The long-awaited Ethereum “Merge” is finally complete, and it brings with it significant innovation for the world’s second-largest blockchain. Most notably, the Merge moves Ethereum away from the proof-of-work system it’s used since its inception;…

Popular fertility app Flo is rolling out a new “Anonymous Mode,” a privacy feature the company first promised mere hours after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The addition is particularly notable given that Flo is currently facing a class-action…

A coalition of 13 privacy-focused tech companies, including the likes of Mozilla, DuckDuckGo, and Brave, this week sent a letter voicing their support for the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA). The letter (which you can read in full…

Kobo today announced the release of the Clara 2E, an updated version of its buttonless mid-range e-reader. The Clara 2E includes many of the features Kobo has been introducing to its more high-end e-readers, including Bluetooth connectivity,…

Cryptocurrency isn’t the only industry taking a nosedive right now; every area of the tech world is reeling from budget cuts and sales downturns this year. Layoffs are the new normal, and no job is as steady as it seems. The middle part of 2022 is…

Nissan’s Leaf, an early popular all-electric vehicle, can officially use the bidirectional charging capabilities that have long been built into its circuitry. The automaker has partnered with Fermata Energy to release an official charger — the FE-15…

Amazon’s new entry-level Kindle is less entry-level than ever, with many of the more premium features usually reserved for more expensive models coming to this year’s baseline. The new Kindle looks nearly identical to the 2019 Kindle — it’s just a 6”…

Q&A An interview with senior curator Paola Antonelli and collection specialist Paul Galloway on the opening of MoMA’s exhibition "Never Alone." While some critics have spent the last decade arguing about whether or not video games should be…

Twitter’s shareholders have officially voted in favor of Elon Musk’s proposed $44 billion buyout of the company. And that’s even with Musk shouting across the ring that he doesn’t want the deal to go through. The majority approval isn’t exactly…

Mark Zuckerberg may be TikTok’s most prolific hater, but tech leaders across the board have been complaining about the app’s groundbreaking success as of late. To watch Big Tech gang up against TikTok, we need look no further than Vox’s Code…

The Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google has finally made its way to the courtroom. In the first major hearing to stem from the case, DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer said Google pays out “enormous numbers” to keep its search engine…

European safety regulators have given Tesla’s Model Y “safety assist” system the highest ranking of any automaker in the world, a rare vote of confidence for Tesla’s driver-assist program. The Euro New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) gave the 2022…

The James Dyson Foundation has announced the U.S. winner of this year’s James Dyson Award: a customizable scoliosis brace that can accommodate patient growth for up to three years. The “Airy,” designed by Sangyu Xi, can be set up and adjusted at…

Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking program, Birdwatch, accepted a QAnon supporter account into its ranks, according to a leaked internal audit. To make matters even worse, Twitter had been warned by experts ahead of time that this exact scenario…

The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating Amazon’s Prime business for a while now, but the scope of that investigation is being broadened to include the company’s recent acquisitions in healthcare and robotics. Reports from The Wall Street…

The FCC has announced another round of grants for broadband internet providers, totaling $791.6 million and set to cover 350,000 homes in 19 states. Notably absent from the grant approvals: SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet program. The top three…

Twitter has at long last begun testing an edit button, after many years of users clamoring for the feature. But the edit button will only be available for Twitter Blue subscribers, the price of which is nearly doubling on October 1 to $4.99 per…

After weeks in the spotlight for failing its users, Instagram has published a blog post reminding the public how we can see more of what we want on our feeds. The post does not introduce new features that might fix the overwhelming algorithm changes…

The U.S. Department of Justice is finalizing an an antitrust lawsuit against Apple that could potentially cover many aspects of the tech giant’s hardware and software businesses. Sources familiar with the matter told Politico the DOJ hopes to file…

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Kochava, a data analytics company, for selling location data from “hundreds of millions of mobile devices.” The geolocation data in question included identifiable information that could trace individuals back to…