SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla’s Bay Area production plant recorded hundreds of covid-19 cases following CEO Elon Musk’s defiant reopening of the plant in May, according to county-level data obtained by a legal transparency website. The document, obtained by the website PlainSite following a court ruling this year, showed Tesla received around 10 reports of covid-19 […]
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Fever-scanner company pulls device off market following FDA warning
The maker of a fever-scanning system used in a dozen NFL stadiums across the United States said Friday it is pulling one of its other devices off the market after the Food and Drug Administration warned that the company had not been approved to market the device to scan multiple people at once. The company, […]
Italy Puts Age Block On TikTok Following Death Of 10-Year-Old Girl
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Italy’s data protection authority said Friday it was acting with “urgency” following the death of a 10-year-old girl in Sicily, who died while participating in a so-called “blackout” challenge. Tech
Cyberpunk 2077 is a game about following the yellow line
Cyberpunk 2077 is out for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Stadia this week, and that means you’ll finally get a chance to explore its big-budget, vast open world. But when you do, you may find that the game feels less open than you might expect. And that’s because this is a game about following […]
Zuckerberg and Dorsey to be quizzed by Senate following Biden vote victory
Getty Images If you follow US tech, you’re probably getting a sense of deja vu. Senators are about to grill Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. It’s only three weeks since both chief executives testified. But since then the political landscape has wildly altered. It is Democrat voices now, not Republicans, that arguably pose […]
Apple’s AR headset tipped for 2020, following iPhone SE 2 and new iPad Pros
Ming-Chi Kuo, the most accurate and prolific Apple analyst, has another hot tip for us. This time around, it looks like Apple’s iPhone SE 2 will launch in the first quarter of 2020 and the company’s long-rumored augmented reality headset is being prepped for launch in the second quarter of the same year, according to […]
Instagram ditches Following tab, disappointing online stalkers everywhere
Spying on what your friends do on Instagram is about to get a bit tougher. Beginning Monday, October 7, Instagram is removing the following Tab that serves as a detailed list of the likes and comments friends make on photos that aren’t your own. Parent company Facebook said that the Following tab is getting the […]
Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps following data investigation
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg at the Russell Senate Office Building on Thursday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) September 20 at 4:48 PM Facebook said Friday it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps that may have mishandled users’ personal data, sparking fresh concerns about the tech giant’s privacy practices and exposing it to another potential standoff with […]
The Oscars decides Netflix is OK after all, following DOJ warning
Enlarge / An Oscar statuette. Getty Images | Christopher Polk Netflix and other streaming platforms won’t be banned from the Oscars as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has rejected calls from Steven Spielberg and others to restrict eligibility for the annual awards. The Academy’s Board of Governors approved rules for the February […]
Amazon Hits $1,000,000,000,000 in Value, Following Apple
Amazon Hits $ 1,000,000,000,000 in Value, Following Apple ImageAmazon’s founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, is richer, by far, than anyone in the modern world.CreditCreditDavid Ryder/Getty Images By David Streitfeld Sept. 4, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — When Apple’s market value crossed a trillion dollars last month, the reason was simple: It makes devices that a […]