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By Xavier Harding

Siri’s shortcut app can now tell you your polling place and remind you to vote

Everyone's reminding you to vote. Including Siri.

Snapchat will use Bitmoji, polling maps to convince young people to vote in the midterm elections

By Xavier Harding
Snapchat adds even more Election Day features and filters.

Cybersecurity experts say these voting machines could be susceptible to hacking

By Xavier Harding
It takes less than two minutes to hack into the AccuVote TSx.

Google employees around the world are walking out to protest a culture of sexual misconduct

By Xavier Harding
Google workers respond to the handling of Andy Rubin's departure.

Game developer Toca Boca subverts stereotypes and gender norms with its games for children

By Xavier Harding
With 'Toca Life: World,' the game development studio seeks to continue prioritizing diversity and inclusion.
By Xavier Harding

Facebook has removed Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys from its site

The social network has removed the right-leaning men's group from its platform.

New emojis, iPads and Macs — here’s what Apple introduced during its October event

By Xavier Harding
Apple visited the Brooklyn Academy of Music to introduce new products.

Is Twitter getting rid of its like button?

By Xavier Harding
Twitter's communications team says they are "rethinking everything about the service."

Should driverless cars prioritize passenger or pedestrian safety? A study reveals how millions feel.

By Xavier Harding
Most people would prioritize saving the young over saving the old

Spies are reportedly tuning into Trump’s calls — here’s how to have more secure chats than POTUS

By Xavier Harding
Being more private than the president is, surprisingly, not that hard.
By Xavier Harding

Apple CEO Tim Cook calls out invasive tech companies: “Our data is being weaponized against us”

According to Cook, stalking users to improve artificial intelligence is "laziness, not efficiency."

Snapchat’s register to vote feature resulted in 400,000 new voter sign-ups

By Xavier Harding
Most of Snapchat's users are ages 18 to 24.

Nintendo is teaming up with the Institute of Play to give students a reason to play games in class

By Xavier Harding
Nintendo hopes to promote STEAM education with their Labo product.

The next iPhone XS and XR software update will address skin smoothing in selfies

By Xavier Harding
iOS 12.1 may let you take more realistic selfies.

Dating apps are getting more political ahead of midterm elections. What does that say about users?

By Natelegé Whaley
Millennial women care more about their partner being voters than millennial men, according to OkCupid data.
By Xavier Harding

How to set your iPhone’s AirDrop to receive photos from “Contacts Only”

Because creeps won't stop creepin'.

Facebook hired a former member of Europe’s Parliament as its global affairs head

By Xavier Harding
Nick Clegg will lead Facebook's global affairs and communication.

A look into Facebook’s fake news “War Room” reveals the company’s plans to tackle misinformation

By Xavier Harding
The social media juggernaut has given journalists a glimpse into their fight on fake news.

Buying Apple’s iPhone XR Friday? Here’s how to get your pre-order in before everyone else.

By Xavier Harding
Here are steps you can take to get the earliest delivery date.

Twitter is exposing and archiving misleading tweets that are tampering with our politics

By Xavier Harding
Twitter released hundreds of gigabytes worth of data related to misinformation on its platform.