Apple’s HomePod Makes A Terrible Impression On Reviewers, Not That Smart
Feb 20, 2018 00:41 am UTC| Technology
Amazon has arguably cornered the market of smart speakers with its Echo devices and Google is trying to catch up with its own Home speaker. Not wanting to be left behind, Apple tried to do the same thing with its HomePod....
Twitter Surprises Everyone By Actually Making Money
Feb 13, 2018 23:41 pm UTC| Technology
Twitter has been a bit of an oddity in the tech industry since its inception, in that it doesnt really make much money. Unlike Snapchat, Instagram, or Facebook, the sitting U.S. presidents preferred social media platform...
Fortnite Battle Royale’s Valentine’s Patch Is Here And Players Get A Crossbow
Feb 13, 2018 23:37 pm UTC| Technology
One of the best things about Epic Games Fortnite Battle Royale is the many quirky, and often timely events that it provides to its millions of players. Since Valentines Day is coming up, its only fitting that players would...
Renewable Energy Made Up Half Of New U.S. Energy In 2017
Feb 13, 2018 23:35 pm UTC| Technology
2017 saw one of the fastest adoption rates for renewable energy yet, with about half the added power coming from green sources. This is the fourth time that renewables outpaced natural gas as new additions to the power...
Elon Musk Throws Shade At LIDAR For Driverless Cars, Calls It A Crutch
Feb 13, 2018 23:35 pm UTC| Technology
LIDAR is one of the foremost technologies being used in developing self-driving technology right now, with big names like Googles Waymo and Uber frantically trying to claim supremacy using the tool. In his usual renegade...
Google Sued, Accused Of Knowingly Selling Broken Pixel Phones
Feb 13, 2018 23:32 pm UTC| Technology
When Google launched the first batch of Pixel phones, the products received mixed reactions from the industry. Many critics loved it but just as many had issues with it. Apparently, theres a portion of customers who...
Snapchat Now Lets Users Customize Their Filters
Feb 13, 2018 23:31 pm UTC| Technology
Usually, Snapchat users can only choose from a variety of fun, spontaneous filters on the app in order to take pictures of themselves with and then send it to their friends. Thanks to the new updates for the app, users can...
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Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects