Tag: Tech

NASA’s New Space Telescope Sees 1st Starlight, Takes Selfie

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new space telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror. All 18 segments of the primary mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope seem to be working properly 1.5 months into the mission, officials said Friday. The telescope’s first target was a bright star…


Twitter Falls Short of Revenue Growth Estimates

Twitter released its most recent quarterly report on Thursday, accompanied by an announcement of a $400 million share buyback, provoking market ambivalence that has some investors doubting the company’s future success. The new quarterly report, the first since Parag Agrawal stepped in as CEO of Twitter last November, revealed underwhelming metrics for revenue and user…


Lawmakers Seek to Track Chinese Money in Mergers With US Companies

As mergers and acquisitions in the United States continue at a quickening pace, legislation is urgently needed to make regulators aware of any Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence or control over foreign firms merging with U.S. companies, said Reps Scott Fitzgerald (R.-Wis.) and Greg Stanton (D.-Ariz.) on Feb. 11. The two congressmen are advancing the…


Twitter Says Investigating Errors on Website

Twitter Inc. said on Friday it was experiencing an elevated number of application programming interface errors and is currently investigating the issue. Application programming interface, or API, is a set of protocols for building and integrating application software. Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user-submitted errors on…


Musk Predicts Cheaper Starship Launches, Talks About Humanity Becoming ‘Multi-Planetary Species’

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk anticipated cheaper flights to space with his Starship rockets in a presentation at the company’s facility in southern Texas, while highlighting the necessity of human beings colonizing multiple planets and moons. In just two to three years, Starships will be able to reach orbit at just $10 million per flight, Musk…


Facebook, Instagram Abound With Counterfeit Fashion, Report Says

A new report of research conducted by the Italian analytics firm Ghost Data reveals the full extent of counterfeit fashion on marketplaces owned by Meta Industries (formerly Facebook), revealing thousands of accounts trafficking in falsely branded “designer” clothing and accessories. The report revealed over 26,000 active counterfeit fashion accounts on Facebook and over 20,000 on…


Pastor Appeals to Supreme Court After Big Tech Removed Video of His Story About Leaving Homosexuality

Christian Pastor James Domen alleges video-sharing platform Vimeo censored his non-profit for sharing videos, one of which was about how he left homosexuality. Domen is trying to get his case heard by the Supreme Court because he believes he should have the right to speak openly without being “eliminated” from public discourse. “And you know…


Apple Introducing ‘Tap to Pay’ Feature on iPhones

Apple is to introduce its “Tap to Pay” feature that enables merchants across the United States to use iPhones to accept Apple Pay, debit cards, credit cards, and other digital wallets by tapping their phones. No additional payment terminal or other hardware is necessary, according to the company. The service will be compatible with contactless…


Joe Rogan Turns Down $100 Million Offer: ‘No, Spotify Has Hung in With Me’

Comedian Joe Rogan told an audience in Texas on Tuesday that he will not accept a $100 million offer from video platform Rumble to exclusively host his show. The company’s CEO this week offered him the contract in a widely shared social media post amid controversy over Rogan’s future at Spotify. Over the past several…


Samsung Unveils New Phones as Premium Market Share Shrinks

As Samsung’s premium market share shrinks it is looking to appeal to consumers who are increasingly sharing videos of their antics on social media applications. Although the differences on last year’s models are not dramatic, Samsung is emphasizing new features that are supposed to produce more vibrant and more stable videos. One of the most…