Video-game players are returning to an old technology to get their dopamine fix: websites. While much of the US$189 billion video-game industry is stagnant or shrinking, the appetite for web-based games like GeoGuessr and chess is soaring. Sales for such titles – advertising and the sums players spend on in-game items – were expected to…
630 Ashlynn Park Wins The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Congratulations are in order for Ashlynn Park! The designer behind New York-based label Ashlyn has won the 2025 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, announced at the event’s ceremony last night by none other than Alex Consani. The event, which honors American design talents, awarded Park with $300,000, while grants…
Apple’s newest iPhone “case,” iPhone Pocket, is more like a functional fashion accessory that can carry an iPhone and other various pocketable items. It is a stretchy sock-like accessory designed to be carried or worn. The result of a collaboration between Apple and Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake, named for its late founder, iPhone Pocket…
Topline A broader stock market rally on Monday, fueled by eight Senate Democrats siding with Republicans to back a deal that would end the government shutdown, added tens of billions of dollars to the fortunes of the world’s richest people. The world’s wealthiest people had billions added to their combined net worth on Monday. Getty…
Apple has been forced to remove Blued and Finka, China’s two most widely-used gay dating apps, from its App Store after receiving orders from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s chief internet regulator and censorship body. The takedown, first uncovered by Wired, represents the latest blow to China’s embattled LGBTQ+ community.“We follow the laws…
Tech giant Apple has removed gay dating apps Blued and Finka from its App Store in China following pressure from the government. (Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images) Tech giant Apple has removed gay dating apps Blued and Finka from its App Store in China following pressure from the government. (Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images) Tech…
Apple has removed two of the most popular gay dating apps in China from the App Store after receiving an order from China’s main internet regulator and censorship authority, WIRED has learned. The move comes as reports of Blued and Finka disappearing from the iOS App Store and several Android app stores circulated on Chinese…
Here we are in the final two months of 2025, and are you gearing up for Thanksgiving and Christmas? If you are feeling out of sorts simply because there is too much to do, fret not — we have a self-care app that will help you get back on track with your life and daily…
Blackmagic released an update to its free camera app with some new features that streamers and professional broadcasters will appreciate. Both the Android and iOS versions of the Blackmagic Camera app can now stream directly to YouTube, Twitch, and Vimeo, removing the need for third-party apps or additional encoding hardware. You just need to select…
Apple has unveiled a comprehensive redesign of its App Store web interface, transforming what was previously a collection of static app landing pages into a fully functional storefront accessible through any web browser. The launch, which went live on November 2, 2025, marks Apple’s most significant expansion of its app ecosystem beyond its own hardware…