Volkswagen Electric SUV Leaked Months Ahead Of Release
Volkswagen’s first all-electric SUV, the ID 4, has broken cover thanks to leaked images from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that were picked up by a VW fan…
Lyft Says ‘100 Percent’ Of Its Vehicles Will Be Electric By 2030
Lyft announced a plan on Wednesday to transition to “100 percent” electric or zero-emission vehicles by 2030. By working with automakers and rental car companies, as well as the millions…
TikTok Clone Zynn Removed From The iOS App Store
Zynn, the Chinese video sharing app that’s a near button-for-button clone of TikTok, has been removed from Apple’s App Store. The app was previously taken down from Google’s Play Store…
U.S., Brazil In Talks On Funding To Buy 5G Gear From Ericsson, Nokia
The United States is in talks with Brazil and its local telecommunications companies on funding the acquisition of fifth-generation gear produced by Ericsson and Nokia, U.S. ambassador for Brazil Todd…
Big Tech Companies Are Responding To George Floyd In A Way They Never Did For Michael Brown
nIn the days since the death of George Floyd, technology’s biggest companies and their leaders have made public statements expressing solidarity with Black communities. The communications — which, really, are…
Tech’s Big Five Lost Nearly $270 Billion In Value In Thursday’s Market Plunge
The five most valuable tech companies lost more than $269 billion in value on Thursday, the worst day for U.S. stocks since March. Microsoft was the biggest loser, shedding more…
Sony Unveils Playstation 5, Coming Later This Year
Sony unveiled the PlayStation 5 game console design on Thursday. The PS5 was unveiled at the end of a video stream where Sony and its partners mostly talked about new…
Twitter Suspends Chinese Operation Pushing Pro-Beijing Coronavirus Messages
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter (TWTR.N) on Thursday said it was removing hundreds of thousands of accounts tied to a Beijing-backed influence operation that deceptively spread messages favorable to the…
Amazon Bans Police Use Of Facial Recognition Technology For One Ye
Amazon said on Wednesday that it’s banning use of its facial recognition software by police for one year, as pressure on tech companies builds to respond to the killing of…
Reddit Names Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel As Alexis Ohanian’s Replacement
Reddit has named Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel to its board of directors. In addition to running the well-known accelerator, Seibel also co-founded the live streaming company Justin.tv before it…
Facebook Moves To Limit Spread Of Extremist ‘Boogaloo’ Pages And Groups
Facebook is limiting the spread of pages and groups linked with the word “boogaloo,” an internet slang term used in some far-right extremist circles to refer to the idea of…
George Floyd: Reddit Co-Founder Quits Board And Asks For Black Replacement
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has resigned from the tech firm’s board and urged the company to replace him with a black candidate. The tech entrepreneur has also pledged to use…
Google Now Highlights Search Results Directly On Webpages
Google is trying to make it easier to find the information you’re looking for on external websites by highlighting relevant sections in yellow, SearchEngineLand reports. The functionality works with Google’s…
Apple’s 2021 iPad Pros Could Have 5G
Apple’s 2021 iPad Pros could have 5G, thanks to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 5G modem, according to Apple leaker L0vetodream on Twitter. If Apple does use that modem, the new iPad…
Snap Says it Will No Longer Promote Trump’s Content Within Snapchat
Snap announced Wednesday it will no longer promote President Trump’s content within Snapchat’s Discover feature. Snap shares were down more than 2% after the announcement. “We will not amplify voices…
How SpaceX Is ‘Revolutionizing The Space Industry’
The spectacular launch into orbit of NASA astronauts aboard a SpaceX capsule on Saturday proves what space investors are betting on — commercial companies can lower the cost to access…
Microsoft Blocking The Windows 10 May 2020 Update On Many Devices
Microsoft is preventing a large number of devices from updating to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. While the software company released the update last week, Microsoft has quietly acknowledged…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Faces Employee Backlash Over Trump Protest Comments
Facebook employees critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act on President Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments about U.S. protests went public on Twitter, praising the rival social media company…
SpaceX Crew Dragon Delivers Two NASA Astronauts To International Space Station
Nearly 24 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule delivered NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first U.S.…
A New TikTok Clone, Zynn Hit The Top Of The App Store By Paying Users To Watch Videos
TikTok has a new competitor: Zynn, a nearly button-for-button clone of TikTok that differentiates itself with one key twist — it pays users to sign up, watch videos, and convince…
The World’s ‘Largest All Electric Commercial Aircraft’ Completes Its First Flight
The planet’s “largest all electric commercial aircraft” has completed its maiden flight, the latest example of a zero-emission form of transport taking to the skies. The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan…
NASA And SpaceX Launch First Astronauts To Orbit From U.S. Since 2011
NASA astronauts are heading to space from U.S. soil for the first time in nine years, aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, the maiden crewed flight of the innovative spacecraft. The mission,…
Google Search Results Will Take ‘Page Experience’ Into Account Next Year
Google will change how its algorithms rank websites in search results, the company announced today. Starting sometime early next year, if your website has a poor “page experience,” it may…
Microsoft Has A New App To Help Parents Keep Tabs On Their Kids’ Xbox Time 4
Microsoft’s Xbox Family Settings App is a new way for parents and guardians to manage how their children spend their gaming time. Available in preview today on Android and iOS,…
SpaceX Delays First Historic Crewed Launch To Space Due To Weather
Just 17 minutes before its planned launch, SpaceX postponed its first crewed flight to space on Wednesday afternoon due to bad weather over the launch site in Florida. The two…
Huawei Says New US Sanctions Puts Its Survival At Stake
Huawei has warned that its survival is at stake following the US government’s latest efforts to cut the Chinese company off from international semiconductor supplies. In its first official reaction…
Facebook Is Building A Huge Undersea Cable Around Africa To Boost Internet Access In The Continent
Facebook is building a massive underwater cable around Africa, in an effort to bring more of the continent’s 1.3 billion inhabitants online. The social media company has partnered with the…
U.S. Moves To Cut Huawei Off From Global Chip Suppliers As China Eyes Retaliation
The Trump administration on Friday moved to block global chip supplies to blacklisted telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies , spurring fears of Chinese retaliation and hammering shares of U.S. producers…
Wall Street Snaps Two-Day Slump On Lift From Tech Titans
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday as increases in large tech and internet companies and oil price gains outweighed concerns about the latest U.S.-China tensions and downbeat sentiment from the…
Clash Of Tech Titans: Zuckerberg Praises Coronavirus Lockdowns; Musk Sees ‘Fascism’
Silicon Valley billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg offered dueling views on lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus on Wednesday, with Facebook’s Zuckerberg endorsing the measures…