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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.

PlayStation Network Outage: Why and What Happened

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

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’ £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 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

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

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’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 

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 

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 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

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’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

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...

China Pressures Nvidia Over 2020 Agreement, Escalating Trade Negotiations

China Pressures Nvidia Over 2020 Agreement, Escalating Trade Negotiations

As Nvidia is under pressure in China, Apple, on its part, is attempting to increase its role in personal health....

Google Maps Exemplifies AThree-Hour Mirror of Digital Dependency

Google Maps Exemplifies AThree-Hour Mirror of Digital Dependency

September 11, 2025 was the date when many people were literally unable to find their way home. Google maps went...

Google Meet down: Google issues outage update

Google Meet down: Google issues outage update

On Monday, September 8, 2025, Google Meet went down and interrupted online meetings worldwide. The issue started at about 1...

Intel shakes up leadership, product chief Holthaus to leave

Intel shakes up leadership, product chief Holthaus to leave

Intel has also revealed a significant shift in the company leadership with Michelle Johnston Holthaus, the product chief of the...

Texas is Legalizing Corporate Monarchy 

Texas is Legalizing Corporate Monarchy 

Musk’s previous payout packages were taken as controversies, but now they have developed into a conquest of the tech CEO...

Sony Digital Infrastructure Crisis 

Sony Digital Infrastructure Crisis 

Last Wednesday, Playstation network ran into a major server disconnection that locked nearly 11,000 users out of the main service....

Verizon’s outage was Brief But The Lesson Should Last

Verizon’s outage was Brief But The Lesson Should Last

Verizon, a U.S.-based telecommunication company, issued an apology in response to yesterday’s connectivity hiccup. The carefully crafted apology by the...