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A major Venmo outage disrupted service for tens of thousands of users Wednesday, preventing them from sending payments, accessing balances or logging into the PayPal owned app. The outage, which began in the early evening of December 3, reached a peak of more than 37,000 reports on monitoring site Downdetector. By 3:50 pm PT, more … Read more
YouTube said it will comply with Australia’s teen social media ban, confirming it will lock out users under the age of sixteen from signed in accounts within days. The move marks a major shift for one of the world’s largest video platforms and ends weeks of uncertainty over how the company would respond to the … Read more
PayPal users have been warned of a new phishing campaign in which cybercriminals send fake invoices from genuine PayPal email addresses, prompting recipients to call fraudulent phone numbers or provide personal information. PayPal itself has issued a “do not pay, do not phone” warning, advising customers to remain vigilant against the evolving threat. Gmail users … Read more
Microsoft is bringing one of its most iconic franchises, Halo, to a rival console for the first time. The upcoming Halo Campaign Evolved a full remake of the original 2001 classic Halo Combat Evolved will launch in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The announcement marks a historic shift for Microsoft, whose … Read more
RUSSELS ( TECHY QUANTUM) — The European Commission said Friday that it has preliminarily found TikTok and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, in breach of transparency rules under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission accused the US tech companies of failing to provide researchers adequate access to public data … Read more
The Walt Disney Company has warned that its popular television networks, including ESPN and ABC, could soon disappear from YouTube TV if both sides fail to reach a new carriage agreement before the current deal expires at 11:59 pm ET on October 30. The warning marks the latest high stakes showdown between a major media … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, its first AI powered browser, marking the company’s boldest step yet into the web search and browsing market long dominated by Google. The browser, available first on macOS with versions for Windows, iOS and Android coming soon, is designed to merge the capabilities of ChatGPT directly … Read more
A major YouTube outage disrupted video streaming for millions of users on Wednesday afternoon across the United States and Europe, leaving viewers unable to play content on the world’s largest video-sharing platform. Users attempting to watch videos on desktop browsers encountered the message “An error occurred. Please try again later,” while those using mobile apps … Read more
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has called on Netflix subscribers to cancel their subscriptions following the release of a new Transformers cartoon, Transformers Earthspeak, citing concerns over its portrayal of gender identity. Musk made the statement on his social media platform X, claiming the show promotes “woke gender identity propaganda.” The announcement comes … Read more
Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform positioned as a rival to Elon Musk’s X, is on the verge of overtaking its competitor in daily active mobile users, according to new data from web analytics firm Similarweb. The report indicates that Threads has steadily grown its base across iOS and Android, drawing closer to X’s estimated 130 million … Read more
