[ad_1] A quieter period for iPhone sales.Apple’s services are making more money than ever Apple raked in over $31 billion thanks to iPhone sales, compared to $37.6 billion this time in 2018. As you might expect, that had a pretty significant effect on Apple’s overall business: Last year’s March quarter was its best ever, but […]
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NASA was sold faulty rocket parts for almost 20 years
[ad_1] LSP, along with NASA’s Office of the Inspector General and the US Department of Justice, have discovered the Sapa Profiles falsified critical tests on the aluminum it sold. For almost two decades, employees would doctor failing numbers or violate other testing standards, such as increasing the speed of testing machines or using sample sizes […]
Tesla sued over fatal 2018 Model X crash with Autopilot engaged
[ad_1] BREAKING NEWS: Tesla hit with lawsuit by family of Walter Huang, Apple Engineer who died last year when autopilot in Model X steered him into a traffic barrier Southbound 101 in Mountain View. #ABC7now pic.twitter.com/1cEql1vllc — Dan Noyes (@dannoyes) May 1, 2019 At the time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk published a blog post about […]
SEC and Elon Musk tweet agreement gets a judge’s seal of approval
[ad_1] The SEC took Musk to court in February over his tweet that says Tesla will produce 500,000 vehicles in 2019 — a figure the agency said it hadn’t previously disclosed. While the CEO followed that up by saying that the company is still expecting to deliver 400,000 vehicles, which falls in line with a […]
Toyota brings Alexa and CarPlay to 2018 Camry and Sienna
[ad_1] Not all is rosy for Toyota’s technological plans, though. The company has tucked in word that it will “pause” its plans to install Dedicated Short-Range Communications tech in its US vehicles starting in 2021. It wants “greater automotive industry commitment” for the connected car system, but it also expects government support to preserve the […]
A closer look at the redesigned Facebook app
[ad_1] As mentioned earlier, a big focus of this version is on making Groups more ubiquitous inside the app. An overhauled Groups tab (pictured above) will show you a feed of activity from communities you’re subscribed to, while a new discovery feature is going to recommend you Groups you might be interested in. The Events […]
Watch Facebook’s F8 2019 keynote in 13 minutes
[ad_1] Facebook’s F8 developer conferences tend to be chock-full of news, and that’s truer than ever for 2019. The company’s opening keynote brought major changes to just about every corner of Facebook’s universe, including a site redesign, a super-lightweight Messenger app, Instagram shopping and new features to find friends or hook up with your secret […]
Former Google chief Eric Schmidt steps down from Alphabet’s board
[ad_1] Schmidt, who first joined Google as CEO in 2001, has been slowly making his exit from the company in recent years. He stepped down as executive chairman of Alphabet’s board in 2017, choosing to devote his time to charity work through his family foundation. Schmidt’s departure from Alphabet’s board comes just as the company […]
New York City’s MTA will support Apple Pay in early summer
[ad_1] The odds are that service will be limited in addition to the coverage. The MTA will only support tapping on a per-ride basis until the feature is available across the entire subway and bus systems in late 2020, so you’ll still have to pull out a MetroCard if you use routes that aren’t covered. […]
Warrantless searches of Americans’ data spiked 28 percent in 2018
[ad_1] While Americans are typically protected from unwarranted searches by the Fourth Amendment, some of their data gets caught when NSA collects intelligence on foreigners living overseas. This year’s report also reveals that the NSA monitored the communication of an estimated 164,770 foreign individuals or groups in 2018, compared to 129,080 in 2017. As TechCrunch […]