Technology
Amazon same-day prescription delivery expanding to nearly half of U.S. in 2025
The Amazon Pharmacy home screen is seen on a smartphone, Nov. 17, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to 20 more cities next year, the company said Wednesday, marking the latest phase of its push into health care. As part of the expansion, which will make […]
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TikTok’s use of casino-like virtual currency to allegedly exploit children faces scrutiny in DC lawsuit
A view shows the office of TikTok after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app or face a ban, in Culver City, California, March 13, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters Of the many allegations […]
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DOJ indicates it’s considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter speaks about the antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment during a press conference as Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco look on during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno Ken Cedeno | Reuters The […]
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Brazil lifts ban on X after Elon Musk complies with court orders
The Federal Supreme Court (STF) in Brazil suspends Elon Musk’s social network after it fails to comply with orders from Minister Alexandre de Moraes to block accounts of those being investigated by the Brazilian justice system. Cris Faga | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s X is getting back up and running in Brazil after […]
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How one startup is making cleaner asphalt by decarbonizing natural gas
Companies like Monolith and Seattle-based startup Modern Hydrogen are using new technologies to create a cleaner hydrogen that’s also creating a useful byproduct — solid carbon that can be used to make petroleum-free asphalt materials. “Modern Hydrogen produces clean hydrogen without renewable power. We can do this because we split apart natural gas into clean […]
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American Water, largest water utility, hit by cyberattack at time of rising threats against U.S. water supply
Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images American Water, the largest water utility in the U.S., disclosed that it had been hit by a cyberattack. The Camden, New Jersey-based company said in a security statement on its website that it had learned of “unauthorized activity in our computer networks and systems” last Thursday, which […]
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OpenAI announces content deal with Hearst, including content from Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Denis Balibouse | Reuters OpenAI announced a partnership with Hearst, the media conglomerate behind outlets like the Houston Chronicle, the San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Elle and others. Under the partnership, OpenAI’s products, such as ChatGPT […]
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LinkedIn goes deeper into puzzle games with Tango, following success of Queens
A man opens the LinkedIn social network app on his smartphone at the breakfast table in Berlin on July 5, 2024. Alicia Windzio | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Every morning, Emily Ritter spends 15 minutes in bed checking her Instagram, Messages, Slack and Strava apps and playing The New York Times’ Connections and Strands […]
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Amazon’s ex-retail boss Dave Clark launches new startup to solve supply chain ‘Franken-software’
Dave Clark, Amazon‘s former CEO of global consumer, who briefly helmed logistics company Flexport, is returning to the startup world. Clark on Tuesday launched a new venture, called Auger, which aims to help companies and governments combine the mishmash of “Franken-software” overseeing their supply chains into a single platform. “At Flexport, I got to see […]
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Former Humane execs secure $25 million valuation after departing AI hardware startup
Two former executives of Humane, the embattled AI hardware startup, are reemerging with a new artificial intelligence software venture that has raised $4 million at a $25 million valuation. Brooke Hartley Moy and Ken Kocienda, Humane’s former strategic partnerships lead and head of product engineering, respectively, are debuting Infactory, an AI fact-checking search engine. The […]
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