Amazon is bringing its palm-based payments to all Whole Foods Market stores (www.engadget.com)
YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month | That's a significant $2 increase with no official announcement. (www.engadget.com)
YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month | That’s a significant $2 increase with no official announcement.::Google has quietly increased the price of YouTube Premium by a significant $2 from $12 to $14, according to the updated signup page…
Kevin Mitnick, formerly the world’s ‘most-wanted’ hacker, has passed away (www.engadget.com)
'Breakthrough' geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power | Fervo Energy's Nevada site is slated to power Google data centers. (www.engadget.com)
‘Breakthrough’ geothermal tech produces 3.5 megawatts of carbon-free power | Fervo Energy’s Nevada site is slated to power Google data centers.::An energy company called Fervo says it has achieved a breakthrough in geothermal technology.
Netflix axes its $10 ‘Basic’ plan in the US and UK (www.engadget.com)
ASUS will manufacture and develop new Intel NUC mini PCs (www.engadget.com)
Meta and Microsoft release Llama 2, an AI language model for commercial use | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Tesla directors agree to return $735 million following claims they were massively overpaid (www.engadget.com)
Tesla directors agree to return $735 million following claims they were massively overpaid::Elon Musk, Larry Ellison and other current and former members of Tesla’s board of directors will return $735 million to settle claims that they massively overpaid themselves…
Tesla directors agree to return $735 million following claims they were massively overpaid (www.engadget.com)
An email typo has reportedly sent millions of US military messages to Mali (www.engadget.com)
‘This risk is real and could be exploited by adversaries of the US,’ warned the Dutch whistleblower who discovered them.
Meta faces a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn't fix privacy issues in Norway | 'It is so clear that this is illegal that we need to intervene now and immediately.' (www.engadget.com)
Meta faces a $100,000 daily fine if it doesn’t fix privacy issues in Norway | ‘It is so clear that this is illegal that we need to intervene now and immediately.’::Meta’s practice of tracking Instagram and Facebook users violates their privacy, Norway’s data protection regulator said…
Meta’s Threads sent another app named Threads to the top of the App Store charts (www.engadget.com)
It’s confusing, I know.
Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Bluesky, a decentralized social network, allowed users to register usernames containing the n-word. When reports surfaced about a user with the racial slur in their name, Bluesky took 40 minutes to remove the account but did not publicly apologize. A LinkedIn post criticized Bluesky for failing to filter offensive terms from the...
Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Google lays off contractors who unionized last month | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Brimstone's decarbonized cement passes crucial third-party strength test (www.engadget.com)
This sets up a major breakthrough for net-zero construction
Striking actors say rejected 'AI proposal' would let studios use their likeness without fair pay (www.engadget.com)
The AMPTP says the proposal would allow performers to consent to the creation of a digital replica.
Virgin Galactic's first private passenger spaceflight will launch as soon as August 10th (www.engadget.com)
Google lays off contractors who unionized last month. Suspecting retaliation, the discharged workers have begun a hearing with the NLRB. (www.engadget.com)
FTC opens investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI (www.engadget.com)
University professors in Texas are suing the state over ‘unconstitutional’ TikTok ban (www.engadget.com)
Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement (www.engadget.com)
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Sega of America workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize (www.engadget.com)
They say AEGIS-CWA is the 'largest multi-department union of organized workers in the entire gaming industry
Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement (www.engadget.com)
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