MrBeast leads the top 10 highest-paid YouTubers of 2021 with $54 million
Nastya is the only female YouTuber in the list
Walmart could enter the metaverse with crypto and NFTs
Walmart's entry into the metaverse could be huge
People are selling NFTs featuring stolen images of influencers and YouTube gaming stars
Some NFTs showed images photoshopped onto porn magazines
Netflix hikes prices across the board for US subscribers
Netflix's second price increase during the pandemic
Russia says it has shut down notorious REvil ransomware group
More than a dozen arrested, millions in cash and assets seized
YouTube has its first 10 billion view video, and it's not from Psy
The next closest competitor is about 2.2 billion views behind
Apple stops blaming carriers for blocking iCloud Private Relay with a quiet change to its error message
It appears Private Relay may have been disabled by default in the previous beta update
Comcast reaches speeds north of 4 Gbps with latest 10G modem test
The initiative's end goal is to hit speeds of 10 Gbps
WordPress plugin vulnerabilities more than doubled in 2021
Three out of four WordPress plugin vulnerabilities have known public exploits
Second Life founder returns for another crack at the metaverse
Was Second Life ahead of its time?
The developer who ripped off an already ripped-off game apologizes for ripping it off
He is currently appealing Apple's decision to remove his app
Jack Dorsey wants to create a legal defense fund for Bitcoin developers
Dorsey has a vested interest in Bitcoin
This 717 gigapixel photograph of The Night Watch is viewable online for free
The world's largest digital image of a piece of art
Signal CEO steps down, appoints WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton as interim chief
Signal is searching for a permanent CEO
Cyberattacks reached record-setting levels in 2021, thanks in part to Log4J
December was an especially rough month for IT departments
The Associated Press will sell its photography as NFTs
Pulitzer Prize-winning images will be up for grabs, among others
Last year saw a record number of gaming tweets; these were the most talked-about titles
A few surprises on the list
Peacock's Fresh Prince reboot gets official trailer ahead of February premiere
A modern take on the 90s sitcom
PayPal is considering launching its own asset-backed stablecoin
Evidence of PayPal Coin found in company's iOS app
French privacy regulator hits Google and Facebook with fines over deceptive UI design
Users can accept all tracking cookies with a single click, but rejecting them is too confusing and difficult
Who said this: "Two years from now, (email) spam will be solved"?
A well-known tech executive dared to say this at the 2004 World Economic Forum
TikTok videos will soon show up at airports, hotels and restaurants
TikTok and Atmosphere have partnered to bring social media videos to public spaces
Popcorn Time shuts down due to lack of activity
The world doesn't need Popcorn Time anymore.
Pioneering tech site HardOCP returns in limited capacity
More of a personal blog than a full-fledged tech site
Tumblr is censoring over 400 tags from its iOS app to comply with Apple's App Store rules
'About,' 'selfie,' 'paint mixing,' and hundreds of others are 'no-no words'