
‘Right to Repair’ bill would require manufacturers to ease path to user repairs
With home electronics in heavy use during the ongoing pandemic, the “Right to Repair Act,” (HB 2698) has been introduced in the Oregon…
Continue ReadingWith home electronics in heavy use during the ongoing pandemic, the “Right to Repair Act,” (HB 2698) has been introduced in the Oregon…
Continue ReadingZillow is no longer just an online platform for browsing available homes or for creeping on the value of your neighbor’s house. In recent…
Continue ReadingAfter a wild several weeks for GameStop, the retailer’s chief financial officer is resigning. The company announced Tuesday that Jim Bell, its…
Continue ReadingOver the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. Europe is floating regulation that could impose temporary bans on US tech…
Continue ReadingLyft is adding an option to allow people to order a ride in a more retro way — by phone call — a year after Uber tried doing the same…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s net neutrality law can go into effect after a federal judge on Tuesday handed a defeat to broadband providers who had pushed to…
Continue ReadingBefore last year, 28-year-old Meredith Giuliani thought voice notes were “kind of weird,” and she mostly stuck to texting. But after the…
Continue ReadingMukesh Ambani has spent years trying to turn his inherited oil business into a tech empire. In 2020, that pivot really kicked into overdrive. Between…
Continue ReadingAdam Neumann, the disgraced former CEO and cofounder of WeWork, may soon have a massive payday as part of a possible settlement with SoftBank, the…
Continue ReadingNearly 30,000 Macs worldwide have been infected with mysterious malware, according to researchers at security firm Red Canary. The issue was somewhat…
Continue ReadingHayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old cancer survivor and physician assistant at St. Jude children’s hospital, got an out-of-the-blue question from…
Continue ReadingPeloton is releasing a lower-priced treadmill to become more than a purveyor of high-end stationary-bikes. The public company, which reported revenue…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft is joining forces with publishers in Europe to call for an Australia-style system that would force tech platforms such as Google and…
Continue ReadingNearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, many Americans remain stuck trying to work, attend school and socialize from home. For tens of millions of…
Continue ReadingSurging iPhone sales in the final three months of 2020 pushed Apple ahead of Samsung as the world’s biggest smartphone maker, according to new…
Continue ReadingHours after Google tried to turn the page on a months-long controversy over the abrupt departure of one leader of its Ethical AI team, the other…
Continue ReadingRemember the good old days when your phone was running out of juice and you could easily snap off the back cover, pull out the battery and swap in a…
Continue ReadingGoogle plans to change its approach for handling how certain employees leave the company after finishing a months-long review of the abrupt and…
Continue ReadingAfter safely landing on the surface of Mars Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back a never-before-seen view: what it looks like to…
Continue ReadingUber is reviewing how it treats thousands of drivers in the United Kingdom after the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that they should be classified as…
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