USB Type-C, the most exciting boring connector in the industry right now. Andrew Cunningham reader comments 127 with 68 posters participating Share this story After the European Union (EU) announced that numerous consumer tech devices using wired charging would require USB-C by 2024, three US senators are seeking a similar standard. In a letter sent ..
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Enlarge / SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on April 19, 2022. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 833 with 234 posters participating Share this story SpaceX has reportedly fired at least five employees who circulated a letter that urged company executives to condemn CEO Elon Musk’s public behavior. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell explained the firings ..
Getty Images | SOPA Images reader comments 287 with 159 posters participating Share this story Although Elon Musk recently banned remote work at both Tesla and SpaceX, he told Twitter employees today that he won’t necessarily impose the same policy at the social network. “If someone can only work remotely, and they’re exceptional, it wouldn’t make ..
Enlarge / Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. Getty Images | Angela Weiss reader comments 310 with 105 posters participating Share this story SpaceX employees are circulating a letter that urges company executives to condemn CEO Elon Musk’s public behavior. ..
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 66 with 56 posters participating Share this story A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor’s appointments—and sending it to Facebook. The Markup tested the websites of Newsweek’s top 100 hospitals in America. ..
Enlarge / A placard seen being displayed during a 2019 protest against state Internet control in Russia. Displaying the placard now would likely land its wielder in prison. reader comments 94 with 41 posters participating Share this story Web pages in the city of Kherson in south Ukraine stopped loading on people’s devices at 2:43 ..
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 455 with 178 posters participating Share this story Major cryptocurrencies suffered big losses on Monday. As I write this, bitcoin is down 14 percent over the last 24 hours, while ether is down 16 percent. Other major cryptocurrencies—including solana, dogecoin, and litecoin—are also down by double digits, according ..
Enlarge / Google’s new Bay View campus in Mountain View, California, on Monday, May 16, 2022. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 77 with 36 posters participating Share this story Google has agreed to pay $118 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges the company underpaid female employees. The agreement will release Google ..
Prakash Singh | Getty reader comments 127 with 86 posters participating Share this story R Lakshmanan has been making steel frames in the southern Indian city of Chennai for 20 years. His job involves standing for long hours outdoors at construction sites, pounding screws with careful precision onto steel rods. Each day he makes nearly ..
Enlarge / Tesla Model X at Brussels Expo on January 10, 2018 in Belgium. Getty Images | Sjoerd van der Wal reader comments 97 with 73 posters participating Share this story The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has upgraded an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system in a move that could lead to a recall. ..
