The Amazon Echo Dot bundle deal includes six months free of music streaming. Amazon has launched a bundle deal on its popular Echo Dot ahead of Black Friday. The online retailer is offering customers the popular smart speaker alongside a free music subscription. Customers can get the fourth generation model of the Alexa and six
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Currys Black Friday 2021 sale features plenty of tech deals. Currys has launched its Black Friday 2021 sale and it features some great tech deals. The retailer becomes one of the first major names to kick off its deals and discounts. The sale features hundreds of items – more than 700 to be specific –
Private user information from an Israeli LGBT+ dating site has been leaked online by hackers, who are threatening to release more data unless they receive a $1 million ransom. Geo-located dating service Atraf was among dozens of sites hit by the Black Shadow hacking group on Friday evening (29 October) after a break in at
The Oculus Quest 2 will be at the top of many people’s Black Friday shopping list. The Oculus Quest 2 will be at the top of many people’s Christmas lists this year. The popular VR headset is the most affordable way to enjoy the world of virtual reality gaming. It’s earned rave reviews since its
OnlyFans is to further limit what users can upload. (Stock photograph via Envato Elements) OnlyFans is to ban so-called “sexually explicit” content in just a matter of weeks amid mounting pressure from banks. The subscription service popular among amateur and professional adult entertainers, where users pay for content, said Thursday (19 August) that it will
In this photo illustration the TikTok logo in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Video-sharing social networking app TikTok’s algorithm is spreading anti-LGBT+ content, according to an analysis by watchdog Media Matters. The report, published on Tuesday (18 May), found TikTok’s recommendation algorithm –
Social media sites are “categorically unsafe” for queer users, the damning report found (Manan VATSYAYANA/AFP/ Getty) Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are all “categorically unsafe” for LGBT+ people, according to a damning new study from GLAAD. GLAAD had originally planned to give grades for each site as part of a new social media safety
Members of the Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for Equality, their flag in the top left, at the St Petersburg LGBT+ Pride. (Igor Russak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An LGBT+ social media page followed by tens of thousands of queer Russians and allies blocked by authorities has vowed to continue fighting for equality. The Alliance
An Apple iPhone 11 smartphone with the Twitch video streaming app logo on screen. (Phil Barker/Future Publishing via Getty) Streaming platform Twitch has apologised after it faced backlash for using the alternative spelling “womxn” instead of “women”. The word “womxn” has come into more frequent use over the last decade, according to Dictionary.com, and is
A quarter of British people have been body-shamed on dating apps or social media. (S3studio/ Getty/ Yu Chun Christopher Wong) The dating app Bumble has banned body-shaming, which it says includes “fatphobic, ableist, racist, colourist, homophobic or transphobic” language. From Thursday (28 January), the popular dating app will ban any derogatory comments about appearance, body
The paid anti-trans advert claimed that the Equality Act will “destroy girls’ sports”. (American Principles Project/ Facebook) Facebook has removed a paid political advert by an anti-trans think tank claiming that trans athletes will “destroy girls’ sports”. The advert is part of a “dangerous” $4 million campaign by the conservative American Principles Project (APP) aiming
Reddit, after years of piling pressure, clamped down on boards that, under new guidelines, promoted hate speech. A transphobic “gender critical feminist” forum was one of them. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Reddit, one of the largest social networking and imageboard websites, has banned one of the most prolific “gender critical” communities as part
The new straight chief operating officer (COO) of Grindr has said he wants the platform to be “a positive place for everyone, not just the good-looking people”. Rick Marini is one of three men who recently purchased a 98.59 per cent stake in the gay dating app from the Chinese tech company that acquired it
J Chong is a chef and LGBT+ activist. (Chef J Chong/ Instagram) An LGBT+ activist and chef was attacked with an anti-Asian, racist, homophobic “Zoombombing” while simply trying to give a cooking class for her community. J Chong is a sous chef at a North Carolina restaurant, and she also sits on the board of
Sasha Velour is bringing her NightGowns show to Quibi. (Quibi) Quibi shows include NightGowns with Sasha Velour, The Hot Shot with Keke Palmer and Joel Kim Booster and You Ain’t Got These with Lena Waithe. What is Quibi exactly? Another subscription service in an increasingly crowded market seems like the last thing anybody needs, but
Pornhub will also donate 50,000 face masks to first responders and hospitals. (Envato) Pornhub is offering free premium accounts to every one of its billions of users around the world, in a bid to encourage people to stay home during the coronavirus lockdown. Pornhub’s vice president Corey Price said in press release: “With nearly one