Sleeping “pods” based in a San Francisco building are not up to code, officials said. Authorities issued a violation for the pods on Tuesday, the SF Examiner reported. The $700-a-month pods are 4-foot-high boxes made out of... Read More
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As it looks to drive more revenue growth, X CEO Linda Yaccarino told X debt holders that it’s working on three different plans: Basic, Standard, and Plus. Early rumors suggest that none of the plans remove all advertising from a user’s view... Read More
It’s not just carmakers like Tesla and General Motors investing in the driverless cars space. Tech companies like Alphabet’s Waymo, chipmaker Nvidia, and auto tech company Mobileye Global are investing big in the space. The Road... Read More
Get ready to hear an emergency alert test go off on your smartphone at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4 — but don’t panic. Millions of us will hear the same test going off on all of our phones at the same time. It will also happen on... Read More
YouTuber MrBeast has struck a deal with the Charlotte Hornets to put his snack company’s logo, Feastables, on the NBA team’s jerseys for the 2023-2024 season. It’s the official jersey patch partner for the year. The partnership is the... Read More
Gen Z and Millennials report using subtitles or closed captions for movies and TV at much higher rates than Gen Xers and baby boomers. That’s the opposite of what many would expect, given hearing deteriorates with age, but accessibility and... Read More
Last week, Electronic Arts launched its first soccer game without the FIFA tag, betting its “FC 24” title will maintain the momentum in its best-selling franchise and provide a bulwark against an industry slowdown. A near three-decade... Read More
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger users will soon be able to use AI-generated stickers, while Instagram will provide AI tools to edit pictures. As more artificial intelligence (AI) tools and applications are created, the leading... Read More
Google Podcasts is to close, the company has announced. YouTube Music will allow you to add any RSS feed to the app, so you can continue to listen to your favorite shows in YouTube Music as a replacement. The company is working on a migration... Read More
Threads isn’t unraveling, but its momentum has cooled off considerably, Nathan writes. Why it matters: When Facebook owner Meta introduced the Twitter alternative in July, millions of people signed up within days. But the... Read More
The newest member of the NYPD weighs 400 pounds, gets paid $9 an hour and works midnights without a single complaint. And transit commanders couldn’t be happier. K5 is a robot that will patrol the Times Square subway station in the overnight... Read More
When streaming services first came into our lives, they promised us the world. But as competition has heated up in the space, resulting in more streaming services than days of the week, the product began looking more and more like traditional... Read More
Major League Baseball on Thursday announced that its interactive, virtual ballpark will stream its first-ever regular season game on Wednesday, Sept. 20, when the Tampa Bay Rays host the Los Angeles Angels live from Tropicana Field. Syncing with... Read More
Warner Bros. Discovery is adding a live sports tier to its Max streaming service, with the add-on set to be available for US customers on Oct. 5, per a release. Launching as Bleacher Report (B/R) Sports, the package will... Read More
The social media giant will begin subsidizing up to 50 percent discounts for its TikTok Shop sellers in late October. The news comes the same week as it rolled out TikTok Shop in the U.S., offering to hold and ship sellers’ products using its... Read More