Lina Khan’s Plan to Liberate US Workers
The chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses.
Read MoreThe chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses.
Read MorePolice in the Indian state of Telangana have found a novel way to help people avoid getting swindled online: grassroots education.
Read MoreThe loquacious bot has Microsoft ready to sink a reported $10 billion into OpenAI. It’s unclear what products can be built on the technology.
Read MoreActivision-Blizzard’s ambitious, much-hyped initiative has stalled. Recent upheavals reveal the instability of esports—and a murky future for the league.
Read MoreIn a post-Roe world, bodily autonomy must include control over personal data.
Read MoreHidden screening devices are used to track the movement of dangerous materials—and recently caught a shipment of uranium at London’s Heathrow Airport.
Read MoreAlthough the HP 54542C oscilloscope and its siblings are getting on in years, they’re still very useful today. Unfortunately, as some of the first oscilloscopes to switch from a CRT display to an LCD they are starting to suffer from degradation. This has led to otherwise perfectly functional examples being discarded or sold for cheap,
Read MoreUnder the tutelage of Apple, Beats makes some stellar in-ear headphones. You can also save up to $50 at the moment on the whole range over at Amazon.
Read MoreCosmonaut Anna Kikina used the robotic Canadarm2 to capture this image of Soyuz after the leak. Image: NASA It has been several weeks since a Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station (ISS) sprung a coolant leak. NASA has been working on potential emergency evacuation plans, to say nothing of how the station
Read MoreWith staff shortages affecting every sector, it’s more important than ever for businesses to invest in technology that supports their employees and makes it easier for teams to do more with less. As worker shortages affect companies in every sector, many businesses are turning to technology to increase efficiency. Chatbots, specialized software platforms and automation allows businesses
Read MoreRachel Chitra / DealStreetAsia: Singapore- and NY-based Holmusk, which offers real-world clinical data and analytics for the behavioral health industry, raised a $45M Series B led by Veradigm — Editor’s note: This story was updated on Jan 12 to incorporate details from Holmusk’s regulatory filings in Singapore.
Read MoreIntel has only just revealed the new top-of-the-line Core i9-13900KS CPU, but Newegg would already like to sell you one. The online retailer has Intel’s latest chip available for purchase, and although it’s priced a little higher than the $699 MSRP, this is the only way to hit 6GHz on a desktop CPU without overclocking
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla is cutting prices throughout Europe and in the US. Reuters reports that prices for a Model Y rear wheel drive have dropped by 17 percent in Germany, with cuts of 20 percent for the Model Y long range in the US. Tesla has also cut prices for
Read MorePhoto by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images British postal service Royal Mail’s ongoing cybersecurity incident is the result of an attack carried out using ransomware tools from Russia-linked hacking group LockBit, The Telegraph reports. Royal Mail disclosed the incident on Wednesday, saying that it’s unable to send packages internationally. A ransomware note circulating on Twitter that was
Read MoreI hadn’t thought to use Mastodon lists until I read the Frustration with lists chapter of Martin Fowler’s Exploring Mastodon, in which he writes: I like lists because they allow me to divide up my timeline to topics I want to read about at different times. They are frustrating because the tools to manage them
Read MoreI’ve covered the lack of cloud ROI here a great deal, so I don’t want to continue to harp on it. Although the opinions vary greatly on the causes, a few things are clear to me. First, these are mostly self-inflected wounds. If the cloud did not ever have the potential to return ROI back
Read MoreA Tesla Model Y at a recent trade show. | Photo by Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images Plus more information on Royal Mail’s ongoing cybersecurity incident, and a neat new Nvidia feature. Continue reading…
Read MoreJosh Ye / Reuters: A look at Tencent’s short-video service WeChat Channels, called “the hope of the company” by founder Pony Ma, as the tech giant tries to build its own TikTok — On a hot summer’s day last year, the 90’s boy band Backstreet Boys clambered on to a stage in Pennsylvania and belted
Read MoreUsers of third-party Twitter apps are unable to actually do so right now, but it isn’t clear whether it’s an outage or a Twitter decision.
Read MoreReuters: Sources: Chinese authorities plan to allow Didi’s ride-hailing and other apps back on app stores as soon as next week, another sign of the loosening crackdown — Chinese authorities are set to allow Didi Global’s ride-hailing and other apps back on domestic app stores as soon as next week …
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Twitter users say Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and other third-party apps are broken, possibly due to Twitter’s API being down; Twitter has offered no explanation — The past several weeks since Elon Musk’s takeover have seen Twitter in turmoil as rapid changes hit the platform …
Read MoreHappy Friday, everyone! This week I discovered the magic of brown ink. It’s a nice variation to the standard black and blue you see everywhere, adding a little touch of interest to all of my handwritten notes. As someone whose favorite color is brown (don’t @ me), I’m not sure what took me this long.
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Power banks are a handy accessory to have for your phone, allowing you to charge your device when you’re traveling or out of the house. But many of today’s phones also offer large batteries and super-fast charging, potentially reducing the need for a power bank in the first
Read MoreSign language is a language that uses the position and motion of the hands in place of sounds made by the vocal tract. If one could readily capture those hand positions and movements, one could theoretically digitize and translate that language. [ayooluwa98] built a set of sensor gloves to do just that. The brains of
Read MoreKevin Roose / New York Times: Banning ChatGPT in schools will be hard, so teachers should treat ChatGPT like a calculator: assume students are using it unless they are physically supervised — OpenAI’s new chat bot is raising fears of cheating on homework, but its potential as an educational tool outweighs its risks.
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