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INSTAGRAM WILL SOON TEST ULTRA-TALL PHOTOS TO MATCH ITS FULL-SCREEN REELS

Instagram will be testing full-screen photographs on feeds, which will allow users to post ultra-tall, 9:16 images that match the format for Reels. Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed that the a...

ELON MUSK CHALLENGES TWITTER CEO TO 'A PUBLIC debate' about bots

Elon Musk on Saturday challenged the CEO of Twitter to a “public debate” over how the social media company counts fake accounts and spam bots. Musk laid down the gauntlet in a series of tweets r...

Tesla applies to patent more precise GPS antenna for self-driving & navigation

Tesla has applied to patent a new multi-band GPS antenna that it believes will be more precise for self-driving and navigation applications.   The automaker describes the new device in the abstrac...

Sony is already retiring this PS5 launch feature

Sony will be retiring PS5's Accolades feature later this year, as players have not used the awards-based system as much as the company anticipated when it was unveiled at launch. As reported by T...

ROBINHOOD'S QUARTERLY REVENUE DROPS BY ALMOST HALF

Robinhood’s transaction-based revenue in the second quarter of 2022 fell to $202 million from $451 million in the second quarter last year, a drop of more than half. The picture of the overall rev...

TIKTOK MUSIC APP COULD CHALLENGE SPOTIFY AND APPLE

Considering how intertwined music discovery is with TikTok, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if the company launched a music streaming app of its own. Well, patent filings uncovered by Insider s...

WHATSAPP SAYS THEY WILL N0T LOWER THEIR SECURITY FOR any government

The boss of WhatsApp says it will not "lower the security" of its messenger service. If asked by the government to weaken encryption, it would be "very foolish" to accept, Will Cathcart told...

Sony doesn't sound thrilled Microsoft is buying Call of Duty maker Activision

A Brazilian governmental filing has given us a rare glimpse into Sony's thoughts on the impending $69bn Microsoft buyout of Activision Blizzard - and specifically, the fact that Xbox will so...

TIFFANY AND CO. UNVEILS A 250 LIMITED COLLECTION OF DIAMOND-ENCRUSTED PENDANTS EXCLUSIVELY FOR CRVPTOPUNK OWNERS

Luxury jewelry brand Tiffany and Co. (TIF) is putting CryptoPunks on-chain: diamond chains. The company is selling 250 customized, diamond-encrusted pendant necklaces for 30 ETH (aro...

Disney changes Hulu policy on issue-based political ads

The Walt Disney Co. has once again caved to the far left by reversing its earlier decision to reject Democrat commercials on abortion and gun control that were intended to run on Hulu. Disney said...