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Could AirPods cases soon be getting a touchscreen overhaul? Not necessarily, but some patent-related developments from Apple show that this is indeed a possibility. Per MacRumors, by way of Patently Apple’s initial report, a patent first filed by Apple in provisional form in September 2021 and recently published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office includes […]

A man who was fatally stabbed in San Francisco on Tuesday has been identified as Bob Lee, the former CTO of Square and founder of Cash App, NBC News reports. The San Francisco Police Department did not initially reveal the identity of the 43-year-old man, who was found by officers and taken to the hospital in […]

Some celebrities are exasperated over Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue subscription policy. Akon took to Twitter recently, to lament the $5 program, writing, “Back in the day, Twitter was begging musicians to stay on ‘cause they didn’t have traffic. They came up with a verification process to protect accounts from fakes ones, now @elonmusk is taking that […]

A 21-year-old YouTuber has plans of returning to the platform after he says he was shot while carrying out a prank at a mall in Virginia. The YouTuber in question, per a report from WUSA9, is Tanner Cook. The 21-year-old, who releases videos via the Classified Goons channel, was hospitalized after the incident and later […]

Air Canada is experimenting with artificial intelligence in its customer service division. Though Air Canada has been working on incorporating AI into the business for years, its inclusion may begin this summer, according to The Globe and Mail. Travellers who have been affected by flight delays or cancellations will be able to contact customer service for […]

A new report from Bloomberg alleges less than 10 percent of a $100 million diversity fund created by Spotify last year has been used.  The Creator Equity Fund was established at a time when Joe Rogan’s reported $200 million deal with Spotify came under heavy public scrutiny for allowing guests to come on The Joe Rogan Experience and spread misinformation regarding the […]

The Tax Heaven 3000 era will soon be upon us. The project, the latest commentary-as-art drop from MSCHF, launches via this site on April 4 at 2:00 p.m. ET and is described by its makers as “a visual novel dating game” that doubles as a way to prep an income tax return. The experience is […]

The Biden administration is reportedly threatening the TikTok app with a U.S ban if its Chinese owners don’t sell off its stakes. This latest development in the government’s years-long focus on the leading social media platform was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday evening, with the publication citing sources close to the situation as stating […]

TikTok has announced several new features for teen users, including a 60-minute daily screen time limit. To be clear, the limit does not full-on block a user from spending longer than 60 minutes on the platform. Instead, per an extended breakdown of the new features shared by TikTok on Wednesday, users under the age of […]

A Twitter employee and top exec who went viral last November after being pictured sleeping in the floor of the company’s offices amid the early days of Elon Musk’s takeover has been fired, according to multiple reports. Esther Crawford, Twitter’s Director of Product Management who also led the Twitter Payments division, was first reported by Platformer’s Zoë […]