Tech

Three-fourths of teens say they have watched pornography online and more than half say they were exposed to it by the age of 13, a new survey suggests. The report, “Teens and Pornography,” released by the nonprofit organization Common Sense Media, found the average age reported for first viewing online pornography was 12. But 15% said they had seen online pornography […]

RIT held a tournament this past weekend. It wasn’t a sports event, but it did have to do with technology. The Rochester Institute of Technology held a cyber security hacking tournament with some of the top hacking teams. The teams weren’t breaking any laws with the competition, this is what they call ethical hacking. The […]

Seattle’s public school district filed a lawsuit against Big Tech companies. The suit claims that the companies were responsible for a worsening mental health crisis among students and directly affected the schools’ ability to carry out their educational mission. The complaint, filed against Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), Meta Platforms Inc (META.O), Snap Inc (SNAP.N) and TikTok-owner […]

Beyonce is on Apple Fitness+ Artist Spotlight series. The Beyoncé-inspired exercises will be accessible through the Fitness app. The app will feature seven specifically tailored cycling, dancing, HIIT, pilates, strength, treadmill, and yoga workouts that will use her music. Later this month, Apple Fitness+ will launch additional Artist Spotlight programs including Foo Fighters and Bad […]

Were having issues with your Instagram account ? The social media giant Meta took to Twitter to inform users that the platform had an outage that caused several accounts to be suspended, removed or just wasn’t loading properly. Last week the company’s WhatsApp crashed for hours. Meta has yet to say what caused the outage. https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/10/instagram-app-crashes-users-randomly-suspended-in-outage.html

Apple could be expanding from phones, pads and watches to health insurance. Analyst CCS Insight believes that Apple will take first steps into the U.S. health insurance market in partnership with a major insurer, by 2024. Apple already collects data such as blood pressure, blood oxygen levels, ECG readings and body temperature from the Watch. […]

Kanye “Ye” West’s Twitter account was locked by the social media platform for violating its policies. A spokesperson for the company said in a statement, Twitter did not indicate which specific posts by West led to the decision to restrict his account. The restriction comes after West took to Twitter after facing a similar restriction […]

Officials in New York are mulling a bill that would mandate speed limiters in new vehicles that would be set to the local maximum allowable limit. The system would use GPS and traffic sign recognition technology to determine the speed limit. The name of the technology is (ISA) Active Intelligent Speed Assistance. It cites the […]

New York is among 17 states looking to follow vehicle emission standards tied to rules established in California. The state’s new rules that require all new cars, pickups and SUVs to be electric or hydrogen-powered by 2035. Washington, Massachusetts, , Oregon and Vermont are also expected to adopt the ban on new gasoline-fueled vehicles. Under […]