The largest private Reddit community, r/malefashionadvice, with over 5 million subscribers, is now redirecting its users to Discord and Substack amidst ongoing protests on the platform. Instead of accessing the community, visitors are greeted with a page recommending Discord and Substack as alternative platforms. While r/malefashionadvice has been a valuable resource for fashion discussions and
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By Sean Hollister, a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, known for its impressive use of the PlayStation 5’s solid-state drive (SSD), has surprised PC gamers with its system requirements.
Jack Sweeney, the college student behind the banned @ElonJet Twitter account, which monitored the movements of Elon Musk’s personal jet, has now migrated his tracking project to Meta’s rival platform, Threads. Sweeney announced the arrival of ElonJet on Threads through a post on the new @elonmusksjet account. As of Monday, July 10th, the Threads account
Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, along with authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey, have filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI and Meta in a US District Court, alleging copyright infringement. The lawsuits claim that OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Meta’s LLaMA were trained on illegally-acquired datasets that contain their works. The authors state that these datasets were obtained
According to tech journalist Mark Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter on Bloomberg, Apple is currently in the early stages of experimenting with larger iMacs for its iconic desktop line. While the development is still ongoing and subject to change, Gurman suggests that a 32-inch version may be in the works. However, he does not anticipate
Twitter users were pleasantly surprised as the older version of TweetDeck made a triumphant return overnight. The feature, which had been disabled due to Twitter’s sudden implementation of a rate-limiting paywall and termination of legacy APIs, was much preferred by users. Despite the excitement among users, there was no official announcement from Twitter or prominent
Apple enthusiasts are in for a treat this week as they can find great deals on Apple’s latest computers. The 15-inch MacBook Air is currently on sale for $100 off at Amazon and B&H Photo. Additionally, the new Mac Studio, powered by the M2 Max chip, is available at a notable discount from Expercom, an
A former employee of Niantic, the AR gaming company known for Pokémon Go, has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging gender discrimination and unequal pay. The lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, claims that Niantic devalued the work of female employees and women of color, creating a hostile work environment. The employee, referred to
Japanese video game designer and co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, Yuji Naka, has been handed a suspended prison sentence and fined approximately $1.2 million (or 173 million yen) for his involvement in insider trading, according to a report from Japanese news outlet Jiji. The court sentenced Naka to 2.5 years in prison, but the sentence
Volkswagen, a major global automaker with renowned brands like Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Porsche, and Lamborghini, has revealed that it is in discussions with Tesla regarding the installation of ports in its electric vehicles (EVs) that are compatible with Tesla’s charging connectors. This announcement comes on the heels of Electrify America, Volkswagen’s EV charging station operator,