money to work from home? Three in 5 workers (61%) said they were willing to take a pay cut to maintain their remote working status, according to a survey of 3,500 adult Americans by Goodhire. According to the survey, 68% of Americans would choose remote working options over in-office work. 85% […]