SpaceX's fifth crewed launch takes off
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts roared into outer space atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, marking the kick off of SpaceX's fifth crewed mission to orbit.The spacecraft, with three NASA astronauts and one European astronaut onboard,…
'The Lord of the Rings' director sells his visual effects studio for $1.6 billion
"The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson is selling most of his visual effects studio Weta Digital to Unity, which makes development software for video games, for $1.6 billion.The cash-and-stock deal will see the American platform acquire Weta Digital's…
Facebook-parent Meta will remove the ability to target ads based on sensitive categories
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, said Tuesday it plans to limit advertisers' ability to target users based on certain sensitive categories. Starting next year, it will remove thousands of "Detailed Targeting" keywords to target ads to specific users…
Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann opens up about his regrets
Just weeks after WeWork's much-anticipated public offering, its infamous co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann opened up about the lessons he's learned after he all but ran the company into the ground."I've had a lot of time to think, and…
Apple has no immediate plans to accept crypto as payment, Tim Cook says
Tim Cook is a cryptocurrency owner. But don't call him a bitcoin bull."I don't want to put any labels on me, it's just that it's something, from a personal point of view, I'm interested in," the Apple CEO told journalist…
Comcast Xfinity internet outage hits customers across the US
If your Tuesday morning started out with internet connectivity problems, it's not just you.Comcast customers in various areas across the United States, including parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Illinois, reported outages early Tuesday with their Xfinity internet service. Outage…
Zillow's home-buying debacle shows how hard it is to use AI to value real estate
In February, Zillow appeared so confident in its ability to use artificial intelligence to estimate the value of homes that it announced a new option: for certain homes, its so-called "Zestimate" would also represent an initial cash offer from the…
Researchers uncover software flaws leaving medical devices vulnerable to hackers
Researchers say they have found more than a dozen vulnerabilities in software used in medical devices and machinery used in other industries that, if exploited by a hacker, could cause critical equipment such as patient monitors to crash.The research, shared…
Apple-1 computer goes on sale, with bids expected to reach $600,000
One of Apple's first computers is up for auction and it could sell for as much as $600,000.The Apple-1 that is going under the hammer on Tuesday is one of the few surviving examples of Apple's first computer in the…
Robinhood discloses breach that exposed information of millions of customers
Robinhood said Monday it was hit by a data breach earlier this month that exposed information on millions of customers and that hackers later demanded an extortion payment.The trading platform said in a statement that the November 3 attack allowed…
A 9-foot video game joystick now holds a Guinness World Record
In 2006, before the advent of augmented reality games like Pokémon GO, artist Mary Flanagan wanted to find a way to get random people to play a game together. Her solution? Create a 9-foot-tall video game joystick -- which made…
SpaceX splashdown: Astronauts return home from six-month ISS mission
Four astronauts splashed down off the coast of Florida aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, capping off their six-month stay in space.Their journey kicked off Monday just after 2 pm ET when the astronauts strapped into the Crew Dragon capsule,…
The next front in Facebook's misinformation battle: climate change
In August 2019, when a Facebook employee typed "climate change" into the platform's search bar, the auto-fill suggestions that popped up included "climate change debunked" and "climate change is a hoax." The results prompted the employee to ask in a…
What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
As the criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered its third month this week, much of the focus continued to be on how the failed blood-testing startup was able to attract investments from several wealthy families.Daniel Mosley, an investor…
Judge rules against Blue Origin in standoff with SpaceX, NASA
A federal judge delivered a major blow to Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin, on Thursday by ruling in favor of NASA in a dispute over who will build the lander intended to take humans back to the moon.Jeff Bezos…
Nintendo says the chip shortage is hurting Switch sales
Nintendo has become the latest victim of a global chip shortage that is battering supply chains.The Japanese company reduced its forecast Thursday for sales of its popular Switch console by about 6%. It now expects to sell 24 million units…
