After gasps and fits and a death rattle that lasted nearly four years, the Electronic Entertainment Expo—or E3, the video game industry’s largest trade show—is now dead and gone forever.
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which hosted the event, made the announcement Tuesday morning, confirming something most of us saw coming, but still hoped would not. It truly is the end of an era, though one that might have been inevitable.
E3 was a loud,
A federal judge in Texas upheld the state’s TikTok ban on official devices and networks, rejecting a challenge brought by an organization that claimed the restrictions violated the First Amendment.
The lawsuit, filed in July by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, had argued the ban on official devices—which extends to public universities—was impeding academic freedom and compromising on the ability of professors to teach and do
One in five messages posted on the social media platform X contain an emoji. The cartoonish representations of smiley faces, human beings, and objects have become a key part of how we communicate in the 21st century. They help us understand each other—and the world, which is why conservation biologists have called for the number of emoji to be rapidly expanded to better represent the biodiversity on our planet.
At present, the list of emoji users can deploy in conversations i
With only a few weeks left to 2023, Snapchat is cutting it close, but it will soon begin rolling out its Snapchat Recap feature to Snapchatters everywhere. Snapchat Recap, previously called Snapchat Year End Stories, gives Snapchatters a look back at some of their Memories posted throughout the year.
In 2023, Snapchat Recap includes several categories based on the Memories a user posted. The categories include:
- “New Year, New Me,” which
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire.
The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within Google’s Play Store. The store is the main place whe
While a number of companies and nonprofits are experimenting with AI-powered tutors, Merlyn Mind is rolling out an AI-enabled assistant for teachers to use in the classroom.
The new tool can be installed on a teacher’s laptop, where it awaits voice commands to answer in-class questions, pull up lessons on platforms like PowerPoint, or send assignments and other materials to students. Merlyn Mind cofounder and CEO Satya Nitta, who previously worked on AI tools for learning at
An odd new episode of South Park began floating around Twitter last summer. The characters and setting looked familiar, and the voices were almost right, but something was slightly off. In the episode, Eric Cartman is disappointed that Hollywood actors have gone on strike. He creates a deepfake app that can put any actor’s likeness into any movie and, with a friend, pitches it to Marc Andreessen. They also attempt to recruit Harrison Ford, Meryl Streep, and Tom Cruise, only to discover
Three in ten Americans read digital books. Whether they’re accessing online textbooks or checking out the latest bestselling e-book from the public library, the majority of these readers are subject to both the greed of Big Publishing and the priorities of Big Tech. In fact, Amazon’s Kindle held 72% of the e-reader market in 2022. And if there’s one thing we know about Big Tech companies like Amazon, their real product isn’t the book. It’s the user data.
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You can record a conversation in Zoom or whatever other meeting tool you use, but dedicated recording software has a few advantages.
First, it tends to preserve the recording more reliably if your connection drops. Second, the software is designed specifically to optimize sound quality. Third, each has some bonus feat
Thanks to smartphones, the days of lugging around a sound machine on your travels to help soothe frazzled nerves at the end of the day have been over for quite some time.
That said, there’s an almost endless collection of iPhone white-noise apps available on Apple’s App Store—some are great, while most leave more than a bit to be desired.
If you’re looking for great ones, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a handful of worthy c