The SEC is investigating Tesla over defective solar panels
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Tesla following a whistleblower complaint alleging the company failed to disclose a variety of safety risks associated with rooftop solar...
View ArticleEV startup Arrival is building a $11.5 million battery plant in North Carolina
British-American vehicle manufacturer Arrival today announced it plans to establish an $11.5 million battery plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. The factory will be the company’s third overall facility...
View ArticleAmazon's Alexa Together caregiver service is available today
You can now use Alexa Together to help take care of aging family members. Amazon has launched the $20 per month ($199 per year) service, with a six-month free trial available for a "limited time." Care...
View ArticleRohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar genocide
Facebook has been repeatedly accused of enabling Myanmar's genocide against the country's Rohingya minority, and now it will deal with those accusations in court. A Rohingya woman has filed a...
View ArticleA hacker named Bowser agrees to pay Nintendo $10 million to settle a civil...
A Canadian hacker named Gary Bowser (yes, like Mario's nemesis) has agreed to pay the company $10 million to settle a civil piracy lawsuit. Bowser, who was part of Switch hacking group Team Xecuter,...
View ArticleTwitter buys would-be Slack competitor Quill
You may not have heard of messaging service Quill, but it was positioned as a Discord- or Slack-style app for team communications that tried to be less noisy and more structured. The platform only...
View ArticleThe Hubble telescope is fully operational again after a month-long nap
NASA's Hubble telescope has been in a "coma" since going into system failure in late October — but today, the agency announced that it is waking Hubble up. After multiple instrument sync failures that...
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Discord gives server owners the tools to put channels behind a paywall
Discord has started testing a feature called Premium Memberships with a small group of users. The tool allows community owners to gate access to part or all of their server behind a monthly...
View ArticleBMW will help recreate 'Rocket League' in real life for charity
You probably won't see Rocket League's flying cars in the real world any time soon, but BMW and esports brand LVL might offer the next best thing. They're teaming on Das Race Goal, a Rocket...
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Snapchat is hoping lens creators can make augmented reality useful
While Facebook is still trying to explain what a metaverse is, Snap has been working toward a very different vision for an AR-enabled future. Over the last four years, the company has recruited a small...
View ArticleNick Offerman will play Bill in 'The Last of Us' on HBO
Ron Swanson is coming to the world of The Last of Us. Yesterday, Murray Bartlett, a cast member on the upcoming HBO show based on the video game, said that he recently shot scenes with Nick Offerman, a...
View ArticleTesla’s in-dash video games can be played even while driving
Many Tesla vehicles allow drivers to play a selection of games on the infotainment system while the car is in motion, according to a report by The New York Times. The company rolled out an update in...
View Article'Uncharted 4' and 'Lost Legacy' remasters hit PS5 on January 28th
You won't have to wait too much longer to play (or replay) the last two Uncharted games on your PlayStation 5. Naughty Dog and Sony have confirmed that Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection will be...
View ArticleAmazon Web Services went down and took a bunch of the internet with it
Users are reporting a widespread outage at Amazon Web Services, bringing down websites and backend services for organizations including the Associated Press, Disney+ and Vice. Details about the outage...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard workers stage walkout over Call of Duty studio layoffs
Employees and contractors at Activision Blizzard are walking out of work today in support of their colleagues at Raven Software. The protest, the third such work stoppage to hit the company since it...
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Hydrasynth Explorer review: Possibly the most synth you can get under $600
Ashun Sound Machines, or ASM, came virtually out of nowhere to deliver one of the most hyped synths of 2020. The Hydrasynth is an unabashedly digital instrument with an impressive collection of sound...
View ArticleSenate confirms Jessica Rosenworcel as first female FCC chair
The Federal Communications Commission now has its first permanent chairwoman. The Senate voted 68 to 31 to confirm President Biden’s nomination of Jessica Rosenworcel, converting her acting chair role...
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Twitter will overhaul its reporting process for harmful tweets
Twitter is testing a new process for reporting tweets in what it says is a major overhaul intended to make it easier to flag harmful behavior on its platform. With the change, the company is changing...
View ArticleApple snaps up a movie about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes
Apple will fund and distribute a long-in-the-works movie about embattled Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Bad Blood will star Jennifer Lawrence as Holmes, while Adam McKay will write and direct. Both...
View ArticleGoogle temporarily disrupts a botnet that infected 1 million PCs
On Tuesday, Google disclosed it recently disrupted a massive network of computers infected by Glupteba. The company estimates the malware has infected approximately one million Windows PCs globally,...
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