Rapper will.i.am is selling a smart mask for $299
Rapper will.i.am wants to make face masks a high-end, high-tech statement. The Black Eyed Peas member announced this week he is teaming up with…
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One of WFH’s biggest losers: Cybersecurity
Business leaders had a lot on their plates over the past year, and many have let cybersecurity fall by the wayside. Nearly half of businesses say…
Continue Reading One of the web’s pioneers will be wiped from the internet in May
Yahoo Answers, a question-and-answer platform that launched more than 15 years ago and became one of the largest troves of information — and…
Continue Reading So you’re one of 533 million in the Facebook leak. What now?
If you were a Facebook user in 2019, it’s possible that your information is among the millions of records posted on a website used by hackers.…
Continue Reading Amazon illegally fired two employees, labor board finds
Amazon illegally fired last year two of its corporate employees who had been vocal critics of the company, the National Labor Relations Board has…
Continue Reading Supreme Court hands Google a victory in a multibillion-dollar case against Oracle
The Supreme Court has handed Google a win in a decade-old case in software development, holding that the technology giant did not commit copyright…
Continue Reading LG was a smartphone pioneer. Now it’s quitting the business
LG is getting out of the “incredibly competitive” business of making smartphones. On Monday, the South Korean tech giant announced that…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s TSMC is pouring $100 billion into chipmaking to prevent another shortage
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, announced Thursday that it expects to pour $100 billion…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s TSMC is pouring $100 billion into chipmaking over the next three years
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, announced Thursday that it expects to pour $100 billion…
Continue Reading Microsoft earns contract worth up to $21.9 billion to make AR devices for the US Army
Microsoft has scored another major government contract, this time to produce augmented reality devices for the US Army. The Army announced Wednesday…
Continue Reading Drones could help fight coronavirus by air-dropping medical supplies
These are dangerous times for people with chronic health conditions. They often need to visit hospitals for treatment or to collect medication, but…
Continue Reading Apple will no longer make Siri’s voice female by default
Apple’s Siri will soon stop defaulting to a female-sounding voice. The company said Wednesday that its mobile devices will ask users to pick…
Continue Reading Silicon Valley is starting to bring workers back to the office
After years of building huge modern offices and a work culture that many industries have emulated, Silicon Valley was among the first to shutter…
Continue Reading Super Mario Bros fans are panicking over rumors that Mario is going to die
Grab the tissues. The internet is freaking out over a rumor about the possible impending death of Mario, the famous, red-wearing, Italian plumber who…
Continue Reading Robots are joining the fight against coronavirus in India
In India, the country with the world’s second-highest number of Covid-19 cases, a handful of hospitals has started to use robots to connect…
Continue Reading Huawei has lost its smartphone crown. It may never get it back
Just eight months ago, Huawei reached its longtime goal of becoming the world’s biggest smartphone maker. Now, it is not even in the top three.…
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The reason we can’t fully explore space is fixable. Here’s how
With so many challenges facing us here on Earth — the pandemic, climate change, the economy — it might seem like an odd time to focus on space.…
Continue Reading GameStop raids Amazon for another heavy-hitter exec
GameStop is adding to its growing list of new executives hired from Amazon and Chewy with the hope of turning the struggling, longtime mall staple…
Continue Reading Elon Musk on SpaceX SN11 Mars rocket prototype test: ‘At least the crater is in the right place!’
An experimental rocket that SpaceX launched at its South Texas facilities Tuesday appears to have exploded, but heavy fog at the landing site left…
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We can’t fully explore space without the government addressing these problems
With so many challenges facing us here on Earth — the pandemic, climate change, the economy — it might seem like an odd time to focus on space.…
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