Steam sales let gamers pick up PC games for a fraction of the regular price. They’re big events, and this time around, as in previous years, Valve reportedly had a hard time keeping its online store up and running.  The Steam Grand Prix Summer Sale started Tuesday, but some folks wanting in on the deals reported …

Instagram, which has been under fire for not doing enough to combat online bullying, said Monday it’s rolling out and testing new tools to tackle the problem. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing app announced in April during Facebook‘s F8 developer conference it was experimenting with new features to combat bullying. Now Instagram is officially releasing an AI-powered feature that will let users …

Your computer’s webcam has always been a gateway for potential security intrusion, which is why people like Mark Zuckerberg and ex-FBI head James Comey put tape over theirs. On Monday, security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh gave Mac users another reason to fret over their webcams — there’s a security flaw in the Zoom video-conferencing app. Zoom is most notable for its …

Google shot down a report that it’s in talks to help create a fourth US wireless carrier with TV provider Dish Network, using assets acquired from T-Mobile. The New York Post reported Sunday that Alphabet director Alan Mulally has been part of the talks. “These claims are simply false,” a spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement. “Google is not having …

A lot of online retailers are betting Amazon will crash on Prime Day, anonymous workplace social network app Blind has reported. After running a two-day survey last week that saw 4,222 people answer on its app, Blind said eBay employees responded in the affirmative 60% of the time. Meanwhile, 47% of Walmart employees said it would crash, 42% of Wayfair …

Just as Amazon is finalizing plans for its big Prime Day summer sale next week, the company is facing more labor problems in its Minneapolis-area warehouses. Workers at its Shakopee, Minnesota, fulfillment center are planning a six-hour strike during Prime Day to push for better working conditions and worker protections, Bloomberg reported Monday. Amazon warehouse workers in the Twin Cities …

Electric scooters have been on the streets in Chicago for just three weeks, and they already appear to be causing a disruption. In one incident, a cyclist ended up in the emergency room trauma unit after being hit head-on by a scooter rider. Allyson Medeiros was riding his bike home from work in the city’s Wicker Park neighborhood at around …

Amazon can’t turn a blind eye to third-party product defects anymore, a US court has ruled. After a plaintiff alleged that a dog collar brought from an outside vendor on the site recoiled and caused permanent vision loss to a Pennsylvania woman, the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit deemed Amazon liable. The ruling, filed on July 3, …

In honor of Prime Day 2019, we’ve teamed up with GameSpot to celebrate BIG with our readers. With so many amazing deals happening, we’re giving away Amazon gift cards for 10 consecutive days so readers can indulge on Prime Day deals!  Here’s the scoop: the value of the gift cards increases as the giveaway progresses, from July 8 to July 17. …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed another set of robocall rules, this time to ban malicious calls that spoof caller IDs in text messages and international calls. The FCC will vote on the anti-spoofing rules on  Aug. 1, and they already have the support of more than 40 state attorneys general, Pai said Monday. These new rules would …