Kids love to use smart speakers, but it’s all too easy for things to go horribly wrong — including content that’s decidedly not family-friendly. Google is trying to address those worries by both revising parental controls for Assistant and providing mo…
The latest ‘Fortnite’ Star Wars characters are Luke, Leia and Han
Epic Games’ Star Wars collaborations didn’t end with Darth Vader. The gaming giant has added Luke, Leia and Han skins to Fortnite as part of “Skywalker Week,” complete with appropriate accessories such as Luke’s Landspeeder glider and Leia’s R2-D2 back…
Elon Musk is officially the CEO of Twitter (for now)
Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, he’s officially taking the reins as CEO — for the moment, anyway. Twitter has made an amended filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating that Musk is “the Chief Executive Officer” of the social networ…
Elon Musk is officially the CEO of Twitter (for now)
Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, he’s officially taking the reins as CEO — for the moment, anyway. Twitter has made an amended filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating that Musk is “the Chief Executive Officer” of the social networ…
FTC says ed tech company Chegg exposed data belonging to 40 million users
You may trust Chegg with your textbooks or tutoring, but regulators aren’t quite so confident. The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint accusing education tech provider Chegg of “careless” security practices that compromised personal data sin…
Bizarre Instagram outage left some thinking they were banned
You’re not alone if you were unable to check your Instagram feeds today. Instagram confirmed that some users were”having issues” accessing their accounts. The social network hasn’t identified a cause as of this writing, but some users have received not…
Elon Musk says Twitter will form a ‘moderation council’ before it reinstates banned accounts
Twitter isn’t about to rush into big content policy changes now that Elon Musk owns the company. Musk has announced that the social network will form a moderation council with members holding “widely diverse viewpoints.” There won’t be any “major” cont…
Twitter drops Ticketed Spaces to focus on other live audio features
Twitter no longer lets you charge users to listen to live Spaces conversations. The social media heavyweight tells The Information in a statement that it has indefinitely “paused” its Ticketed Spaces test. The move will let Twitter concentrate on impro…
Apple’s MacBook Air M2 is back on sale for $1,049
You won’t have to pay much extra to get Apple’s latest thin-and-light laptop. Amazon is once again selling the base MacBook Air configuration with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD for $1,049, significantly below the official $1,199 price. The savings only ap…
Sony’s WH-XB910N ANC headphones are 51 percent off right now
Update 12:48pm ET: This Sony deal on Amazon has expired.Now’s your chance to get a pair of solid noise-cancelling headphones without the usual high price. Amazon is selling the WH-XB910N with active noise cancellation (ANC) for $123, or a hefty 51 perc…