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Last September Twitter Inc. took what looked like a giant step when it doubled the character limit on its news and social networking site from 140 to 280. At the time, the media sentiment on the move was that all hell would break …
Study explains why male Uber drivers are paid more than female drivers
Male drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. earn about 7 percent more than their female counterparts, according to a collaborative study taken by the company, the University of Chicago and Stanford University. The study, which measured some 1.8 million trips over two years, …
Report: Facebook employed a pollster to measure Mark Zuckerberg’s approval ratings
While Mark Zuckerberg was on a 50-state tour last year following revelations that Russia-backed organizations had used Facebook to seed division in the runup to the U.S. elections, the company hired a pollster to monitor the public perception of Facebook Inc.’s chief executive. …
Former Silicon Valley execs form coalition to warn about the tech they helped create
Ex-employees of Facebook Inc., Apple Inc. and Google LLC have come together to warn against some of the ill effects tech may have on people’s lives. “Technology is hijacking our minds and society,” the new group, called the Center for Humane Technology, says …
After an executive shuffle, Airbnb says it won’t go public in 2018
Airbnb Inc. Chief Financial Officer Laurence Tosi has left the building, leaving investors wondering when the company will go public. Apparently, that won’t be this year after all. The San Francisco property rental marketplace, which rose to fame in a similar timeline …
Chinese kids get new ears that are 3-D printed, then grown in lab
Five children in China have been blessed to receive new lab-grown ears, and scientists have said the fact that the ears have not been rejected by the body is quite a feat. The kids, aged six to 10, were born with a …
Apple is now under US investigation for that iPhone slowdown
Apple Inc. is reportedly now under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and also the Securities and Exchange Commission for its deliberate slowdown of the iPhone. Late last year Apple admitted throttling the speed of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iPhone …
Elon Musk’s flamethrower sales are blazing, worrying some and puzzling everyone else
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. reportedly has sold 10,000 flamethrowers at $500 a pop, hauling in $5 million in the first 24 hours that the weapons were on offer. The high-tech fire-spitting machines were announced on Sunday via Twitter. At that time, Musk wrote, “Guaranteed …
Updated: Trump administration mulled a nationalized 5G network, but FCC chair opposes it
Updated Monday: President Donald Trump’s national security team is mulling the creation of a high-speed 5G wireless network within the next three years in an effort to guard against China, according to a report in Axios on Sunday. Axios claimed it has …
A Columbine massacre survivor uses virtual reality to create empathy for tragedy
Brooks Brown was a former friend of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the two shooters responsible for the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado. He survived only because Harris told him to leave before the shootings began. Now, Brown (pictured today) …