Amazon now sells prescription pet pills
Amazon now sells prescription pet pills Amazon is expanding its prescription medication business to include your pooches and pussycats. Through its Vetsource partnership announced on Thursday, Amazon says that “hundreds of prescription pet medications” will now be available for US customers to purchase via Amazon’s storefront, including treatments for fleas, ticks, and chronic conditions. Prescription […]
Threads adds dashboard to better explain post and account restrictions
Threads adds dashboard to better explain post and account restrictions Threads is getting a new transparency feature that allows users to see how their accounts are being reprimanded for breaking the platform’s rules. Video ads are also making their debut on the platform. The new account status dashboard is similar to existing account features on […]
Why am I internet-stalking the pope?
Why am I internet-stalking the pope? The moment the white smoke appeared above the Sistine Chapel, I immediately turned on my television, because I wanted to see who the new pope would be, and then hopped on social media, because I knew that the internet could tell me more about the new pope faster than […]
Instagram CEO testifies about competing with TikTok: ‘You’re either growing, or you’re slowly dying’
Instagram CEO testifies about competing with TikTok: 'You're either growing, or you're slowly dying' Instagram CEO testifies about competing with TikTok: ‘You’re either growing, or you’re slowly dying’ When Adam Mosseri took over Meta-owned Instagram as CEO in 2018, the app was experiencing what he’d later call “concerning” drops and plateaus in user engagement, thanks […]
Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in prison
Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in prison Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the collapsed cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud that led to “billions in losses,” the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Celsius, which held $25 billion in assets at […]
Razer’s Clio is a $230 surround sound head cushion
Razer's Clio is a $230 surround sound head cushion Razer’s Clio is a $230 surround sound head cushion The Razer Clio speaker is potentially a more comfortable alternative to wearing wireless headphones. | Image: Razer Razer has announced three new products today, including an alternative to wireless headphones called the Clio that’s designed to attach […]
Congress votes to pull funding for free Wi-Fi hotspots at schools and libraries
Congress votes to pull funding for free Wi-Fi hotspots at schools and libraries The Senate has voted to end a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule that used federal funding to cover Wi-Fi hotspots that could be used outside of school and libraries. The program, first implemented by former FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, applied funds from […]
Apple is planning smart glasses with and without AR
Apple is planning smart glasses with and without AR Apple has “made progress” on a chip for potential smart glasses that would be competitors to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, according to Bloomberg. The chip is apparently based on the chips Apple uses for the Apple Watch, though the company has removed parts and is […]
Judge dismisses most charges against FTX’s celebrity boosters
Judge dismisses most charges against FTX's celebrity boosters Judge dismisses most charges against FTX’s celebrity boosters A federal judge in Florida dismissed most claims against athletes, actors, YouTubers, and other celebrities who endorsed Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange, ruling that there isn’t sufficient proof that they knew about FTX or Bankman-Fried’s fraudulent acts. The high-profile defendants, […]
FTC v. Meta live: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri takes the stand
FTC v. Meta live: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri takes the stand Meta antitrust trial The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about whether then-Facebook illegally monopolized the market for “personal social networking […]