Capital One has a new tool to help keep track of all your subscriptions

Capital One launched on Wednesday a free, integrated subscription management tool, allowing customers to track, block, and cancel recurring payments from over 10,000 merchants directly through its mobile app.

The new tool should come as welcome relief for the many Americans who find themselves struggling to keep track of recurring payments. Whether it’s streaming services, fitness apps, or meal de

What are VTubers? The controversial class of streamers, explained

VTubers, the internet creators who use digital avatars while live-streaming, blew up on YouTube in the late 2010s. Since then, the streamers have expanded across other platforms. Twitch’s most popular streamer is VTuber Ironmouse, with 236,505 active subscribers

But lately, the VTubers have been in a panic. YouTube and Twitch accounts are continually shutting down their channels, citing a variety of rules including “u

How AI can unlock innovation across our nation’s research institutions

At a university campus in Rolla, Missouri (population 22,000), a small team of scientists is developing a glass powder that, when applied to wounds, significantly improves blood clotting and reduces risk of infection. In addition to saving lives, the technology has the industry excited for its commercial potential.

The Midwest university behind the research is not one you typically see on the front pages of news sites: it’s the Missouri University of Science and Technology, a land-

The Internet Archive is even more essential than I realized

It never dawned on me that I might be insufficiently grateful for the Internet Archive. For many years, I’ve used it on something close to a daily basis, including to research numerous articles I couldn’t have written otherwise. I’ve uploaded some of my own work to it, shipped off my grandfather’s scholarly library for scanning, and donated money (though not enough).

But over theplast week, I’ve grow

How Libya and Tuvalu are cashing in on their top-level domain names

Anguilla is raking in extra revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, but it’s not the only place cashing in on demand for websites with distinct

Is ghosting someone online ever OK?

There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules? When can we really remind someone of our old Venmo request? What happens when someone tries to flirt with you on LinkedIn?

Fortunately, terminally online writers Delia Cai and St

DoNotPay will now call customer service hotlines for you

If you dread the thought of calling to change an airline ticket or negotiate your internet bill, a new artificial intelligence tool may provide a solution.

DoNotPay, which offers an assortment of consumer-friendly services like tracking subscriptions, generating burner phone numbers, and searching for unclaimed property, now features a bot that will call customer service numbers for users, navigate through p

How Wikipedia is staying relevant in the AI era

Despite the rise of such AI models as ChatGPT and Google Gemini, “old-school” Wikipedia remains one of the most visited sites around the world—with 15 billion visitors every month. Maryana Iskander, CEO of Wikimedia, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia, offers how the platform is holding ground against AI competitors, and navigating one of the most hotly debated issues of our time: Where can we find information that we can trust in 2024? 

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‘We work at Salesforce, of course we’re going to enjoy the free snacks’: Employees are becoming influencers for their own companies

Even your FYP (For You Page) isn’t safe from the corporate grind. The influencer-industrial complex is so pervasive, employees are now becoming influencers for their own companies. From “outfit of the day” to “day in the life” videos, employees across industries are stepping into the spotlight to be the face of their employer’s social media accounts. 

No longer

Spotify is adding new markets to its music video test

Spotify is expanding its beta test of adding music videos to the platform by several dozen regions, though it still is unavailable in the U.S.

Spotify introduced music videos to its platform earlier this year for a number of Premium subscribers as “another way to connect with the songs and artists they love,” the company said. Spotify said that users who discover a song and then watch the accompanying video on Spotify are 34% more likely on average to listen to the song


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