A company that asked Nevada to let it form its own local government on its vast land holdings in the desert no longer plans to build the experimental smart city that they said could transform Nevada into a global hub for emerging technology. Blockchains, a Nevada-based technology company, had for months lobbied state lawmakers to […]
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Camera lights glare. Outrage thunders from elected representatives. A brave industry whistleblower stands alone and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers’ mosh pit. The former Facebook product manager who has accused the social network giant of threatening children’s safety — and the integrity of democracy — is urging Congress to take […]
Deleting an application off your phone takes mere seconds to do. It’s as easy as clicking a button, literally. However, deleting your application’s account is a hassle, one that is about to change. Apple will require developers that offer a way to create accounts in their apps to also make the option of deleting the […]
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced plans to send a probe to land on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to collect data on the origins of the universe, the latest project in the oil-rich federation’s ambitious space program. A successful landing would see the UAE join an elite club of the European Union, […]
Google’s plans of extending its horizon into financial services in collaboration with the banking sector have reached an end as the search engine kills off its Plex service before the initial launch, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Mountain View company stunned its users with news of halting the development of its banking service as […]
After a lengthy beta-testing period, Google finally released the much-anticipated Android 12 to its Android Open-Source Project, an open-source operating system for its mobile devices. However, if you’re wondering about any updates regarding the new Pixel series, those are apparently arriving “in the next few weeks.” According to DigitalTrends, “the new update will land first […]
Tinder is releasing an in-app currency, allowing users to obtain coins by maintaining an active profile or through spending your actual money on the platform. The famous dating-app that’s used worldwide has the potential to incorporate a myriad of features. However, an in-app currency was surely not expected. Bloomberg first reported on the news on Monday, noting […]
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours. Facebook said late Monday that “the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change” and that there is “no evidence that user […]
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 […]
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 […]