Meta Puts Profits Behind Paywalls: New Subscription Categories on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta Puts Profits Behind Paywalls: New Subscription Categories on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp

Can you pay for Facebook or Instagram? Meta bet you might. To follow limited testing this springMeta announced on Wednesday that it will be launched paid subscriptions worldwide via Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus and WhatsApp Plus. The new categories open up additional tools for the app and allow users to get better metrics on their … Read more

People Flock to Privacy-Focused DuckDuckGo as Google Leans More on AI

People Flock to Privacy-Focused DuckDuckGo as Google Leans More on AI

These ducks look powerful. Search engine and web browser developer DuckDuckGo said this week it’s getting an increase in new customers, and the increase just happened to coincide with Google’s I/O developer conference. User privacy was a big part of how DuckDuckGo marketed itself back when it launched in 2008. The Pennsylvania-based company does not … Read more

The new NordVPN system acts as an All-in-One Digital Privacy and Security Hub

The new NordVPN system acts as an All-in-One Digital Privacy and Security Hub

A virtual private network can help hide your browsing activity, but it won’t prevent you from clicking on a fake banking link or downloading a malicious file. NordVPN’s answer is to make its VPN program do more than encrypt your connection. The company announced Wednesday that it is bringing its antivirus features closer to its … Read more

Hands on: GoPro’s new Mission 1 Pro is in a class of one

Hands on: GoPro’s new Mission 1 Pro is in a class of one

Content Content ContentMeet the GoPro Mission 1 camerasGoPro Mission 1 Series: By the numbersGoPro’s Mission 1 Series has a lot to offer professionals and creatorsMy very first impressionGoPro still faces a lot of competition, and the Mission 1 is only a partial fixShould you buy the GoPro Mission 1 and Mission 1 Pro? Before signing … Read more

Erin Brockovich unveils crowdsourced AI data center roadmap

Erin Brockovich unveils crowdsourced AI data center roadmap

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has set her sights on something new: AI data centers. An activist and consumer advocate recently launched the program Brockovich AI Data Center reporting websitewhich tracks AI data centers being built across the country. The project has several data centers already operational and under construction. Users can submit AI data centers … Read more

Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: What We Know About Samsung’s Next Smartwatches

Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: What We Know About Samsung’s Next Smartwatches

Samsung’s unboxing summer event is coming, and the wearable image is getting clearer by the week. Leaked entries and the GSMA website confirm what many observers have already assumed: The Galaxy Watch 9 and the original Ultra successor are both on the way, possibly arriving in late July or early August alongside the Galaxy Z … Read more

Google’s AI overview still can’t be spelled out, and the internet knows a lot about it

Google’s AI overview still can’t be spelled out, and the internet knows a lot about it

Google AI Overviews decorated more than Ken Kesey when it was first introduced in 2024, creating facts about drizzling “glue on pizza,” among other charges. And while the powerful technology at Gemini has improved its accuracy significantly over the past two years (unfortunately for publishers), AI Overview still gets basic questions wrong. And that includes … Read more

NYT Connections Hints and Answers for May 27. Tips for solving ‘Connections’ #1081.

NYT Connections Hints and Answers for May 27. Tips for solving ‘Connections’ #1081.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle isn’t too difficult if you’re an avid reader. Communication is one of the most popular New York Times word games that have captured the public’s attention. The game is about finding “common threads between words.” And just Words, Communication it resets at midnight and each set of words gets harder—so we’ve … Read more