Tone-deaf Samsung ad is a reminder that smartwatch safety still has a ways to go
Samsung is under fire for a recent ad depicting a woman wearing a Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Buds running alone in the middle of a city at 2AM. Critics…
Elon Musk unloads $8.4 billion of Tesla stock to finance Twitter takeover
Elon Musk sold around $8.4 billion worth of his shares in Tesla this week as he seeks to line up the money to buy Twitter, according to filings with the…
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ latest teaser would like you to meet the Illuminati
There’s only one week left until Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness drops, but rather than waiting for news to spread by word of mouth, Marvel’s just dropped a…
California takes on Big Plastic over recycling myths
California will investigate whether fossil fuel companies have broken the law by perpetuating myths about plastic recycling, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced yesterday. The investigation marks a fresh attempt to…
A Fully Aligned Webb Space Telescope Sees a Field of Stars
“These remarkable test images from a successfully aligned telescope demonstrate what people across countries and continents can achieve when there is a bold scientific vision to explore the universe,” said…
Historical Novelists and Fantasy Writers Should Be Friends
Christopher M. Cevasco is an author of both fantasy fiction and historical fiction. As someone with a foot in both worlds, he’s constantly surprised by the lack of crossover. “I…
How the Formula E Gen3 is shaping up to be the world’s most efficient race car
On Thursday, ahead of this weekend’s Monaco E-Prix, FIA and Formula E finally unveiled their next electric race car. It’s called Gen3 — as in, the third generation vehicle used…
Hiring friends and family might be good for business, research suggests
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta/Facebook, recently remarked in a podcast interview that when it came to hiring new staff, his preference was people whose “values aligned in the things…
Airbnb joins Twitter, Reddit, Dropbox; finally admits remote work wins
Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky on Thursday announced the company’s 5-point plan to enable employees to live and work anywhere, all the time. Ostensibly because “The world has become…
Meta’s next VR headset might not replace the Oculus Quest 2 after all
Audio player loading… At a recent Meta earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that his company’s next VR headset (named Project Cambria) is going to be more focused on productivity, rather…