If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The earbud market is more crowded than ever, with brands cramming in new features to stand out. Some are genuinely useful (the heart rate monitor on Apple’s new …
Read More »Google's Pixel 2a Earbuds Are Shaping Up to Be a Serious Upgrade, for Less
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Made by Google event brought a ton of news from the Mountain View tech company, including new Pixel phones, an updated Pixel watch, and a new pair …
Read More »First Corporate-Sponsored White House Easter Egg Roll Draws Trump Pals Amazon, Google, Meta
First Lady Melania Trump’s Easter Egg Roll, scheduled for Monday, features corporate sponsors for the first time in the event’s history, among them major Silicon Valley corporations. The event — which takes place when egg prices are at record highs and avian flu is spreading through flocks — features a …
Read More »Trump Vows to Prosecute Google Over Negative Search Results
Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to punish Google for — in his mind — favoring Vice President Kamala Harris in results generated by its search engine. “It has been determined that Google has illegally used a system of only revealing and displaying bad stories about Donald J. Trump, some made …
Read More »Inside Snapchat's Teen Opioid Crisis
A lex Neville was one of those boys who was always in costume, wearing his obsessions on his sleeve. At three, he went around dressed as a mummy, earnestly explaining the embalming process to children in Aliso Viejo, a town in Orange County, California. At seven, he was SoCal’s shortest …
Read More »Google's AI Overview Is Spreading Conspiracies and Could Encourage Self-Harm
The biggest name in search has been making a mockery of itself, misinforming users that Barack Obama is a Muslim and that humans should eat rocks daily. It is even (trigger warning: self harm) touting the Golden Gate Bridge as the “best bridge to jump off,” highlighting the high fatality …
Read More »NewJeans Want YouTube to Identify an Online Hater So They Can Sue Them in South Korea
NewJeans are asking a federal court to make Google reveal the identity of a user who’s allegedly been posting “false and defamatory videos” about the K-pop stars on YouTube. The ex parte application was filed at the end of March after NewJeans made a criminal complaint in South Korea, but …
Read More »The Best iPhone Alternatives to Fit Your Green Text Lifestyle
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re planning on making the switch from Apple to one of the best Android phones, there are many of impressive and powerful iPhone alternatives that can make …
Read More »Travis Kelce, but Not Taylor Swift, Makes Google's 2023 Year in Trending Searches List
Every December, Google reveals a list of the year’s most popular search terms — reflecting top-trending queries on news events to historic cinematic showdowns (Barbenheimer) to musicians. This year, however, Taylor Swift — whose record-breaking Eras Tour and re-recordings have dominated 2023 — did not make the roll call. Although …
Read More »AI Technology Guzzles Water: Enough to Fill 2,500 Olympic-Sized Pools
Artificial Intelligence has its fans and detractors — with people sounding the alarm on the social implications and other dangers that were evident long before ChatGPT existed while others praise the revolutionary technology for its potential for immortality and more debate in between. While the conversation about the societal costs …
Read More »