Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" joins YouTube's billion view club
Rickrolling continues to be a popular bait-and-switch gag on the Internet
Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?
A P2P platform for video sharing, a dating service, or a web-based movie theater for indie films?
Aukey earbuds found listed on Amazon despite ban for fraudulent reviews
Products listed were 'sponsored' for top search results
Citizen app pays $200 to $250 a day to track and livestream crimes and emergencies
Citizen currently has 12 "field team members" filming such events
More and more malware is using Discord's CDN for abuse
The would-be IRC successor proves just as useful for hackers
Twitter and Snap saw record revenue growth in Q2
The two social giants are optimistic about their outlook
Facebook spent more than $31 million on personal security for Zuckerberg and Sandberg in 2020
Keeping Facebook's top brass safe is costly
European Commission plans to prohibit anonymous crypto transfers and wallets
The European Commission hopes to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing using crypto
DuckDuckGo launches 'Email Protection' beta that strips trackers from emails
Also allows users to create disposable email addresses
Netflix hires former EA exec, could start offering video games within the next year
Moving beyond interactive experiences?
Google will soon let Chrome users activate 'HTTPS-First mode'
It attempts to upgrade page loads to HTTPS
Facebook hopes $1 billion investment will lure content creators to its platforms
Facebook is dangling a carrot in front of content creators
Microsoft Windows 365 moves your PC to the cloud
A new attempt for the so-called Cloud PC
French watchdog fines Google $591M for failing to negotiate fair deals with local news publishers
Regulators aren't happy with Google's definition of a fair deal
Twitter accidentally gave its blue tick verification badge to six fake accounts
When blue doesn't equal true
Square Enix Store ran out of game codes of Final Fantasy XIV Complete Edition
Even digital copies can sell out from time to time
Biden tells Putin: act on Russian ransomware attacks
The two leaders held an hour-long phone call on Friday
Newegg launches PC building service for an additional $99
Newegg will assemble your custom PC and ship it to your door
TikTok is testing a Cameo-like feature that lets users buy personalized videos from creators
TikTok is borrowing a page from Cameo's playbook
NFT sales increase to $2.5 billion in H1 2021 from less than $15 million a year ago
It looks like NFTs are here to stay
Porn site XTube is shutting down as parent MindGeek faces lawsuit
One of the first porn sites to allow user uploads closes on September 5
Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature in iOS 14 is driving advertisers to Android
Pricing of Android ads has increased as a result
Spain investigating Apple and Amazon over anti-competitive practices
The CNMC's findings could restrict the sale of the companies' products in Spain
The World Wide Web source code NFT has been sold for $5.4M
Proceeds will be directed to initiatives that Tim and his wife support