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Twitter will expand beyond the 280 character limit with Notes, its upcoming blog-like platform Twitter put microblogging on the map, with its 140-character limit —later bumped to 280— spawning some real creativity online. That said, not every opinion or thought is best kept to a handful of sentences. In the past, Twitter users have turned to threads for expanding on ideas, connecting dozens of tweets into one long series. It looks like the days of relying on threads might be numbered, as the company confirmed it’s working on bringing out-and-out blogging to its platform....

What Are Ethereum’s NFT Standards and How Do They Differ? No NFTs are created equal. In fact, they’re not all created in the same way. The Ethereum Foundation has a number of different NFT standards that allow users to create different kinds of NFTs that behave differently or have different utilities. Here, we’ll look at a few of the NFT-centric ERCs and EIPs you should know about. Understanding Ethereum Standards Before we dive into the different Ethereum standards for NFTs, let’s quickly consider how Ethereum standards come to be....

What Are the 5 Most Expensive EVs You Can Buy? Electric vehicles have a reputation for being more expensive than their gas-powered counterparts. This is a fair assessment at the moment, but eventually, EVs will go down in price. Regardless, some electric cars are insanely expensive and supremely capable. Some of the best vehicles currently for sale are electric, especially at the extremes of the price spectrum. EVs are present in categories as diverse as hypercars, all the way to luxury sedans....

What Is an ATM Jackpotting Attack and How Does It Work? If you regularly use ATMs, you might have heard the term “jackpotting” in the headlines. Although this has been around for a little while, jackpotting has become an increasingly popular form of hacking, particularly in Europe and Asia. So what is ATM jackpotting? How exactly do ATM hackers go about carrying out this attack? What Is ATM Jackpotting? ATM jackpotting is the detection and exploitation of the vulnerabilities of an Automated Teller Machine, aka ATM....

What Is the JCPA “Link Tax” and Why Is It Being Proposed? On March 10, 2021, House Resolution 1735 was introduced in the U.S. Congress. Simultaneously, a similar bill, S. 673, was filed in the U.S. Senate. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2021 (JCPA) bill has since been going back and forth on the Hill, going through numerous amendments and revisions. But what exactly is the JCPA, why do we need it, and why is it stirring up controversy in digital media?...

Embrace your inner bookworm this Cyber Monday by saving $50 on the Kindle Paperwhite The Kindle Paperwhite is the middle child, but still a top performer when it comes to reading e-books, thanks to its clear 6.8-inch E Ink display, warm lighting, and 16GB of storage. This way, with the highly-portable Kindle Paperwhite, you could keep all of your favorite e-books in one place at arm’s length at all times....

Google is already scaling back Assistant Driving Mode, marking the true death of Android Auto on your phone If you drive a car without a dashboard display, it’s been a rough couple of years. Last year, Google shut down Android Auto for phone screens on Android 12 and beyond, with theapp shuttering entirely for all users this year. Earlier this week, we learnedAssistant Driving Mode was dropping the Maps cardfrom its dashboard....

How Gmail’s Blue Checkmarks Could Protect You From Phishing Emails Authenticity is hard to come by on the internet, and nowhere is that more apparent than with emails. A message which appears to come from your bank, your healthcare provider, or your ISP often turns out to be an attempt to steal your money and your identity. Google is introducing blue checkmarks to emails from certain senders, indicating that they’re safe, trustworthy, and from who they say they are....

WhatsApp is working to let users manually change the app’s language WhatsAppis one of the most used messaging apps around, with approximatelytwo billion monthly users— a number that eclipses even giants like Facebook Messenger and WeChat in comparison, and also represents a sizable chunk of the world’s population. As is only befitting software with that kind of popularity, it’s available in a lot of languages — over 60. Right now, the language the app uses is determined by your phone, but a new change may start giving users a lot more control....

31 new emoji get Unicode approval, and Google’s letting you try them out early Emoji have become so essential to how many of us communicate online, that it’s a little hard to remember life without them. Just as written language evolves, emoji themselves need to keep abreast of the times, and the Unicode Consortium shoulders the responsibility of screening candidates and updating the library annually. With September upon us,just like clockwork, the Consortium has given the green light for Unicode 15....

6 Ways to Deal With Rude Gamers Whether it’s playing by ourselves or with our friends, we all love online games. Unfortunately, some people will always endeavor to spoil the fun for everyone. Whether you call it trolling or bad manners, nobody likes to deal with these types of gamers. The good news is that there are a few ways to deal with bad sportsmanship in gaming. Keep reading to find out more....

Checking for a Google Play system update isn’t possible on many phones right now There are more moving parts to Android than ever before and that’s thanks to Googleseparating a great number of servicesfrom the operating system proper. That means more things are getting more updates at different times. A number of users are wondering, however, about what just happened to their ability to manually check for Google Play system updates....

Fix arrives for Chromebook glitch that won’t let new users complete device setup Some proud new Chromebook owners haven’t been feeling too proud about their purchases as they haven’t been able to properly use them after encountering an out-of-box experience from purgatory. Specifically, there’s one step in the setup process where users need to agree to the Google Play Store’s terms of service in order to use Android apps — except that they couldn’t, because the terms won’t load....