Tag: Tech

Set Your Kid up for Academic Success with This Bundle

Sponsored Content Back-to-school season is here, and parents are once again faced with the dilemma of helping their children get motivated in school. Not only that, but you must also find ways to set up your kids for success, lest you risk letting them get left behind on lessons. Educators always note that the key…


Elon Musk Says Self-Driving Teslas May Be Released in US, Europe by End of Year

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed plans for the wide release of self-driving electric vehicles by the end of the year, pending regulator approval. Musk made the comments at an energy conference in Norway on Monday, where he noted that he is currently focusing his attention more on his SpaceX Starship spacecraft and self-driving Tesla electric cars….


Social Media Platforms Update ‘Misinformation’ Policies Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections

Social media platforms are rolling out new policies to address the issue of “misinformation” as they anticipate the 2022 midterm elections but these policies are not without controversy, as some critics argue that their policies overwhelmingly favor the Democratic party and its affiliated causes. In a press release titled “How Meta Is Planning for the…


India’s Reliance to Develop New Smartphone With Google in $25 Billion 5G Push

NEW DELHI—India’s telecom leader Reliance said on Monday it is working with Alphabet Inc’s Google to launch a budget 5G smartphone as it laid out a $25 billion plan for introducing the next-generation wireless services within two months. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani said Jio’s 5G network will be…


Score Expert-Led Golang Training for Only $14

Sponsored Content Go’s popularity is not yet at par with the likes of Python and Java, but it’s getting there. Also referred to as Golang, the programming language has received much fanfare in recent years, with it soaring to 5th place in StackOverflow’s developer survey in 2020. Its increasing ubiquity alone makes it worth learning,…


Teen Says He’s Ready to Stop Tracking Musk’s Private Jet on One Condition—and It’s Not Money

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk recently traveled from San Jose to San Francisco by a private jet. The flight took just nine minutes. People say he could have made the same trip in an hour by train or car. Guess who tracked this trip? It was exposed by Jack Sweeney, the enterprising teenager who created…


Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Suit

Meta’s Facebook has agreed in principle to settle a four-year-old lawsuit that alleges the platform inappropriately shared user data with third parties including Cambridge Analytica. A joint stipulation (pdf) filed in San Francisco District Court Friday disclosed the preliminary settlement while giving no financial terms or details of the agreement. Lawyers for the plaintiffs and…


Password Manager LastPass Reports Breach, Says No Credentials Stolen

WASHINGTON—Popular digital password manager LastPass said that hackers recently stole parts of the company’s source code and other sensitive data. The company’s chief executive said in a blog post its users’ passwords were unaffected. “Our investigation has shown no evidence of any unauthorized access to customer data in our production environment,” CEO Karim Toubba said…


Jack Dorsey Says His Biggest Regret Is Twitter Became a Company

Twitter founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey wrote on Twitter Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company. “The biggest issue and my biggest regret is that it became a company,” Dorsey said in a Tweet in response to a question about whether Twitter turned out the way he had envisioned….


Tesla Wants Videos of Its Cars Running Over Child Dummies Taken Down by Safety Group

SAN FRANCISCO—Tesla Inc. has demanded a safety advocacy group take down videos of its vehicles running over child dummies when its driver assistant system was engaged, calling them “defamatory” and “misleading.” The group, the Dawn Project, has launched a nationwide TV campaign warning of alleged potential dangers of what Tesla calls “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software,…