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Impact assesses the role of technology and its effects on evolving industries, society and environment. It explores moral conundrums, environmentally friendly fixes, and revolutionary technological uses that tackle world issues. This section emphasizes how technology has the power to change people’s lives and create a lasting impact.
AWS Outage Takes Down Thousands of Apps, Raising Questions About Cloud Monopoly
On Monday morning, October 20, 2025, millions worldwide found themselves locked out of essential digital services when Amazon Web Services...
Wikipedia Loses 8% of Human Visitors as AI Summaries Replace Click-Throughs
As the Wikimedia Foundation announced that human pageviews to Wikipedia had fallen 8% year-over-year, Marshall Miller, senior director of product,...
TikTok’s Fake Divorce: How ByteDance Keeps Control Through Licensing
When Representative John Moolenaar declared on October 16, 2025, that licensing TikTok's algorithm would raise "serious concerns," he exposed the...
Venmo and PayPal experiencing outages for some users, reports monitoring service
On Thursday morning, many users of PayPal and its mobile payment app Venmo encountered account-related issues. Users began to report...
Amazon leads the AI Layoff Wave as AI Becomes The Boss
AI is taking over in every field from people who have learnt those skills after an enormous amount of time...
E-Commerce: Simple Way to Track Any Parcel Online
For most online shoppers, waiting for a delivery has become a ritual, one that’s equal parts excitement and uncertainty. Refreshing...
China says Qualcomm acknowledged acquiring Auto talks without notifying authorities
China has triggered an antitrust investigation of the United States semiconductor conglomerate Qualcomm after the company revealed it had not...
PlayStation Network Outage: Why and What Happened
On Thursday, PlayStation Network PSN suffered a major service outage that interrupted online gaming and made users with thousands of...
Verizon Outage: Customers Report Widespread Service Issues Check Outage Map and Estimated Restore Times
One of the most popular Verizon outages has paralyzed the work of millions of customers in the United States, depriving...
Vertu Motors’ £5.5M Loss shows The Hidden Cost of Supply Chain Cybersecurity
Vertu Motors, the UK based high-end car dealership, has projected to bear a loss of £5.5 million from Jaguar Land...
Paypal’s new Ad manager is Democratization or data Monetization?
PayPal's announcement of its new Ad Manager introduces a significant shift in how small businesses can leverage advertising opportunities. But...
US Supreme Court upholds order requiring Google to reform its app store practices
The Supreme Court of the USA has also allowed a major injunction against Google and denied the corporation its demand...
PlayStation Stages Flop Shows and cancels Rest of The Tour
After being hit by a number of flop stage shows, PlayStation cancelled most of its 30th anniversary concert tour, exposing...
Perplexity’s $200 Browser That Suddenly Became Free
Perplexity launched its AI browser, Comet, at $200 a month earlier this year. Just months after the tool’s inception, it...
NBCUniversal and YouTube TV strike short-term deal to avoid blackout
Initially, on October 1, 2022, YouTube TV, owned by Alphabet, and NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast, reached a short-term contract extension....
Big Tech Can’t Hide Behind Section 230 Anymore
A federal judge just obliterated Big Tech’s favorite legal shield, section 230, ruling that Apple, Meta, and Google must face...
Trump’s Tiktok deal Reiterates the Interconnectedness of Politics and Technology
Trump's September 2025 Executive Order, forcing Tiktok sale to U.S. investors is a lesson in the interconnectedness of technology and...
Trump team says TikTok deal close, with Oracle and Silver Lake set to invest
The confrontation over TikTok's standing in the American digital landscape has emerged as a defining episode at the intersection of...
T-Mobile’s Leadership Handoff Signals the Dawn of AI-Native Telecom Era
T-Mobile is shifting gears with its leadership transition on November 1st, 2025. The transition from predecessor Mike Sievert to the...
Apple’s Unbreakable Ecosystem: A Lot Is Coming Your Way
This year it seems like Apple has decided to go all in. They're not holding back. Unlike the traditional pattern...