Looks like Apple will have to switch to USB-C ports on its iPhones by the fall of 2024 after legislation passed in the European Union (EU) to require all smartphones and electronic devices to have USB-C ports. * Recent news suggests that Apple is already testing iPhones with USB-C ports. * After...
Our favorite browser to download Chrome on, Internet Explorer, retired this Wednesday after Microsoft officially called it quits, ending IE’s nearly 27-year run. * Internet Explorer is currently inoperable in specific versions of Windows 11 and supported versions of Windows 10 and has been replaced by Microsoft Edge. * According to...
Google unveiled a new skin tone scale to address issues of racial bias in AI products and other related technology. Created in collaboration with Harvard professor and sociologist Ellis Monk [https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/ellis-monk], the 10-tone Monk Skin Tone Scale comes with a wider range of human...
In a pitch deck to investors obtained by the New York Times, Elon Musk revealed his plans to increase Twitter’s annual revenue fivefold to $26.4 billion by 2028. The following are Musk’s goals for Twitter in years to come: * Reduce Twitter’s reliance on advertising to 45%...
In a move that would make an excellent script for The Social Network sequel, Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter and take it private for $43 billion. Musk says the company has “extraordinary potential” and that he can unlock it. * He offered to pay $54.20 per share in cash,...
TikTok is partnering with Virtual Dining Concepts (VDC) to launch TikTok Kitchens, hundreds of delivery-only restaurants that will cook up recipes that have gone viral on the app. Starting in March, the company plans to open around 300 locations across the US but plans to expand to more than 1,...
