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Tesla has raised the prices of its EVs for the second time this month. After adding $1,000 to some models last week, the automaker has now implemented a much larger…
Elon Musk says Tesla will do nothing to stop United Auto Workers (UAW) from holding a union vote at the company’s Fremont, California factory.
80% of Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX on February 3 won’t reach their intended orbit. SpaceX has revealed that a geomagnetic storm had a severe impact on the satellites.
Tesla has received a subpoena from the SEC, noting that the agency, in particular, is seeking information on its “governance processes around compliance with the SEC settlement, as amended.”
Small businesses might soon be able to accept payments using their iPhones without extra hardware. Apple could start rolling out the feature through a software update in the next few…
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Twitter’s experimental ‘Flock’ feature will let you share tweets with your closest friends
Twitter is still working on a feature that will give you a way to blast tweets that can only be seen by the friends you choose first revealed in July…
The US International Trade Commission has agreed with Sonos’ claims that Google had infringed on its speaker and cast patents.
Popcorn Time, the app that was once popular for making pirating movies as easy as watching Netflix, has shut down. Its original developers abandoned it in 2014 but it has…
Facebook has announced that a limited number of people in the US will now be able to send and receive Novi payments from within WhatsApp.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer satellite, capable of measuring the polarization of X-rays that come from cosmic sources like black holes.
While Tesla has yet to issue a recall, internal documents distributed to authorized service providers in late November, asking them to swap faulty repeater cameras for Autopilot at no cost…
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Niantic buys gameplay recording app Lowkey to improve its in-game social experience
Niantic has acquired another company to help build out its augmented reality platforms: Lowkey, an app you can use to easily capture and share gameplay moments.
Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset will be powered by two processors, according to renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In Kuo’s latest research report, and won’t need to be tethered to an…
The first electric Hummers will be making their way to their new owners this holiday season. GMC boss Duncan Aldred has announced that deliveries of the Hummer Edition 1 begin…
Starbucks has teamed up with Amazon to open a cashierless store in NYC. The new location will combine the Starbucks app’s order ahead feature with Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology
Amazon has escalated its fight with Visa: Starting on January 19th, 2022, the e-commerce giant will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the UK.
Starlink has introduced a new user terminal customers can get with their starter kit. The company now offers a rectangular option that’s smaller and lighter than its original circular one.
The company formerly known as Facebook had been mulling opening retail stores way before it rebranded itself as Meta. Discussions about opening brick-and-mortar shops started last year.
ZipCharge has launched a new type of charging product for EVs that might be able to convince people worried about range anxiety to switch from gas vehicles: A power bank…
Meta — that is, the company formerly known as Facebook — may be developing a smartwatch that can take photos and videos. A new leaked image shows a smartwatch with…
Apple has yet to issue a mandate similar to Google’s that would require all employees to be vaccinated, but it’s tightening its COVID-19 protocols nonetheless. According to Bloomberg, the tech…
Netflix’s pre-recorded call to shareholders announcing its Q3 results gives us a glimpse at how successful Squid Game was: Around 142 million households worldwide watched the Korean-language show.
Tesla now offers car insurance in Texas, its new home state, after first launching the product in California. It calculates a customer’s insurance premium using their real-time driving behavior.
Password sharing in the workplace and at home is a common practice, but doing so securely can be tricky. 1Password aims to address that with this new login sharing feature.
Alphabet subsidiary Wing has launched a pilot program that will have its drones fly products from the rooftops of shopping centers, kicking off the program n its biggest market: Logan,…
Amazon has opened a 4-star store in a mall just southeast of central London. It’s not just the first 4-star store outside the US, it’s also the company’s first UK…
SIM swapping scams have been on the rise these past couple of years, but the FCC is seeking to create new rules that would help prevent SIM swapping scams and…
Pokémon Unite is now available for download and is ready to play on Androidand iOS. It’s the same free-to-start MOBA with the same maps and monsters the launched on the…
Chromecasts and other devices powered by Google TV might give users access to free, ad-supported streaming television channels in the future, according to a new report.
The high speed wireless optical link technology Alphabet originally developed for its shuttered Loon balloon company is currently being used for another moonshot called Project Taara.
