Walmart plans to offer its logistics and delivery services to other companies as part of a new last-mile delivery business, the company announced on Monday. The service, called Walmart GoLocal, hopes to serve as a white label delivery offering for businesses big and small, and yet another way for Walmart to try to edge out… Continue reading Walmart is launching a new white label delivery service
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Tim Cook’s Apple, ten years later
On August 24th, 2011 — ten years ago today — Apple co-founder Steve Jobs resigned as CEO, leaving the world’s newly minted most valuable brand in the hands of his successor Tim Cook. Just six weeks later, Jobs died. Needless to say, Cook had some big shoes to fill: Jobs is remembered as the visionary… Continue reading Tim Cook’s Apple, ten years later
Microsoft Flight Simulator’s next updates add electric air taxis and competitive multiplayer
Microsoft has revealed the next major additions coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator later this year, including the Volocopter VoloCity air taxi; updated maps for the Germany, Austria, and Switzerland regions; and a competitive online multiplayer racing mode. First up is a new series of “Local Legends” planes that are being added to Flight Simulator, which… Continue reading Microsoft Flight Simulator’s next updates add electric air taxis and competitive multiplayer
Google dismantles Health unit in favor of tried-and-tested ‘throw everything at the wall’ strategy
Once again, Google is headed back to the drawing board to rethink its healthcare strategy. As first reported by Business Insider, the tech giant is dissolving its single, unified Google Health division, founded in 2018, in favor of a distributed approach to building health products. The head of the division, David Feinberg, is leaving the… Continue reading Google dismantles Health unit in favor of tried-and-tested ‘throw everything at the wall’ strategy
Sex workers made OnlyFans valuable — then it sold them out
In 2019, OnlyFans, a content subscription platform founded three years prior, had about 120,000 creators registered with the site. But after the pandemic left millions of people out of work and sex workers unable to safely meet with clients in person, people flocked to the platform, which was already well-known for its adult content. By… Continue reading Sex workers made OnlyFans valuable — then it sold them out
Ample raises $160 million on the promise of battery swapping
Battery swapping has long been a dream solution for the infrastructure problem standing in the way of wide electric vehicle adoption. Tesla famously tried but then abandoned the idea half a decade ago. But now a startup called Ample has raised $160 million to try to make it work — first for commercial vehicles, then… Continue reading Ample raises $160 million on the promise of battery swapping
Google has already discontinued the Pixel 5
Amidst the news of a new Pixel phone this week, Google quietly indicated that it’s the end of the road for two other Pixel devices: the Pixel 4A 5G and the Pixel 5. Both are currently listed on Google’s online store as sold out, and remaining stock at other retailers likely won’t last long. A… Continue reading Google has already discontinued the Pixel 5
GM recalls all Chevy Bolts for fire risk
General Motors is expanding its recall of the Chevy Bolt to include all models — including the two new versions released earlier this year — after multiple fires in the electric vehicle’s battery packs. GM is warning owners not to charge their Bolts in or near their homes overnight, and to park the vehicles outside… Continue reading GM recalls all Chevy Bolts for fire risk
‘Nvidia controlling Arm could create real problems,’ UK regulator concludes
Remember when Nvidia’s CEO warned yesterday that buying Arm might take “longer than initially thought,” but that it was no big deal and “not one particular delay”? It sure sounds like a big deal as of today: on Friday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended a Phase 2 investigation, because it’s worried… Continue reading ‘Nvidia controlling Arm could create real problems,’ UK regulator concludes
Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke
After a dense presentation about the undeniably impressive work Tesla is doing with AI, the company’s self-anointed Technoking, Elon Musk, capped the evening by bringing out a dancer in a spandex suit. Behold, said Musk: my Tesla Bot. The dancer in the suit, he said, was the model for a new humanoid robot Tesla will… Continue reading Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke