Telegram, the popular messenger with 800 million monthly active users worldwide, is inching closer to adopting an ecosystem strategy that is reminiscent of WeChat’s super app approach. Certain aspects of the ecosystem will be decentralized with help from two heavyweights: Telegram’s crypto partner TON Foundation and WeChat’s owner Tencent. Telegram has been working on a …
X will make audio and video calls a premium subscriber-only feature
Last month X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed that video calls would be coming to the app formerly known as Twitter as part of its transition into an “everything app.” Now, new code in the X app reveals that both audio and video calls will be supported. However, the feature will not be available to all …
‘Dumb Money’ review: GameStop comedy tries and fails to be ‘The Social Network’
Dumb Money really wants to be David Fincher’s The Social Network for the hyper meme-ified, “extremely online” era. It’s a lofty goal, of which Craig Gillespie’s GameStop short squeeze chronicle frequently falls short. However, this is a metric occasionally worth setting aside in order to appreciate what it does manage to achieve: It’s an extremely …
‘Where the Devil Roams’ review: Don’t miss this twisted family road trip
All you need to know about Where the Devil Roams can be summed up by one headline that flashes onscreen during a montage: “Gruesome family act steals the show.” The headline certainly describes the film, but it could just as easily apply to the family of filmmakers who brought it to life: the Adams family. …
California governor vetoes bill to ban driverless AV trucks
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have required a human safety operator to be present any time a self-driving truck operated on public roads in the state. The win for the autonomous trucking industry comes after the California Senate had passed the bill in mid-September. The bill would have effectively banned …
Paid Off Your Home? Keep Your Home Insured!
Depending on where you live, homeowner’s insurance isn’t legally mandatory. In most, but not all, cases, home insurance is simply a condition of your mortgage. Most brokerages won’t offer you a mortgage without it. One day, however, when you pay off your mortgage, you may be within your legal rights to forgo this coverage. Considering …