An Amazon Labor Union rally in the Staten Island borough of New York, on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Members of the Amazon Labor Union, the first group of company workers to organize at a U.S. warehouse, have voted to affiliate with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the … Read more
Apple has a number of “very serious” issues under the European Union’s sweeping rules aimed at reining in Big Tech, the bloc’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager told CNBC on Tuesday, following reports that regulators are preparing charges against the iPhone maker. In March, the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, opened a probe into Apple, … Read more
We’ve all spewed expletives at stop lights that take too long, but it could have been your fault — maybe you didn’t pull forward far enough, or you pulled too far forward to let the light know there is a car waiting. Traffic lights are timed using a few different methods, with many using inductive … Read more
Photo: Nissan The R35-generation GT-R has served as Nissan’s halo car since it hit the market in 2007, but it’s finally on its way out. Somehow the iconic all-wheel-drive Godzilla managed to remain a powerhouse of technology and speed after all those years. The car launched to great fanfare, cutting the legs out from under … Read more
A video of Jared Kushner is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Alex Brandon | Reuters In March 2022, Jared Kushner was called to testify in front of the Jan. 6 … Read more
Do you ever feel like you’re being watched? Like no matter where you go, what you do, there’s a corporation tracking it to sell the data to someone else? Well, according to a New York Times report, you’re right: Even the apps on your phone are tracking the way you drive, just to sell it … Read more
Liz Reid, vice president, search, Google speaks during an event in New Delhi on December 19, 2022. Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty Images Google’s new head of search said at an all-hands meeting last week that mistakes will occur as artificial intelligence becomes more integrated in internet search, but that the company should keep … Read more
Did you know that in 2010, power window switch designs were federally governed to minimize strangulations and other injuries caused by unintentional activation of the window switch? Neither did I, but the regulation makes a lot of sense. A small shift in window switch design has drastically reduced the number of strangulations and injuries since … Read more
As electric cars have taught us, car tires are a major source of undesirable noise in a car’s cabin. Honda has an ingenious solution to the issue, hidden resonators that work to cancel out the noise tires make, kind of like noise-cancelling headphones. Tires are like balls in that they are made of rubber and filled with … Read more
Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 16, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle shares jumped more than 10% on Wednesday, a day after the software company announced its fourth-quarter results and cloud deals with … Read more
