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…
‘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.
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…
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…
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...
A group of scientists from the University of Bath have developed a process for converting turpentine, a paper industry waste product, into chemical precursors used in making pharmaceutical drugs…
When faced with the prospects of actually paying workers a far wage, these companies are doing everything they can to prevent it. Says a lot about their priorities.