Tech NewsGiz Asks Why Isn’t Landfill Mining More Popular? Our garbage heaps are rich in metals and other materials, but landfill mining is rare. By Kevin Hurler Published November 24, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence Instagram Might Be Building a Customizable AI ‘Friend’ to Fill the Empty Feed in Your Life AI personalities can be reserved, creative, enthusiastic, witty, pragmatic, and empowering, and will “inform the tone of your custom AI’s speech.” By Kevin Hurler Published November 1, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up. By Kevin Hurler Published October 31, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTransportation Elon Musk Gets a Wake-Up Call as Tesla Valuation Falls 20% on Shrinking EV Demand The valuation follows the company announcing earlier this month in an earnings call that it would be reducing its growth expectations. By Kevin Hurler Published October 31, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence Alibaba Soups Up Its AI to Stick It To Microsoft and Amazon The second generation model also reportedly has eight industry-specific versions that can be used in entertainment, finance, legal, and healthcare sectors. By Kevin Hurler Published October 31, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTwitter As Banks Write Down X, Musk Offers Employee Stock Options Fidelity wrote down its valuation of X an additional 8% this September, with the bank reducing its valuation a total 65% over the prior 11 months. By Kevin Hurler Published October 30, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsFacebook Meta Is Asking Users for Handouts Amid New Regulations in Europe For now, the subscription fee will cover all additional linked accounts, but Meta will charge for those extra profiles in the spring. By Kevin Hurler Published October 30, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTransportation Ford, Hertz Pump Brakes on EV Plans, Reports Say Ford will delay its $12 billion investment in EV manufacturing while Hertz slows down on its electric vehicle rollout. By Kevin Hurler Published October 27, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTwitter Elon ‘Back to the Office’ Musk Called in Remotely to First X All-Hands The billionaire owner and CEO Linda Yaccarino dialed in from out of town, vaguely touting new features that will roll out in the coming months. By Kevin Hurler Published October 27, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTwitter One Year On: The 12 Worst Moments of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover From cutting reproductive care to climate misinformation running rampant, Twitter under Elon Musk has been a shitshow from start to its one-year anniversary. By Kevin Hurler Published October 26, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTwitter Happy Twitter Anniversary, Elon Musk! Your Platform Is Dying Data reveals that, in the year since October 2022, daily active mobile users on X fell around 15%, while all of the platform's competitors saw growth. By Kevin Hurler Published October 26, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage McDonald’s Ditches the Weird McFlurry Spoons The restaurant's solution is apparently still plastic, but just less plastic with the spoon being swapped out for a smaller option and a reusable mixer. By Kevin Hurler Published October 26, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews Ticketmaster’s All-in Pricing Is Live, but Here’s Why You Might Still Encounter Fees for Now [Updated] After Ticketmaster announced all-in pricing earlier this summer to make fees more transparent, the policy hasn’t rolled out to every concert’s ticket just yet. By Kevin Hurler Published October 25, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsApple Apple Reportedly Wants Vision Pro to Diagnose Mental Health Disorders Data pulled from the Vision Pro's onboard sensors and cameras could, theoretically, be used to identify mood disorders like anxiety, depression, or PTSD. By Kevin Hurler Published October 25, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsTwitter Pour One Out for the Banks That Invested in Musk’s Twitter A new report reveals that the banks which funded Musk's Twitter takeover are still saddled with that debt as investors grow disinterested in the platform. By Kevin Hurler Published October 25, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews Urban Outfitters Selling Vintage iPods Is Making Us Feel Old Early iPods of various generations appeared on Urban Outfitters' website for $350 with the store listing them as 'vintage' and 'retro.' By Kevin Hurler Published October 24, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsAmazon Amazon Reportedly Wants to Treat Your Dog via Webcam Internal discussions are private and ongoing, but Amazon may be offering veterinary services in a bid to compete with Walmart. By Kevin Hurler Published October 24, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews Meta Gets That You Hate Seeing Threads on Facebook, Instagram. End of Communication Meta said on Threads that it was collecting feedback on the new 'For You on Threads' carousel, which began appearing on Facebook last week. By Kevin Hurler Published October 24, 2023 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsPolitics Biden Names 31 ‘Tech Hubs’ Across the U.S. That Can Nab Up to $75 Million Each Tech hubs will produce research, products, and technology relating to nearly every section of the industry, including AI, semiconductors, and biotechnology. By Kevin Hurler Published October 23, 2023 | Comments (0)
SciencePhysics Chemists Unveil the Slickest Surface Ever to Ward Off Water The discovery holds potential for various applications, including self-cleaning surfaces and de-icing glass, in which droplet-repellent surfaces are useful. By Kevin Hurler Published October 23, 2023 | Comments (0)
