Thomas Maxwell

Thomas Maxwell is a business and technology reporter. He previously worked at Business Insider, where he covered big tech companies including Google and Meta. You can follow Thomas on X/Twitter @tomaxwell, or contact him securely via Signal @mothybot.66.

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Tech NewsCryptocurrencies

Trump Already Preparing to Load Up Government with Pro-Crypto Officials

Time to get your grifts ready.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 11, 2024
Tech NewsTwitter

Elon Musk’s X Appears to Be Making Grok AI Free for Some Users

The supposedly free speech-forward chatbot has been limited to paying X users thus far.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 11, 2024
Tech NewsAmazon

Amazon Is Reportedly Developing Smart Glasses for Delivery Drivers

Glasses based off the existing Echo Frames could provide information like turn-by-turn directions.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 11, 2024
Tech NewsApple

Apple Has Begun Selling iPhone 16 Replacement Parts

The company faced criticism for years over its resistance to third-party repairs.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 10, 2024
Tech News

Hackers Keep Stealing Tickets From People’s Ticketmaster Accounts

Ticketmaster controls a majority of major concert venues' ticketing.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 10, 2024
Tech News

Good News: Instagram Will Stop Refreshing Right When You Open It

Users long complained about seeing an interesting photo or video atop their feeds as they opened the app, only for it to quickly disappear.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 10, 2024
Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Chegg Is On Its Last Legs After ChatGPT Sent Its Stock Down 99%

After seeing its stock fall 99%, there are doubts the online education company will be able to pay its debts.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 9, 2024
Tech NewsCryptocurrencies

Creator of Crypto Mixer ‘Bitcoin Fog’ Gets 12 1/2 Years In Prison

Roman Sterlingov testified at trial that he never operated Bitcoin Fog, which allowed users to obfuscate the origins of their crypto.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 9, 2024
Tech News

Cops Have Less Time to Break Into iPhones Thanks to iOS 18.1 Security Measure

Apple seems to have introduced an "activity timer" into iOS 18.1 that reboots devices after a set period of time, making it harder to break into them.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 9, 2024
Tech News

Scientists Are Testing AI That Could Detect Pain in Goats Just By Their Facial Expressions

Identifying when animals are in pain is good for moral reasons, of course, but also for maximizing their productivity.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 9, 2024
Tech NewsCryptocurrencies

Detroit Will Let You Pay Your Taxes in Bitcoin. You Probably Shouldn’t Do That

The guy who spent 10,000 Bitcoin on a pizza probably would warn you against doing this.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 9, 2024
Tech NewsNews

Intel to Beleaguered Staffers: Ok, You Can Have Office Coffee Again

How about pizza parties next?

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 8, 2024
Tech NewsCybersecurity

Hackers Are Using Police Emails to Send Tech Companies Fraudulent Data Requests

Law enforcement send "emergency" requests to tech giants when they believe it's necessary to stop an immediate threat. Hackers are taking advantage of that.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 8, 2024
Tech News

Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post Launches an AI Product After Losing 250K Subscribers

"Ask The Post" lets readers ask questions and receive AI-generated responses based on the newspaper's back catalog of reporting.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 7, 2024
Tech NewsCulture

Voice of AOL’s Iconic ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Alert Dies at 74

Elwood Edwards was paid $200 to record the iconic message back in 1989.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 7, 2024
Tech NewsGaming

Clearly Hard Up for Cash, Nvidia to Limit GeForce Now Users to 100 Hours of Playtime a Month

That comes out to about 3 hours of usage per day.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 7, 2024
Tech NewsPolitics

Elon Musk Lawyers Admit $1 Million Voter ‘Giveaway’ Wasn’t Random at All

Philadelphia District Attorney called the giveaway a "grift" and "one of the great scams of the last 50 years."

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 4, 2024
Tech NewsGaming

Netflix Finally Gives Up on Interactive Shows, Pivots to ‘GenAI for Games’

The company also recently shuttered a studio developing a AAA multiplatform game.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 4, 2024
Tech NewsFacebook

Mark Zuckerberg’s Nuclear-Powered Data Center for AI Derailed by Bees

Even if AI turns out to be a hype cycle, getting a lot of clean energy could make it worth the hassle.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 4, 2024
Tech NewsTwitter

X Says It Has Begun Rolling Out Controversial Change to Block Function

Now when you block someone they won't be able to interact with you, but they can still view your posts.

By Thomas Maxwell Published November 3, 2024