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Niantic has made Pokemon GO’s hacker, spoofer, and cheater scene their primary target. If what we’re to understand is entirely true, Niantic’s leadership has made it a priority to take hardline measures against the otherwise relentless Pokemon GO cheater community. Not least of all because of the amount of revenue the company has generated over […]

After announcing a planned unveiling in September 2017 for Tesla Semi, Tesla’s all-electric semi truck, CEO Elon Musk released the first teaser image of the truck today. Musk is currently giving a TED talk today about his projects and after releasing the concept for his new ‘Boring Company’, he talked briefly about Tesla Semi. He confirmed that the […]

Instagram made some changes to its mobile website this week, and now its users no longer need to use the Instagram app to upload photos they want to share. Now, Facebook-owned Instagram’s 700 million users will be able to upload photos using the service’s mobile website on a mobile device like a smartphone or tablet. […]

On Thursday, YouTube unveiled a new plan to fund a slate of shows from big-name celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Hart, and Katy Perry. Significantly, these shows will live on YouTube’s main ad-supported service, and not on its $9.99-a-month subscription service, YouTube Red. That means they will be free for everyone to watch. Complete article: YouTube starts shows […]

Popular messaging service WhatsApp came back online Wednesday evening after the app suffered a global outage that halted user communication for several hours, the company said. WhatsApp went down in parts of India, Canada, the U.S. and Brazil, Reuters reported, adding that the outage affected users on Apple’s iOS operating system, Google Android devices and Microsoft […]

Facebook announced today that its new Messenger game-playing features are now available to the entire 1.2 billion people who use the app every month. Instant Games, as the platform is called, first launched in closed beta last November with arcade titles like Pac-Man and Galaga. The platform also reintroduced Facebook browser hallmarks like Zynga’s Words […]

Grohmann had disagreed with Musk’s demands to focus management attention on Tesla projects to the detriment of Grohmann Engineering’s legacy clients, including German carmakers Daimler and BMW, Reuters reported on Thursday. Originally, Tesla had planned to keep Grohmann on, and Grohmann wanted to stay, but the clash with Musk over how to treat existing clients […]

In the era of the selfie, there’s no shortage of apps that can make you better looking, turn you into a dog, or even swap your face onto someone else’s. Now, there’s an app that can alter your gender entirely, age you, or add a smile to your face. Called FaceApp, the app can take a selfie […]

The new Tesla Roadster is still a few years away – we can only hope it looks as sleek as this inspired design render. In the next few years, Tesla will rapidly expand its EV line-up starting with the entry-level Model 3 sedan and the Model Y crossover. Elon Musk is even contemplating a Tesla […]

To the surprise of many, WhatsApp has released some interesting features on its beta version of the app. The messaging platform`s beta version has now an ‘unsend’ option; so from now on, the users have now the choice to delete their messages they have already sent. However, the WhatsApp users have been given five minutes […]

The folks over at Spotify had to have been impressed when Andrew Chang first revealed Spotty, a third-party Spotify companion app for the Apple Watch. We went hands-on with Spotty back in early February, and were likewise impressed by the app’s full-featured design, offline Spotify playback ability, and workout integration. After being met with some […]

In addition to giving you way too much information about your family, friends, and that person you met at a social event but weren’t cool enough to exchange phone numbers with, Facebook has been quietly rolling out new features. The latest of these enhancements is the ability to add a colored background to your text-only […]