Snapchat’s latest paid perk is an AI Bitmoji of your pet
Snapchat has a new AI-powered perk for subscribers: Bitmoji versions of your pet. The feature, which is unfortunately not called “petmoji,” allows users to snap a photo of their four-legged friend to create a cartoon-like avatar to accompany their Bitmoji in the Snap Map.…
Fighting Rages Around Two Gaza Hospitals as Pressure on Israel Rises
Oregon’s New Right to Repair Law Bans ‘Parts Pairing’ Restrictions
Solar eclipse traffic could lead to more car deaths, study says
It’s an exciting time for moon worshipers, as the Earth’s natural satellite is about to get its time in the spotlight with a total eclipse that’s set to be visible from vast portions of America on April 8th.…
South Korean Judges Hold Bitcoin and Altcoins, Disclosures Show
Several senior South Korean judges hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, and altcoins, new public disclosure data revealed on March 28.
Per NoCut News, judges’ holdings up until December 31, 2023, included BTC, ETH, XRP, and Solana coins.…
Dozens of lasers got pointed at a passenger jet pilot as it flew over a festival
It’s pretty common knowledge that you do not shine laser pointers at aircraft, but it seems that no one told that to festival-goers at the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico.…
Jeffrey Epstein’s secret island visitors were tracked by a data broker, report says
A data broker compiled a report on the geographical movements of visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophile island,” culling it from mobile data that it acquired via unknown means, a new investigation by Wired reveals.…
Facebook killed its own streaming service to help Netflix, prosecutors say
Do you remember Facebook Watch? Me neither. Mark Zuckerberg’s short-lived streaming service never really got off the ground, but court filings unsealed in Meta’s antitrust lawsuit claim “Watch” was kneecapped starting in 2018 to protect Zuckerberg’s advertising relationship with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.…
An Apple engineer leaked products he didn’t like so now Apple is suing him
Apple filed a lawsuit earlier this month against former software engineer Andrew Aude, alleging he leaked info about products he wanted to “kill” to a journalist saved in his phone as “Homeboy.”…
What the term ‘Wi-Fi’ actually means
Have you ever thought about where the term Wi-Fi comes from? Most people would logically assume it’s a shortened version of some highly technical description for the tech that allowed computers to access the internet wirelessly.…
Baltimore bridge survivor’s wife reveals why it’s a ‘miracle’ her husband survived
How to fix screen flickering on Windows 11
Screen flickering is an annoying and common problem that can occur on Windows 11 for various reasons. Sometimes, it's an issue with an incompatible application, and other times, it might be a problem with the graphics driver.…
Bidenomics Is Making China Angry. That’s OK.
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Apple dismisses Microsoft monopoly comparisons
A week after finding itself at the business end of a landmark lawsuit from the United States Department of Justice, Apple is staunchly denying any parallels between itself and Microsoft in the 1990s.…
South Africa Bus Crash Kills 45, but 8-Year-old Survives
Amazon’s New App Lets You Scan Your Palm to Pay at Whole Foods, Panera Bread and More
CVS, Kaiser, and Elevance are among the first Medicare plans to start covering Wegovy
Major U.S. health insurers with Medicare Part D plans have started covering Novo Nordisk’s popular weight loss drug Wegovy for its heart-health benefits, according to the Wall Street Journal.…
This Amazon Smart Thermostat Is on Sale for $25
Smart home devices can make life easier and more convenient (and might even save you some money on your utility bill).…
Enter the World of How To Train Your Dragon at Universal’s Epic Universe
Soar with Toothless and Hiccup at Universal Epic Universe, which will soon boast an imaginative world of Vikings inspired by DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon.…
Algorithms can aid price collusion, even if no humans actually talk to each other, US enforcers say
Algorithms might help hotels illegally collude on prices, even if no humans from those businesses actually talk to each other about them, according to US antitrust enforcers.…
‘Som Bonkmon Fraud’: SBF Meme Coins Pump 300x, Then Crash After Sentencing
The S&P 500 had its best start since 2019 as AI and the Fed powered stocks to new highs
The market saw a quiet end on Thursday to very not quiet first quarter of 2024, with all three major stock indexes either up or down slightly on the day.…
‘Cataclysmic Situation’ in Haiti Leaves 1,500 Dead in Gang Violence
NYC will test AI gun detectors on the subway
New York City will soon start testing out technology that uses AI to detect guns at subway turnstiles, Mayor Eric Adams said on Thursday.…