Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads is rolling out more new features, including the ability for users to review posts they’ve liked, as it looks to reverse a major exodus of users since the platform’s high-profile launch in July. As of this week, Threads users can review their activity by clicking into their settings tab and clicking a subsection titled “Your likes.” Meta …
Read More »Scientists create major nuclear fusion breakthrough twice
American scientists have for the first time managed to reach — and then improve on — a longtime goal of nuclear research. Twice in under a year, researchers at California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have managed to trigger a fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain, or producing more power than was used to fuel the experiment. Their accomplishment …
Read More »Bill Gates used to think ‘sleep is laziness and unnecessary’
Billionaire Bill Gates revealed he would sleep as little as possible while building his Microsoft fortune, calling the need for shuteye lazy and “unnecessary.” The tech titan said he realized the folly of his thinking while discussing brain health during a podcast with comedian Seth Rogan and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogan. “In my 30s and 40s when there would …
Read More »Elon Musk says fight with Mark Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on X
Elon Musk said in a social media post that his proposed cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be live-streamed on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The social media moguls have been egging each other into a mixed martial arts cage match in Las Vegas since June. “Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X. All proceeds will …
Read More »Elon Musk’s X to fund legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform
Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will fund the legal bills of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as Twitter. “If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill,” Musk …
Read More »NASA relinks with Voyager 2 after accidentally losing contact
They thought it was gonna be a long, long time. NASA has successfully “reestablished full communications” with Voyager 2, an interstellar deep space probe which the agency sent offline with a faulty command two weeks ago. The good news comes far ahead of schedule as experts at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California recently expressed worry that they would need …
Read More »Google wins antitrust ruling in battle with states over search engine
A federal judge struck down parts of an antitrust lawsuit brought against Google’s parent company Alphabet by state attorneys general who allege the search giant abused its competitive advantage to harm rivals. US District Judge Amit Mehta said in his ruling, unsealed Friday, that attorneys general of Colorado and 37 other states who sued Alphabet for allegedly monopolizing the internet …
Read More »Jeff Bezos’ wealth balloons by $12B as Amazon stock soars 11%
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos saw his personal net worth increase by a whopping $12 billion on Friday morning as the e-commerce giant’s stock price soared by some 11% in pre-noon trading — the largest single-day jump so far this year. The Seattle-based company, whose stock was trading at nearly $143 per share as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, …
Read More »Google parent Alphabet dumps 90% of its stake in Robinhood
Google parent Alphabet said Friday it had slashed its stake in Robinhood Markets by nearly 90%, cutting its exposure to the trading app operator that has been grappling with a slowdown in its mainstay business. Alphabet had reportedly invested in Robinhood when the latter was an unlisted startup, and it held over 4.9 million shares in the company as of the end …
Read More »Google luring workers to office with special rate at on-site hotel
Google hopes that offering its staffers a “summer special” at a hotel located on its Mountain View, Calif., campus will lure them back to the office. The search giant said its full-time workers can book a room at the on-site hotel for $99 per night as part of a seasonal discount, according to materials obtained by CNBC. Google, which currently …
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