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In California, some buy machines that make water out of air

The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices. The air-to-water systems work like air conditioners by using coils to chill air, then collect water drops in a basin. “Our motto is, water from air isn’t magic, it’s science, […]

Ex-Facebook employee bringing sharp criticisms to Congress

A former Facebook data scientist has stunned lawmakers and the public with revelations of the company’s awareness of apparent harm to some teens from Instagram and her accusations of dishonesty in its fight against hate and misinformation. Now she is coming before Congress. Frances Haugen has come forward with a wide-ranging condemnation of Facebook, buttressed […]

Mark Zuckerberg wealth down $6 billion, following ecosystem blackout

Facebook systems’ sudden emergence to darkness on Monday sends the social media mogul stoke to plummet by almost 5 percent, bleeding Mark Zuckerberg net worth by more than $6 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. During the same time its global head of safety Antigone Davis went live on CNBC to clear the company’s image over the […]

Here’s why Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were down

As the whole world went semi-offline last night due to a six-hour outage on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the main question on everyone’s mind was “what’s happening to our social media platforms?”  Well, Facebook cleared the air in a blog post right after the outage was fixed. Apparently, the answer to the popular question isn’t as gripping as most of […]

Netflix releases ‘Play Something’ for Android devices

There are at least 15,000 titles on Netflix, which is why choosing what to watch can be a daunting task.  However, the popular streaming site is officially making it easier, as the Play Something feature has been released for Android users.  While Netflix began testing the feature in April, the streaming giant has just launched the new tool globally […]

China tightens political control of internet giants

The ruling Communist Party is tightening political control over China’s internet giants and tapping their wealth to pay for its ambitions to reduce reliance on U.S. and European technology. Anti-monopoly and data security crackdowns starting in late 2020 have shaken the industry, which flourished for two decades with little regulation. Investor jitters have knocked more […]

Facebook whistleblower comes forward, urges for strong regulations

Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, revealed during an interview with CBS News’ 60 minutes that she’s the one leaking confidential internal documents to media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal.  “The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook. And Facebook, over and over again, chose to optimize for […]

Trump taking legal action to get back on Twitter

Almost 8 months following Twitter’s permanent ban of Former President Donald Trump from the platform, the ex-commander-in-chief is pleading his case to a federal judge to bring him back to the micro-blogging site. According to the complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida on Friday, Donald Trump is arguing that Twitter, “coerced by members […]

Electric vehicle maker Rivian files to go public

American electric vehicle maker, Rivian, has officially filed its initial public offering (IPO) Friday on Nasdaq, following a confidential filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier on in August.   The EV company, which is vouched for by Ford and Amazon, wrote in the filing that they have not generated substantial revenues due to being stuck […]

Tesla reports stronger-than-expected Q3 sales

Tesla says it delivered 241,300 electric vehicles in the third quarter even as it wrestled with a global shortage of computer chips that has hit the entire auto industry. The Palo Alto, California, company’s sales from July through September beat Wall Street estimates of 227,000 sales worldwide, according to data provider FactSet. Third-quarter sales rose […]