After months of hyping bitcoin, Elon Musk suddenly says Tesla will stop accepting it
Elon Musk says Tesla is abandoning plans to accept bitcoin as payment for the company’s electric vehicles, citing the cryptocurrency’s…
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Reality show ‘Unicorn Hunters’ is looking for the next $1 billion company
A new reality TV show called “Unicorn Hunters” borrows the pitch-for-fame-and-fortune concept popularized by “Shark Tank” but…
Continue Reading Colonial Pipeline posted a cyber security manager job weeks before the attack
It might seem a bit late to fill the job, but Colonial Pipeline had been looking for a cyber security manager weeks before the ransomware attack. Too…
Continue Reading US agrees to lift Trump-era ban on China’s Xiaomi
The US government will no longer blacklist Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, lifting a short and contentious ban on Americans investing in the company…
Continue Reading What an ancient poem says about China’s fearful tech tycoons
A thousand-year-old poem just cost Chinese delivery giant Meituan tens of billions of dollars in market value, further rattling a tech industry that…
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OSU students test-fire high-altitude rocket motor, reach final 8 in $1M challenge
A team from Oregon State University is the first college student group in Oregon to fire a liquid bipropellant rocket engine and one of eight…
Continue Reading More than 40 attorneys general urge Facebook to stop plans for an Instagram for kids
Facebook’s plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13 continues to get backlash. On Monday, 44 attorneys general…
Continue Reading SpaceX claims it will accept dogecoin as payment for an upcoming moon mission
SpaceX is claiming it will accept dogecoin — the somewhat satirical but popular cryptocurrency — as payment for an upcoming mission. A Canadian…
Continue Reading Apple and Epic wrap up first week of their blockbuster trial. Here’s what happened and what’s next
Is Fortnite a game? An app? An expansive virtual universe? All of the above? Is an iPhone just another gaming device, or a tightly controlled…
Continue Reading Co-chair of Facebook Oversight Board defends decision to uphold Trump ban
Michael McConnell, co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board, defended the board’s recommendation to continue the suspension of former President…
Continue Reading Microsoft is finally updating its 26-year-old icons from Windows 95
Microsoft is giving Windows 10 a fresh coat of paint. But it’s not just getting a touch-up — Microsoft is doing all the fine details, getting…
Continue Reading Facebook told to investigate its role in insurrection
Facebook’s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company’s decision to suspend former President Donald Trump. But one of…
Continue Reading IBM says it has created the world’s smallest and most powerful microchip
The semiconductor industry’s constant challenge is to make microchips that are smaller, faster, more powerful and more energy efficient —…
Continue Reading China can’t stop talking about the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce
The divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates has sent shockwaves through China, where the Microsoft co-founder has achieved a level of fame unlike almost…
Continue Reading I tracked my kid with Apple’s Airtags to test its privacy features
I clipped a keychain with one of Apple’s tiny new Bluetooth trackers, AirTags, onto my son’s book bag and waved goodbye to him on the…
Continue Reading Success! SpaceX lands Mars rocket prototype for the first time
SpaceX just launched another test flight of an early Mars rocket prototype at its South Texas facility, sending the towering silver vehicle soaring…
Continue Reading Google backtracks on office returns and will allow employees to work remotely
Google is expanding its options for when, where and how often employees return to the office. The company’s workers around the world can…
Continue Reading Dell lays out its plans for the future
Dell imagines a future in which businesses are faster, smarter and better. The tech company is building a “world where we see wide-scale…
Continue Reading Facebook Oversight Board upholds Donald Trump’s suspension from the platform
Facebook can keep blocking former President Donald Trump from using its platform but must revisit the decision within six months, the social…
Continue Reading Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to auction ticket for first space tourism flight
Blue Origin — after spending more than six years developing its space tourism rocket, New Shepard — has finally set a date for its first…
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