The European Union has dialed up scrutiny of Chinese ecommerce marketplace Temu, asking for more information about its compliance with multiple provisions of the bloc’s online governance framework, the Digital Services Act (DSA), including in relation to how it prevents the sale of illegal goods on its platform. Back in May scores of consumer … Read more
Xbox President Sarah Bond announced that players will soon be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android. The announcement comes as a U.S. judge ordered Google to stop forcing developers to use Google Play’s billing system on Monday. The ruling forces Google to open up its app store … Read more
This week, we’re joined by tech critic Paris Marx to discuss Data Vampires, his latest Tech Won’t Save us podcast series. We chat about how data centers suck up vast amounts of power, water and other resources, and why the AI boom is exacerbating those issues. Also, Devindra and Ben dive into a few … Read more
Comedian and writer John Mulaney will host a live variety talk show on Netflix, the streaming company announced in a post on X. The show may be similar to Mulaney’s Everybody’s in LA, a live talk show that streamed on Netflix for six episodes in May 2024. Mulaney’s production company will produce and he’ll … Read more
As AI-generated slop takes over increasing swathes of the user-generated Internet thanks to the rise of large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT, spare a thought for Wikipedia editors. In addition to their usual job of grubbing out bad human edits, they’re having to spend an increasing proportion of their time trying to weed … Read more
Monzo is now valued at $5.9 billion after the U.K.-based challenger bank confirmed a secondary market share sale to provide liquidity for its employees. The transaction, first rumored yesterday, saw existing investors such as Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund (GIC) and StepStone Group procuring additional shares in the London-based fintech. A secondary market sale essentially … Read more
Elon Musk unveiled a prototype of Tesla’s Robovan on Thursday night during the company’s We, Robot event in Los Angeles. The Robovan will be an electric, autonomous vehicle roughly the size of a bus, designed for transporting people around high density areas. It will carry up to 20 people at a time and also … Read more
Tesla has introduced a robotaxi called Cybercab during its “We, Robot” event at Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio in California, six months after Elon Musk revealed that the company was going to launch one. Musk made his way to the stage on a Cybercab, which has no steering wheels or pedals, announcing that “there’s 20 … Read more
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Turbosquid Tesla is revealing its long anticipated robotaxi in Burbank, California and here’s everything they announced. Continue reading… Source: Read More
Bluesky seems to have a bold new strategy to entice potential new users: posting on Threads. The rival social media service joined Threads amid a surge in complaints from users who are increasingly frustrated with Meta’s policies. While complaints about Meta’s policies aren’t a new topic, they’ve gained new prominence over the last week … Read more