Commodore’s newest gadget is a flip phone that blocks social media and browsers

Commodore's Call Back 8020 is a phone “where the customer is not the product." [...]

Slack is transforming its Slackbot into a 'personalized AI companion'

I've been using Slack for like a decade and the platform's proprietary chatbot, Slackbot, has always been a bit underwhelming. It can deliver reminders and notifications and, well, that' [...]

X Is Retiring Twitter.com. You Have 2 Days to Update Your Account or Risk Lockout

The retirement of the old domain is the next step in Elon Musk's rebranding of the social media platform. [...]

Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That’s Not All

In addition to sending billions of dollars to states, Meta will make substantive changes to its platforms as part of a landmark settlement. [...]

China closes antitrust probe into Google's Android operating system

China is ending its antitrust probe into Google, which had centered around Android’s ubiquity in the mobile world and what impact, if any, it was having on Chinese phone makers like Oppo and Xiaomi [...]

Elon Musk's Neuralink plans a brain speech trial in October

Neuralink plans to begin another US clinical trial in October, using the implant to translate thoughts into text. The study will be held through an FDA investigational device exemption. "If you&# [...]

The Morning After: US and China agree to agree on a TikTok deal

After the proclamation of a TikTok ban, which fizzled out, during President Trump’s first term, the idea of a TikTok lockout across the US was back on the table when he returned for a second preside [...]

YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up

Another day, another subscription price hike, this time for YouTube Premium. Every plan for YouTube’s ad-free tier is going up, and depending on which one you have, you could be paying as much as $4 [...]

Ireland takes the EU presidency with Big Tech paying 40 per cent of its tax bill

Ireland takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July, inheriting a legislative agenda that includes proposals to curb Europe’s reliance on American tech, simplify the blocâ [...]