Apple's 2021 iPad has recently seen a major price drop, hitting a new all-time low of just $250. This is a significant discount from its original price of $329, making it an even more attractive option for budget-conscious consumers. The price cut has been applied across multiple retailers, including Amazon and Best Buy. The 2021 iPad is a popular choice…

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that 2022 was a successful year for the messaging app. Telegram reached the impressive mark of 700 million active users, cementing its place among the top five most downloaded mobile apps in the world. In addition, 2022 was Telegram's first year of monetization, and the results exceeded the company's expectations, providing a solid financial foundation…

Apple insider Mark Gurman says the company has assembled a secret team working on implementing a non-invasive glucometer in the Apple Watch and some other interesting projects. He also said that the company's upcoming headset will probably be able to work without an iPhone. XDG Labs.Apple has long been known for keeping future products secret, but even by those standards,…

Meta is testing paid verification for Instagram and Facebook for $11.99 a month online and $14.99 a month on mobile. In an update on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the "Meta Verified" account gives users a verified badge, increased visibility across platforms, priority customer support and more. The feature launches this week in Australia and New Zealand and will…

Samsung unveiled a new Message Guard security feature for its Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets that could better protect users from "zero-click" cyberattacks disguised as image attachments to messages. Zero-click attacks, in which spyware and other malicious code are installed on devices without any interaction from the owner, have become increasingly common over the past few years. One of…

TikTok continues its efforts to turn its app into a place to shop, attracting more brands for its "Shop" initiative, which allows companies to sell their products directly in the app with full checkout options. TikTok began testing stores in the U.S. last November, and we now know that several more brands are participating in this initial testing phase. According…

Google has announced several new ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve its search functions. AI has played a crucial role in Google's search technology from the beginning, improving the company's language understanding capabilities. Through further investments in AI, Google has expanded its understanding of information to include images, videos and even real-world insights. Here's how Google is using…

Uber Technologies ( UBER ) is on the upswing ahead of its fourth-quarter results to be released before markets open Wednesday, with demand for its rides and deliveries up, fares higher and the number of drivers fully recovered from steep losses due to the pandemic. The company is on track to post the first profitable year in its history based…

Mark Zuckerberg's ambitions for the Meta universe still look like a money pit, which has cost Meta tens of billions of dollars over the past two years. The company's financial statements for the end of 2022 exacerbate previous large losses from Reality Labs, but Meta management remains committed to the venture. Meta's fourth-quarter 2022 financials show that its VR unit's…

Gold prices continued to rise Thursday, hitting a high in more than nine months after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by an expected 25 basis points and comments from Chairman Jerome Powell were seen as dovish by the market. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1953.76 an ounce as of 02:06 GMT after reaching its highest level since April 2022…