Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car company, filed its trade secrets theft lawsuit against Uber almost one year ago. If the case had immediately gone to trial, it might have looked a bit different. By now, though, tales of Uber’s broken culture have been splashed across front […]
Day: February 6, 2018
Elon Musk’s huge Falcon Heavy rocket set for launch
US entrepreneur Elon Musk will attempt to fly the world's most powerful rocket later from the Kennedy Space Center. His Falcon Heavy vehicle … Jeff Bezos, the head of Amazon.com, is working on a rocket he calls New Glenn, which should be able to put […]
US regulators are trying to figure out what to do with cryptocurrency
“A key issue before market regulators is whether our historical approach to the regulation of currency transactions is appropriate for the cryptocurrency markets. Check-cashing and money-transmission services that operate in the U.S. are primarily regulated by states. Many of the internet-based cryptocurrency-trading platforms have registered […]
Twitter’s director of AR/VR leaves the company
The head of Twitter’s AR/VR team announced today via a tweet that he is leaving the social media site after 18 months. After three and a half years I’m moving on from Twitter (actual elapsed time 18 months). It’s been an incredible ride and I’ve […]
New on Sports Illustrated: Report: Patriots CB Malcolm Butler Benched Due to ‘a Perfect Storm of Issues’ selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Here is the news Malcolm Butler’s Super Bowl benching can’t be pegged to one thing. on Sport Illustrated
Man Sues T-Mobile For Allegedly Failing To Stop Hackers From Stealing His Cryptocurrency
Man Sues T-Mobile For Allegedly Failing To Stop Hackers From Stealing His Cryptocurrency Published on February 06, 2018 at 02:30AM Over the weekend, a lawsuit was filed against T-Mobile claiming that the company’s lack of security allowed hackers to enter his wireless account last fall […]
SFGATE: ‘The machines took over’: Inside the big Dow Jones drop
‘The machines took over’: Inside the big Dow Jones drop Published on February 06, 2018 at 12:55AM by Rachael Levy, provided by Spencer Platt / Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced its biggest ever one-day point drop on Monday. Machine-based traders were blamed for […]
New on Sports Illustrated: Report: Mets Signing Todd Frazier for Two Years, $17 Million selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Here is the news The Mets are getting Todd Frazier for a bargain. on Sport Illustrated
Australians use their phones more than anyone else in the world
Deloitte’s latest Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions report predicts that 90% of Aussies will own a smartphone by the end of this year. It will, however, take the rest of the world another five years to catch up to that kind of mobile use, with […]
NASA’s Proposed Moon Mission Offers Little Value at Astronomical Cost
When it comes to space policy, reliving the glory days too often means pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into black holes. Preliminary budget plans suggest that the Trump Administration will provide funding for Space Policy Directive 1, which tasks NASA with getting humans back to […]