Nextdoor Lays Off 25% of Staff as a 'Commitment to Shareholders'Nextdoor joins 1,100 other Big Tech companies that carried out layoffs in 2023, affecting nearly 249,000 employees.ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 8, 2023
Hiker Rescued After Following Google Maps On a 'Dangerous,' Non-Existent TrailGoogle Maps is getting smarter, but it still doesn't know where everything is.ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 8, 2023
Cruise Recalls Robotaxis Following a Dragging of PedestrianCruise is fixing the way its driverless vehicles respond to an accident with a software update.ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 8, 2023
Revel Is Reportedly Getting Out of the Moped BusinessRevel briefly shut down its NYC moped service in 2021 following two fatal crashes and fully eliminated the service…ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 3, 2023
‘I’d Have Told Them to F*ck Off’: Succession Star Brian Cox Says AI Is a Human Rights IssueHollywood actors entered their 100th day on strike last week in part over demands for contractual protections…ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 3, 2023
Amazon to Ditch Clothing Stores, Wants More Grocery Stores InsteadAmazon shut down 68 physical retail stores last year, citing a shift in focus.ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 2, 2023
Apple Music's Cheap Voice Plan Disappearing Is Another Example of 'Streamflation'The average monthly cost for streaming services increased by 25% in the last year alone.ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 2, 2023
Uber, Lyft Drivers Finally Get Benefits in NY After $328 Million SettlementCurrent and former drivers for Uber and Lyft will receive a part of a settlement.ByNikki MainUpdatedNovember 2, 2023
Costco Continues to Sell Banned Surveillance Equipment, Lawmakers SayTwo U.S. lawmakers claim Costco is going against its global Code of Conduct by selling products associated with…ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 1, 2023
Apple Can't Throw Out iPhone 'Batterygate' Lawsuit, UK Courts SayApple paid $500 million to settle a separate lawsuit in the U.S. claiming it intentionally slowed down older iPhones.ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 1, 2023
LinkedIn Wants Its AI Bot to Help Find You a Job After You Lose Your Job to AILinkedIn invested $10 billion in OpenAI's ChatGPT to keep up with the growing demand for AI.ByNikki MainPublishedNovember 1, 2023
Tesla Beats Charges in Fatal Autopilot Crash TrialTesla still faces several investigations by the NHTSA and the DoJ for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving software…ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 31, 2023
Apple's Payment Requirements Are Out of Control, Dutch Regulators Say Enough Is EnoughApple won't allow companies to use third-party payment options but charges a 30% commission to use Apple Pay.ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 31, 2023
48 Countries Set to Refuse Future Ransomware Payments, White House SaysCyberattacks in the U.S. rose by 45% this year, compared to the second half of 2022.ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 31, 2023
Sundar Pichai Defends Google Paying Billions to Remain Top Search EngineThe Google CEO claims his company is the top search engine because it gives users a better search experience.ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 30, 2023
Threads (Not That Threads) Tells Meta It Had the Name FirstThreads Software Limited refuses to change its name 'simply to avoid confusion' with Meta's Threads.ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 30, 2023
You Can No Longer Make Money Posting Misinformation on X, Musk ClaimsX is one of the top social media platforms for spurring misleading or false information.ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 30, 2023
Google Paid How Much to Be the Default Search Engine?One executive revealed the number, and it's more than the GDP of Haiti.ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 27, 2023
Tesla's String of Mass Recalls Over the Last 12 MonthsTesla recalled more than 3.4 million vehicles between 2018 and February 2023.ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 27, 2023
Google Maps Now Uses AI to Find Where People Are Having FunGoogle is improving Maps with features including where to find EV charging stations and in-depth visualization.ByNikki MainPublishedOctober 27, 2023