Huawei’s CEO wants his employees to watch a TV show about the Chinese Communist Party
Ahead of the 100th anniversary of China’s ruling Communist Party on July 1, Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei used the opportunity of a company …
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According to TikTok insiders, Trump might have been right about the Chinese company
Less than a month after we learned about a creepy privacy change that the parent company of the TikTok app implemented for the popular service …
John McAfee was always an enigma
“Come dressed as a woman.” That was the weird and very John McAfee-like instruction that the controversial entrepreneur gave me, after I’d requested an interview …
If you took a Carnival cruise before the pandemic, your personal data might’ve been stolen
By now, it’s sort of the understatement of the year to note that the coronavirus pandemic has walloped some businesses much harder than others — …
London hedge fund that bet against GameStop just shut down for good
Of all the baffling things that have happened over the last six months, few can compete with the short squeeze of GameStop’s stock at the …
Apple: Privacy is a human right, unless you live in China
Apple executives like CEO Tim Cook like to repeat, often, what’s become a kind of mantra inside the company as well as during public events …
Cable TV is dying, and the industry only has itself to blame
Time was, people ditched their cable TV packages by cutting the cord so they could save money by going all-in on streaming. It was the …
Apple CEO Tim Cook wants you to watch this ad ahead of his Epic Games testimony Friday
One day before Apple CEO Tim Cook takes the stand on Friday in the high-stakes court fight between the iPhone maker and Epic Games over …
Colonial Pipeline CEO: Paying hackers $4.4M was the ‘right thing to do for the country’
One day after Colonial Pipeline confirmed an all-new system outage that the US fuel company stressed was not a product of some new hacking attack …
Spotify’s chief legal officer just published the dumbest op-ed against Apple
As the high-profile Epic Games v Apple trial entered its third week on Monday — with key Apple executives now being put on the stand, …
Target stops selling Pokemon cards in its stores due to safety concerns
In recent months, the Pokemon Trading Card Game has exploded in popularity. Consumers are buying up Pokemon cards (and reselling them online) at a dizzying …
If you use these banks, your personal data might’ve been stolen in a security breach
Hackers have been out in force this year, especially when it comes to security incidents like data breaches and, increasingly, the opportunity to take advantage …
SpaceX is literally sending Dogecoin to the moon in upcoming mission
The cryptocurrency Dogecoin was created as a joke in 2013, and as of this January, it was worth less than a penny per coin. By …
Guess how much money Dogecoin’s co-creator made when he sold all his doge
Get used to seeing, over the coming days, lots of Dogecoin news, breathlessly enthusiastic tweets, and maybe even some kind of reference to the cryptocurrency …
Peloton just recalled its treadmills following the death of a child
Peloton issued voluntary recalls for both of its treadmills on Wednesday over safety concerns. In a press release, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) …
This big grocery chain is about to start delivering some orders with drones
Welcome to the future, courtesy of an expansion of Kroger delivery options that will soon include packages dropped off via drone. Kroger has announced that …
It’s official: There are too many streaming services on the market
Here’s a thought experiment for you streaming fans out there. At this point, many of us are subscribed to multiple streaming TV services — Netflix, …
Here’s why some Facebook employees are calling Tim Cook a hypocrite
In the lead-up to Monday’s arrival of the long-awaited iOS 14.5 — the new version of Apple’s mobile operating software that strikes a blow against …
Bad news: Spotify is about to hit some of you with a price hike
The week began with Spotify making news on multiple fronts, such as with the announcement that, starting today in select markets, a partnership with Facebook …
Apple announced a huge new $430 billion US investment including a new East Coast campus
Apple announced on Monday morning that it plans to invest more than $430 billion and add 20,000 jobs across the US over the next five …
Apple Card: One of my favorite Apple products just got even better
Right off the top, as Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event was getting underway on Tuesday — this being the iPhone maker’s first virtual product launch event …
P-MRC ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN SXSW, DEMONSTRATING CONVICTION IN THE FUTURE OF LIVE EVENTS
Austin, Texas – April 18, 2021 – South by Southwest® (SXSW®) and P-MRC Holdings, LLC. announced a partnership today that aligns P-MRC as a long-term …
Domino’s just launched a driverless robot delivery program in Texas
Contact-free food delivery is one of many innovations dreamed up during the pandemic, but Domino’s wants to take the concept to a new level. On …
‘This is insane’ – more leaked Facebook data found online
This is going to surprise absolutely no one, but less than a week after word that more than half a billion people had their personal …
Apple employees knew that if Steve Jobs turned off his iPhone, it meant one thing
Most of us, when we think of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, probably fixate on the stereotype of him as a detail-obsessed quasi-workaholic, whose near-mania …
Facebook’s response to Saturday’s news of a huge data leak was so awful
Monday was already shaping up to be a lively news day for tech journalists. That’s when the next episode of Sway, the podcast from The …
Ever Given partially refloated, but Suez Canal remains blocked
When news broke out that a cargo ship blocked the Suez Canal a few days ago, it sounded like a joke at first. But with …
Reverse SEO? Hospitals caught hiding price details from Google Search
Most businesses are familiar with the specialized industry that has arisen around how to get their listings more prominently displayed in Google Search rankings, with …
This is some of the worst news that a bank customer can get after a hack
Earlier this month, the Michigan-based bank Flagstar disclosed that a security incident had occurred, following the hack by a group of ransomware attackers who exploited …
This important Netflix update will affect so many of you
Netflix has another big weekend in store for viewers, with buzzy new series like Sky Rojo now available to stream on the service. That new …
