House committee launches investigation into Amazon labor practices
Amazon's labor practices are facing political scrutiny following a tornado that collapsed a warehouse and killed six people in Edwardsville, Illinois last December. The New York Timesnotes the House...
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Apple's new iPad Air is $30 off, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals
While many of this week's deals only lasted for a limited time, some of them are still available. Apple's new iPad Air is $29 off and down to $570, while the iPad mini is $40 cheaper than usual and...
View ArticleAmazon warehouse workers vote to unionize in Staten Island (updated)
There should be at least one unionized Amazon warehouse in the US. CNBCreports Workers at the company's JFK8 facility in Staten Island have voted 2,350-1,912 in favor of joining a union in a late March...
View ArticleMagnetic slime 'robot' could help recover swallowed objects
Soft robots may soon be more flexible than ever... and a tad creepy. As The Guardianreports, researchers have developed a magnetic slime "robot" that can shift into different shapes to grab objects. It...
View ArticleThe first episode of 'Halo' is free to watch on YouTube for one week
You don't have to start a Paramount+ trial just to figure out whether or not the Halo TV series is worth your time. The streaming service has made the first episode of the game-inspired show free to...
View ArticleTwitch halts paid stream boosts after viewers abuse them to push porn
Twitch is halting a feature that lets viewers pay to promote their favorite streamers after bad actors used it to push porn and other NSFW content onto its homepage. First spotted by PC Gamer, a number...
View ArticleThe follow-up to 'Hyper Light Drifter' is a full 3D co-op slasher
Hyper Light Drifter's retro style and relentless action have prompted a spiritual successor and even an animated series, but what about a follow-up? Don't worry, it's coming. Eurogamernotes Heart...
View ArticleGoogle ‘unfairly’ blocked rival payments, India’s antitrust regulator says
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday released early findings of an investigation into Google’s app store and its payment system, Google Pay. As Bloombergreported, it found that Google’s...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard will let studios decide their own COVID vaccine policy
Activision Blizzard's studios will have the power to determine their own return-to-office policies despite the company leaders' decision to drop its vaccine mandate. That's what Activision Blizzard...
View ArticleRecommended Reading: Tracking migratory birds
The extraordinary lives of migratory birdsFresh Air, NPRIn this recommended listening, Author Scott Weidensaul discusses how new tracking tech may help keep migratory birds alive and how one species,...
View ArticleBored Ape and other major NFT Discord servers targeted by scammers
The Discord servers of popular NFT projects, including the Bored Ape Yacht Club, were targeted by scammers in the early hours of April Fools'. Some users reported losing money to the bad actors who...
View ArticleRussia won’t cooperate on the International Space Station until sanctions are...
Russia’s Roscosmos will stop working with NASA and other western space agencies on the International Space Station. On early Saturday morning, Roscosmos director Dmitry Rogozin slammed international...
View ArticleEpic brings building back to Fortnite’s casual queue
Not two weeks after Epic Games removed the feature, Building is back in Fortnite. On Saturday, Epic re-addedFortnite’s classic Battle Royale mode to the game’s casual queue. It now lives side-by-side...
View ArticleApple’s ‘Prehistoric Planet’ is a dinosaur documentary narrated by David...
If you love dinosaurs (and who doesn’t?), you’ll want to mark May 23rd on your calendar. That’s when Prehistoric Planet, a new five-part documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough will debut...
View ArticleNASA’s Perseverance Rover helps scientists discover sound travels slower on Mars
Since landing on Mars more than a year ago, NASA’s Perseverance Rover has used its microphones to capture the sounds of the Red Planet, including its harsh winds and the hum of Ingenuity cutting...
View ArticleTesla's deliveries increased despite supply shortages and plant closures
Tesla delivered 310,048 vehicles over the first three months of 2022, the automaker announced on Saturday. “This was an exceptionally difficult quarter due to supply chain interruptions and China...
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Hitting the Books: Raytheon, Yahoo Finance and the rise of the 'cybersmear'...
A company's public image is arguably even more important to its bottom line than the product they produce and very much not something to be trifled with. Would Disney be the entertainment behemoth it...
View ArticleApple’s AirPods Pro are back on sale for $174
While Apple’s AirPods Pro are a few years old now, they’re still among the best wireless earbuds you can pair with an iPhone. And if you’ve been waiting to purchase a set, now is a good time to do so....
View ArticleJack Dorsey regrets his role in creating a centralized internet
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey would like you to know he too misses the early days of the internet when protocols like IRC made the web seem like a place of boundless possibility. He also knows he’s...
View ArticleTwitter’s Android app may finally get tweet text selection
Twitter’s Android app has lagged behind its iOS counterpart for years, but at least in one way, the two clients could soon be on equal footing. In a tweet spotted by Android Police, Jane Manchun Wong,...
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