May 31, 2020 Amazon sellers use ‘collectible’ label to dodge price gouging rules Amazon’s measures to prevent price gouging have a relatively simple workaround. The Verge has learned that some third-party sellers are marking products as “collectible”…
May 30, 2020 OnePlus and McLaren have ended their phone partnership OnePlus will no longer release McLaren editions of its phones in the future. The phonemaker and the British auto manufacturer have ended their partnership,…
May 30, 2020 ‘Sign in with Apple’ flaw let attackers take over accounts ‘Sign in with Apple’ is potentially more private than other login options, but it apparently included a serious security flaw. Researcher Bhavuk Jain recently…
May 30, 2020 Microsoft cuts dozens of staff as it shifts to AI for MSN news stories Workforce automation is about to cost dozens of news contractors their jobs. The Seattle Times and The Guardian report that Microsoft is letting go…
May 30, 2020 Senator Ted Cruz asks DOJ to investigate Twitter over Iran sanctions Twitter is facing yet more scrutiny over its approach to politicians, albeit for different reasons. Axios (via The Verge) has learned that Senator Ted…
May 30, 2020 Toyota’s RAV4 plug-in hybrid will be available this summer for $40,000 Toyota’s RAV4 Prime will be available for purchase this summer, and its prices will start at $38,100, not including the company’s $1,120 fee for…
May 30, 2020 SpaceX’s historic launch succeeds on its second attempt A new era of American spaceflight began Saturday as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket broke through Earth’s upper atmosphere carrying veteran astronauts Robert Behnken and…
May 30, 2020 Waymo’s self-driving vans will return to Bay Area streets on June 8th Waymo’s plan to resume self-driving operations will soon extend to San Francisco. A spokesperson has confirmed a report in The Verge that Waymo’s autonomous…
May 30, 2020 Zoom plans to offer stronger encryption to paying customers If you want your Zoom video calls to be as secure as possible, you may need to pay up. Zoom security consultant Alex Stamos…
May 30, 2020 Hitting the Books: The Englishman who figured out flight Four decades after Tesla and Edison waged their “War of Currents," a similar struggle unfolded in the skies overhead as a pair of daring…