The iPhone just had a huge quarter
Surging iPhone sales in the final three months of 2020 pushed Apple ahead of Samsung as the world’s biggest smartphone maker, according to new…
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Google is trying to end the controversy over its Ethical AI team. It’s not going well
Hours 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 Reading Running out of iPhone battery? You may soon be able to slap on a new one
Remember 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 Reading Google rethinks how it handles ‘sensitive’ employee exits after controversy over AI researcher’s departure
Google plans to change its approach for handling how certain employees leave the company after finishing a months-long review of the abrupt and…
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Incredible new images shared by Perseverance rover after Mars landing
After 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 Reading UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are ‘workers,’ not independent contractors
Uber 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…
Continue Reading Facebook faces a global backlash over its bid to ‘bully’ Australia
Facebook’s decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a…
Continue Reading Big Tech lobbying groups sue Maryland to stop country’s first digital advertising tax
Just days after Maryland became the first state in the country to impose a tax on digital advertising targeting Big Tech, lobbying groups…
Continue Reading Facebook knew a key ad metric was ‘inflated and misleading’ for years, lawsuit alleges
Facebook allegedly gave its advertisers “inflated and misleading” metrics on how many people their ads could reach for years, according…
Continue Reading Google reshuffles AI team leadership after researcher’s controversial departure
Google is making changes to the leadership of its responsible artificial intelligence efforts months after the contentious departure of prominent…
Continue Reading Tech promises to make your life better. Does it?
Over a month after this year’s virtual CES tech trade show, touting new and conceptual products of the future, I was left wondering whether…
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‘Sort this out’: Facebook’s chaotic news ban in Australia blocks pages for fire services, charities and politicians
Fire and emergency services. Domestic violence charities. State health agencies. Facebook’s sudden and dramatic decision to block people from…
Continue Reading Google Maps will now let you pay for parking and transit without leaving the app
Google Maps can already tell you which train to take or map out an optimal driving route. Now, it’s simplifying travel even more by letting…
Continue Reading Amazon just teased 3 new products. They may never hit the market
Amazon announced three new Alexa-enabled products on Wednesday: a smart sticky note printer, nutrition scale and cuckoo clock. But there’s a…
Continue Reading New York Attorney General sues Amazon, alleging ‘deficient’ Covid-19 response
New York is taking Amazon to court over claims that the company has failed to provide sufficient protections for its workers during the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Why families stuck inside together just text each other all day
Early in the pandemic, Jane Cox Childress brought her teenage son warm cookies at his desk during a remote learning session. She received a text…
Continue Reading Sony faces class action lawsuit over alleged PS5 controller defect
Sony’s PlayStation 5 has been hugely popular — and hard for consumers to get their hands on — since it was released last fall. But not…
Continue Reading Parler comes back online one month after going dark
Parler, the social network favored by conservatives, came back online Monday with a redesigned website one month after it was suspended by Amazon Web…
Continue Reading Volkswagen CEO: I’m not scared of Apple
Volkswagen’s CEO Herbert Diess isn’t intimidated by Apple, even though the tech company potentially has an electric car on the way.…
Continue Reading Sorry, millennials. The 😂 emoji isn’t cool anymore
Bad news for people who frequently use the 😂 emoji: It is no longer cool. In recent weeks, two internet-savvy generations have been clashing in…
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