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At a glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The latest novel adaptation from BookTok breakout star Colleen Hoover is unlikely to lose money thanks to her fan base. But the film’s bland take on loving and grieving, gooey sentimentality, slow pacing and abrupt tonal shifts make it hard going for the less romantically minded. Price When…
Apple has removed dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store for violating rules related to content moderation and user privacy. The company told TechCrunch that it pulled the apps as they broke several of its rules, including one mandating that apps can’t share or otherwise use an individual’s personal info without getting their…
Remember Tea, the dating safety app that leaked private chats and photo IDs in July? Months later, Apple has removed the iPhone app from the App Store. The storm around Tea began to brew over the summer when 404 Media reported that personal user data including driver’s licenses and chat logs from an insecure database…
Mint Mobile is one of our favorite cell service providers if you’re looking for no-frills coverage that won’t trap you in any confusing contracts loaded with potential pitfalls. Its deals are legit, offering straightforward price cuts that save shoppers money on worthwhile devices and data. It’s running one such promotion right now, featuring hundreds off…
Cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog has solved an age-old joke: what’s updog? Datadog’s answer is not, “Not much, you?” Rather, the company launched a web dashboard that shows developers the status of dozens of services and tools like AWS, Cloudflare, OpenAI, and Slack — essentially letting them check whether major software providers are functioning…
If you’re a fan of foldable devices, you probably already know a thing or two about Motorola‘s very diverse collection of modernized Razr phones with clamshell designs. One model you might not be familiar with, however, is the decidedly eye-catching (and aptly named) Razr – Swarovski (or Razr Swarovski Edition). You can purchase this puppy…
Capitol Weekly welcomes Opinions on California public policy or politics. Please read our guidelines for opinion pieces before submitting an Op-Ed. OPINION – Sept. 30 was the last day of the generous, sales-boosting federal subsidies for electric-vehicle purchases. It was also the final day that EVs could access carpool lanes with only the driver in the car….
I recently made the switch from Linux on all my ex-Windows devices, and I couldn’t be happier, especially since I’d been holding onto Windows 10 for far too long. For me, Windows 10 always felt much better than Windows 11, but at the end of the day, the operating system itself has never been the…
Mobile phones have made it easy to connect with our loved ones in just a few clicks. We rely on cell towers for signals and Wi-Fi so we can talk across borders within minutes. But the situation gets worse when the “No Service” bar pops up. We can’t call or text anyone, and our phones…
Credit: emiliozv / iStock / Getty Images Using artificial intelligence to analyze nearly 60,000 social media posts, researchers have revealed unintended negative consequences from the use of popular fitness apps. Reporting in the British Journal of Health Psychology, they found that commercial apps such as MyFitnessPal, Strava, WW (formerly Weight Watchers), Workouts, and FitCoach could…