Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on Google Maps. Then they’re asked to pay up. By Stuart A. Thompson Stuart Thompson first wrote about the ...

Small business owners are being targeted by scam artists who flood Google Maps and other sites with phony false reviews and then extort the business owner, offering to remove the reviews for a price.

Steam user reviews have become weapons for voicing discontent, which might be why Valve is tinkering with how they work. In the past, scrolling down to read other people's opinions would present ...

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Turnstile’s much-anticipated follow-up to 2021’s massive Glow On is like a mysterious gallery. It’s not so much a collection of tracks, but impressions, aural vignettes that are more about a feeling ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

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Netflix's "Adolescence" is getting rave reviews. The new crime drama mini-series, released Thursday on Netflix, has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on the scores of seven critics, with more praise ...

“Captain America: Brave New World” never reaches the heights of other Marvel movies starring a guy with a star-spangled shield. It does turn Harrison Ford into a ruby-red rage monster, though, so it ...

There's one historical movie scene that comes to mind for me when I think about Sid Meier's Civilization 7, and it's not a flashy arena fight in Gladiator or mission control cheering as we safely ...

How important are online ratings and reviews? Our annual customer experience research found that 85% of U.S. customers say ratings and reviews help them decide if they want to make a purchase. That’s ...