2025-02-10

Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google found new child safety group

Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google are launching a nonprofit organization called ROOST, or Robust Open Online Safety Tools, which hopes "to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastructure su [...]

2025-03-27

Landmark digital declaration from EU ministers ignites calls to cut startup regulation

A coalition of European startups has urged swift action to slash burdensome EU regulations after a landmark declaration from the D9+ group of digitally advanced nations. The declaration stressed the n [...]

2025-01-31

Meta Safety Advisory Council says the company's moderation changes prioritize politics over safety

The Meta Safety Advisory Council has written the company a letter about its concerns with its recent policy changes, including its decision to suspend its fact-checking program. In it, the council sai [...]

2025-03-06

How to find and cancel your unused subscriptions

If your subscriptions are getting out of control, you’re not alone. I feel it too: I pay for news sites, video streaming, music services, online magazines, my cat’s special food, charities and lot [...]

2025-02-10

New York metro transit systems add on-demand sign language interpreters

It’s a classic New York experience. You’re riding the subway to work, and suddenly the train stops. The lights go off, and you seem to be trapped between stations in a tunnel. For many New Yorkers [...]

2025-02-21

Elon Musk's DOGE reportedly cuts staff at agency that regulates Elon Musk's Tesla

Elon Musk's chainsaw has been swinging through the federal government over the last few weeks, with his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chopping down budgets and excising staff at a nu [...]

2025-03-18

Microsoft's Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available

Microsoft just announced that its Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available for purchase directly from the company. This news comes during the annual Ability Summit. The Adaptive Joystick is designed fo [...]

2025-01-03

Officials Are Worried About Traffic as Amazon’s 50k Seattle Workers Return to the Office This Week

Yet another downside to the tech giant's unpopular mandate may be more traffic jams. [...]

2025-03-07

Trump's federal Bitcoin reserve order leaves the crypto market unenthused

With US stocks unstable, consumer confidence in the economy plunging and whispers of a potential recession growing less muted, the economy under President Donald Trump's second term has been abou [...]