Boom Supersonic is working hard to upend the status quo in commercial flight with its Overture airliner — a supersonic craft that will be propelled by brand-new engines the company just revealed. Building from scratch shows that Boom is doubling down on setting itself apart from the rest of the industry. Building a new aircraft… Continue reading Boom takes the wraps off its supersonic Symphony engine design
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Uber’s food delivery platform agrees to pay severance to couriers let go ahead of Spain’s Riders Law
Uber’s delivery business in Spain has settled with local labor unions which were challenging its dismissal of more than 4,000 riders in August last year ahead of a labor law reform coming into force — acknowledging the dismissed couriers as staff and agreeing to pay severance equivalent to 45 days’ salary per year worked (via… Continue reading Uber’s food delivery platform agrees to pay severance to couriers let go ahead of Spain’s Riders Law
Laptop deal: Save $800 on Acer Porsche Design, now just $600
Looking for a laptop that has enough battery life to power you through your work day? The Acer Porsche Design laptop has that plus plenty more specs to entice even the most power-hungry content creators and designers. Right now, you can get this great laptop for only $600, saving you a massive $800. On the… Continue reading Laptop deal: Save $800 on Acer Porsche Design, now just $600
Tesla releases holiday update with Apple Music, Mahjong, and more
Tesla has started to push a new software update that is known as its “holiday update” with Apple Music, Mahjong, and more features. Every year around the holidays, Tesla is known to push a bigger software update with some features that are generally more about fun than being functional. Tesla regularly pushes new features to… Continue reading Tesla releases holiday update with Apple Music, Mahjong, and more
Tesla opening its Superchargers to other EVs is creating a weird problem
Tesla opening its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles is creating a weird problem that results in making some charging stalls useless. Over the last year, Tesla has been working to open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles. In Europe, Tesla has already opened hundreds of stations in most countries it operates in. The… Continue reading Tesla opening its Superchargers to other EVs is creating a weird problem
Tesla restarts Model S and X deliveries in Europe after 2-year wait
Tesla has started to deliver the refreshed Model S and Model X to customers in Europe – resulting in roughly two years without deliveries of its two flagship models in the region. The automaker shut down Model S and Model X production in January 2021 to update its two flagship vehicles. Europe has been starved… Continue reading Tesla restarts Model S and X deliveries in Europe after 2-year wait
Amazon Echo Auto (2nd gen) review: smaller but not smarter
Amazon shrunk its second-gen Echo for your car, but it hasn’t gotten any more useful. Amazon’s second-generation Echo Auto is a tiny Echo for your car’s dashboard. It has good microphones, is easy to install and to stow when you’re parked, and provides a simple way to add hands-free music playback to your car stereo… Continue reading Amazon Echo Auto (2nd gen) review: smaller but not smarter
SBF and Caroline Ellison Allegedly Had a Secret Groupchat Called “Wirefraud”
You can’t make this up. Sounds Smart Just in case we needed any more reason to believe that bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and also-bankrupt FTX-tied hedge fund Alameda Research — which together left a mult-billion dollar hole in investors’ bank accounts — were in fact run by a gaggle of egomaniacal children: a report from The Australian… Continue reading SBF and Caroline Ellison Allegedly Had a Secret Groupchat Called “Wirefraud”
Beloved Actor George Takei Absolutely Skewers Elon Musk
“That red pill rabbit hole is no joke.” Takei Take Down No one — we repeat: no one — had a busier weekend than Elon Musk and his ever-feverish thumbs. Between getting booed off the stage during a Dave Chapelle show and still helming multiple companies, the Twitter CEO is still making plenty of time… Continue reading Beloved Actor George Takei Absolutely Skewers Elon Musk
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas, Facing US Criminal Charges
Disgraced crypto exec Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas and is facing US criminal charges, NBC News reports. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the former FTX CEO was taken into custody in Nassau Monday evening and is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. “The Bahamas and the United States have… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas, Facing US Criminal Charges