Ah, McAfee, you’ve done it again. John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer whose bio includes a murder accusation, has let it be known that he’s charging $105,000 per tweet promoting a cryptocurrency or an initial coin offering (ICO). Using his lucrative Twitter account, the self-proclaimed “crypto visionary” tweeted to his 811,000 followers a link to …

Cue another sigh of disappointment for the NBN. iiNet and Internode, internet service providers owned by TPG, have been ordered to compensate more than 11,000 customers for advertising inaccurate NBN speeds. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found 8,000 iiNet customers and 3,000 Internode customers were affected by lower-than-promised NBN speeds from 2015 to 2017. If you were one of …

Netflix wants to give parents the keys to the kingdom — so they can lock it up. The streamer said Monday it would be improving its parental controls options, so parents can block individual movies and shows with a PIN. The release says Netflix will implement these controls in the coming months. Currently the primary account holder can set a maturity …

Apple has its nose in front of Samsung once more. Apple’s phone sales fell second to the Korean electronics giant for the first three quarters of 2017, but with the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X going on sale in the fourth quarter, it’s back in front, according to IDC’s quarterly report on smartphone market share. Apple sold 77.3 million …

If you’re going through a difficult time, Facebook wants to help. Its artificial intelligence software can now use pattern recognition to scan Facebook posts and live videos for suicidal thoughts. Once the technology has identified a problem post through what the company calls proactive detection, it alerts a team of human moderators who specialize in dealing with suicide and self …

Following the doctor’s orders might soon be unavoidable advice. The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first drug in the US with a digital ingestion tracking system. Abilify MyCite, an aripiprazole tablet embedded with an ingestible sensor, uses digital tracking to record whether the medication was taken. The tablet has been approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, …

You’ve just sent someone the wrong message and now you’re having a heart attack. Breathe easy. Much like Gmail’s Undo Send feature, WhatsApp now lets you delete messages you sent by mistake, according to a WhatsApp support article spotted by The Next Web. The Facebook-owned messaging app tested the feature throughout this year and will release it gradually for real …

Andy Rubin’s Essential Products has slipped right back into hot water. Keyssa, a wireless technology company backed by iPod co-creator Tony Faddell, is suing Essential, founded by Android co-creator Rubin, in a lawsuit filed on Monday that alleges the company stole trade secrets, according to Reuters. Keyssa alleges that Essential for 10 months considered using the company’s wireless tech for …

Don’t use those creepy babysitter-monitoring dolls to keep tabs on your children and pets. Instead, Samsung has a slightly smaller and less sinister-looking device than a Teddy Ruxpin lookalike. It’s called the Connect Tag, which Samsung claims is the first to employ narrowband network technology, optimising data and battery usage for a week-long lifespan before needing a charge. The device …

The power of dance is such that it can convey an entire culture. In 1952, Amalia Hernandez founded the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, a unique dance company whose goal was to illustrate the diversity of Mexico. Hernandez, who would have been 100 on Tuesday, created a dance style that stemmed from her work as a choreographer at the National Institute of …