Category: Tech
Tesla has launched a robotaxi service, but only for employees
Currently operating in Austin and San Francisco Bay Area. Tesla has already launched an autonomous taxi service, but you can only use it if you’re working at Tesla. On Wednesday, the company announced on X it launched an “FSD Supervised ride-hailing service” (meaning Full Self-Driving) for an “early set of employees in Austin & San […]
The iPhone 17 Air looks incredibly thin in new video leak
Holy mackerel, that thing is tiny. A new video purports to show off what the iPhone 17 Air will look like in your hands. Spoiler alert: You’re going to want to see this. The rumored super-thin model of the upcoming iPhone 17 appeared in dummy model form in a new video from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@unboxtherapy" rel="noopener" […]
Apple and Meta face hundreds of millions in fines under EU tech law
It’s less than one percent of either company’s annual revenue, but it’s still a big fine. It’s the ambition of every tech company to be first, but maybe not this kind of first. Apple and Meta are being forced to pay up hundreds of millions of dollars by the European Commission, making them the first […]
Intel is reportedly planning to lay off 20 percent of its workforce, feeding recession fears
Tens of thousands of Intel employees could soon be laid off. There’s been a lot of talk online about “recession indicators” over the past few months. Now, we have a big one. Intel is reportedly preparing for its largest round of layoffs ever. According to a new story from Bloomberg, Intel is set to announce […]
OpenAI would buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell it
Ouch, that would hurt. As the fate of Chrome hangs in the balance of the Google antitrust trial, one thing is clear: OpenAI wants to buy it. During the ongoing remedy phase of the Department of Justice’s case against Google, OpenAI executive Nick Turley testified on Tuesday that …
WhatsApp’s latest feature blocks exports and AI use in chats
I know of a few high-level military officials who are gonna LOVE this. WhatsApp just launched a new level of privacy: Advanced Chat Privacy. WhatsApp has always had end-to-end encryption, a feature on many messaging apps, including Signal and Facebook Messenger, that ensures your message can’t be read while it’s being sent. WhatsApp also …
Character AI reveals new AI video maker, bringing us one step closer to video chatbots
With AvatarFX, Character.AI can now bring photos and characters to life in video form. Imagine an AI video chatbot you can interact with in real-time. Or if you could generate a custom “skin” for Siri, Gemini, or ChatGPT, anthropomorphizing these chatbots in a whole new way. This week, the internet moved one step closer to […]
Google on trial: The future of Chrome, AI search, and the internet
Will Google be forced to sell off Chrome? Would OpenAI buy it? Google is guilty. So, now what? Last summer, Google lost a landmark antitrust case. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta declared that “Google is a monopolist,” finding the company acted illegally to maintain dominance over the search engine market. Now, Google is back in […]
Elon to reduce DOGE involvement after dismal Tesla earnings report
Musk’s shenanigans are finally catching up with him. Tesla’s quarterly results are in, and it seems the panic alarm finally went off. Analyst expectations for Tesla’s first quarter of 2025 were already pretty grim, but Tesla handily beat them with a 71 percent drop in profit and a 20 percent drop in car sales, with […]
Pinterest wants teens to log off during school hours
“Focus is a beautiful thing,” the app tells young users. Students won’t be using Pinterest during class — or, at least, they will be heavily discouraged from doing so. The social media app is experimenting with a prompt that will encourage American and Canadian users between the ages of 13 (the minimum age for account […]
