Category: Technology


  • The Kindle Paperwhite Gets a Double Tap Upgradeโ€”But Only if Youโ€™re Willing to Pay Up

    Hold onto your reading glasses, folks! Amazon just dropped a juicy new feature for the Kindle Paperwhite, but hereโ€™s the twist: itโ€™s only for the premium models. If youโ€™ve been dreaming of double-tapping your way through chapters like itโ€™s 2025, youโ€™ll need the Signature Edition, because we all know the โ€˜budget-friendlyโ€™ version might as well…

  • Meta’s AI: A Sneaky Peek into Unpublished Books?

    So, you thought the literary world was safe from Meta’s prying algorithms? Think again! In a plot twist worthy of a suspense novel, it seems Meta might have dipped into the treasure trove of not-yet-published books to train its AI models. Last week, The Atlantic unveiled a nifty little search tool for the LibGen database,…

  • Gaming Just Got a Power-Up: The Backbone Controller You Didn’t Know You Needed

    Move over, ordinary game controllers! The new Xbox-branded Backbone One has landed, and it looks like it just stepped out of a Halo cutscene. If Master Chief ever played games on the go, this would be his controller of choiceโ€”who needs Cortana when youโ€™ve got a translucent green controller thatโ€™s *almost* as legendary as he…

  • Utah Takes a Bold Step: App Store Age Verification is Here!

    Hold onto your smartphones, folks! Utah has just dropped a legislative bombshell by signing the *App Store Accountability Act* into law. This means that our beloved app moguls like Apple and Google are now on the hook to verify whoโ€™s downloading what. Yep, theyโ€™ll need to check ages and snag parental consent before your pre-teen…

  • An RTX 5070 at MSRP? Someone Call the Graphics Card Police!

    Hold onto your gaming chairs, folks, because the unimaginable is happening: an RTX 5070 is actually in stock andโ€”wait for itโ€”priced at MSRP! Yes, you heard that right! For the bargain price of $549.99, you can grab yourself an MSI-branded RTX 5070 with a sleek two-fan Shadow 2X OC configuration. Itโ€™s proof that sometimes, miracles…

  • Grok Teams Up with Telegram: AI Gets a Chatty Upgrade

    Guess what? Grok, the AI chatbot with more chatty charm than your favorite uncle at Thanksgiving, has just made its official debut in Telegram. Butโ€”and hereโ€™s the kickerโ€”youโ€™ll need to flash your Telegram Premium membership card to get in on the action. Now, this partnership isnโ€™t exactly out of left field. Weโ€™ve got Elon Musk…

  • Googleโ€™s Titan Security Key: Now Expanding Faster Than Your Friendโ€™s Netflix Queue

    Forget passwords! Googleโ€™s Titan security key is here to save the dayโ€”and possibly the universeโ€”by allowing you to access your Google account more securely. This clever little device connects to your PC, either through USB or with some fancy NFC wizardry (which sounds a lot like magic, but itโ€™s just tech). Now, the Titan key…

  • Even the Best Get Hacked: Troy Hunt’s True Confession

    Letโ€™s be real: if you think youโ€™re safe from the clutches of cyber villains, you might be as lost as a cat in a dog park. Troy Hunt, the mastermind behind ‘Have I Been Pwned,’ just found that out the hard way. In a plot twist worthy of a tinfoil hat conspiracy, Hunt fell for…

  • RIP Instagram Notes: A Feature Too Complicated for Reality

    Well, folks, itโ€™s official: Instagram has decided that its fleeting โ€˜notesโ€™ feature is about as popular as a diet soda at a barbecue. Instagram head honcho, Adam Mosseri, just broke the news that theyโ€™re scrapping this feature that was introduced less than a year ago. Why? Apparently, it didnโ€™t catch on and the platform has…

  • Ikea’s Smart Button: A Match Made in Matter Heaven

    Brace yourselves, smart home enthusiasts! Ikea may just be rolling out a new smart button, and no, itโ€™s not just for rethinking your entire living room layout. Spotted in the wild (or rather, on *Threads*), this unannounced Bilresa Dual Button could be what your home has been missingโ€”because letโ€™s face it, who hasnโ€™t wanted to…