Tesla faces new lawsuit over claims of racism and harassment at its Fremont...
Tesla is facing another lawsuit by a group of former and current workers at its Fremont factory who allege that it knew about but failed to stop racist slurs, harassment and more, The San Francisco...
View ArticleGoogle offers developers $90 million to settle Play Store billing fight
Google has offered to put $90 million on the table to settle a brewing conflict between it and a number of Android developers. As Reuters reports, the issue centers around the mandatory use of Google’s...
View ArticleThe Morning After: Major League Baseball wants to deploy strike zone...
Major League Baseball will "likely" introduce an Automated Strike Zone System starting in 2024, commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN. These robot umpires may call all balls and strikes then relay the...
View ArticleUber's second safety report shows a fall in assaults but traffic deaths rise
Uber has released its second bi-annual safety report covering the period between 2019 and 2020. The headline statistic is that the ride sharing company received 3,824 reports of sexual assault or...
View ArticleNVIDIA's new Shield update can stop late-night movies waking up the entire house
NVIDIA has rolled out Experience Upgrade v9.1 for all Shield TV and TV Pro units, and one of the features it brings will make watching action movies without earphones more feasible for night owls. The...
View ArticleAnova's Precision Cooker Nano drops to $99 at Amazon
If you're looking to experiment more in the kitchen, sous vide cooking could be a way to do that. Anova makes a couple of WiFi-connected sous vide machines that we like, and our favorite, the Precision...
View ArticleHow to survive the inevitable CD revival
In 1982, when the BBC’s prime-time technology show – Tomorrow’s World – did a segment on a new musical format called the “Compact Disc” the presenter skeptically asked "Whether there's a market for...
View ArticleMeta allows select creators to post their NFTs on Facebook
Non-fungible tokens have arrived on Facebook. Meta has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has started giving select creators in the US the power to post digital collectibles on their profiles. While it's...
View ArticleDucati's first electric motorcycle is designed for MotoE racing
Ducati has unveiled not just its first electric motorcycle but a key piece in the 2023 season of MotoE e-motocycle racing, it announced. The V21L prototype has that classic Ducati look but is swathed...
View ArticleWe’re heading for a messy, and expensive, breakup with natural gas
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated a number of fault lines already present within the global energy supply chain. This is especially true in Europe, where many countries were reliant on the...
View ArticleSonos' latest refurbished sale knocks $360 off the Arc soundbar
Sonos has discounted many of its refurbished speakers to some of the best prices we've seen. A refurbished Arc will set you back just about $540, which is a whopping $360 cheaper than a brand new...
View ArticleComcast’s refreshed Xfinity Stream app launches on Apple TV
If you’re a Comcast Xfinity TV customer looking to move all of our TV watching into a single platform, then grab your finest off-brand champagne. The company has announced that the Xfinity Stream app...
View ArticleThe best 4th of July tech sales we could find
Between the July 4th holiday and Amazon Prime Day coming up in a couple of weeks, there are a bunch of tech deals available right now. Solo Stove's Independence Day sale knocks up to 45 percent off...
View ArticleBiden will posthumously award Steve Jobs the Presidential Medal of Freedom
The US government has no higher award with which to honor a civilian's achievements than the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Handed out at the discretion of the Commander in Chief, the MoF celebrates...
View ArticleApple needs to take fertility tracking more seriously
Fertility apps have always been sketchy. As I’ve experienced it, it’s a Faustian bargain of sorts: Take your chances on one of many options in your app store, and pick the one with the best reviews, or...
View ArticleFDA says updated COVID-19 Omicron boosters won’t require new clinical trials
A Food and Drug Administration official said COVID-19 vaccine makers won't need to carry out fresh clinical trials to receive approval for booster shots they're updating for newer Omicron variants. Dr....
View ArticleEngadget Podcast: Our digital privacy and rights post-Roe v. Wade
This week, Cherlynn is joined by senior editors Jessica Conditt and Karissa Bell to discuss the United States ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, and how, in our digital age, it affects the most...
View ArticleTikTok tells senators how it plans to beef up data security for American users
In a letter to nine Republican senators, TikTok said it's working to "remove any doubt about the security of US user data." CEO Shou Zi Chew reiterated a claim that TikTok stores American user data on...
View ArticleFCC clears SpaceX to put its Starlink satellite WiFi in vehicles
SpaceX's satellite internet service is officially going mobile after the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday authorized the company to provide its Starlink WiFi service to vehicles. SpaceX...
View ArticleA 'Doom' mobile game from 2005 is now playable on Windows
A dedicated group of fans has excavated a Doom mobile game from the sands of time and made it playable again. You won't find 2005's Doom RPG on the App Store or Play Store: it actually predates iOS and...
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