Amazon tests sending customers directly to brands’ websites when it doesn’t stock their products
Remember that Christmas movie “Miracle on 34th Street,” where Macy’s in-store Santa, Kris Kringle, sends a frazzled shopper to a competitor’s store to find the Christmas present her son wanted because Macy’s was out of stock? Now Amazon is doing the same thing online.
How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
In the wake of Meta's decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have been on the rise.
People who are angry with the decision accuse Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg of cozying up to
Google’s I/O developer conference set for May 20-21
Google Tuesday confirmed that its annual developer conference is set for May 20-21, 2025. The event will be held at the usual spot, Mountain View's Shoreline Amphitheater, a few minutes — depending on traffic — from Google HQ.
The two-day event is a mix of both public- and develope
Microsoft powers AI ambitions with 400 MW solar purchase
Microsoft has added another 389 megawatts of renewable power to its portfolio as the tech giant scrambles to meet the power demands required to match its AI ambitions.
The additional renewable power spans three solar projects developed by EDP Renewables North America — two in southern Illi
Google says it removed cultural events from its calendar last year
Google has removed events such as Black History Month and Pride Month from being listed on the calendar by default.
Other events that were removed from the default calendar include Jewish Heritage, Indigenous People Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic Heritage Month.
Anduril takes control of Microsoft’s $22B VR military headset program
The Army plans to grant upstart weapons maker Anduril control of one of its highest-profile and long-troubled projects known as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) pending final Department of Defense (DoD) approval, founder Palmer Luckey announced in a blog post Tuesday.
IVAS was init
Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes
Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse — the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub also used by Mastodon, Threads, Flipboard, and others. Now, the Automattic-owned blogging platform is sharing more information about when and h
How Musk’s $97.4B bid could gum up OpenAI’s for-profit conversion
On Monday, Elon Musk, the world's richest man, offered to buy the nonprofit that effectively governs OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The unsolicited buyout would be financed by Musk's AI company, xAI, and a consortium of outside investors, per a letter sent to California and Delaware's attorn
Klarna and Deel eye IPOs, and Stripe embraces crypto
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Apple brings heart rate monitoring to Powerbeats Pro 2
Apple Tuesday announced the long-awaited debut of Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds. The new headphones arrive nearly six years after the original Powerbeats hit the market. The new model maintains the familiar ear hook for workouts, while delivering upgraded sound, better battery life, and a wireless charg
Built on Bluesky, Pinksky brings its Instagram-like app to Android
Bluesky users on Android now have access to a new app that works more like Instagram than X. On Tuesday, an app called Pinksky launched an Android version of its photo-centric social networking experience built on top of Bluesky.
The app is now one of many attempting to court former Instagram user
Another person targeted by Paragon spyware comes forward
Another person who was allegedly targeted on WhatsApp with spyware made by Israeli company Paragon has come forward.
Beppe Caccia, one of the co-founders of Mediterranea Saving Humans, an Italian non-government organization that helps immigrants, told technewss that he had been targeted by the sp
CISA election security officials placed on leave, DHS confirms
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has placed several members of its election security team on administrative leave, the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed to technewss.
The Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the situation, reported on Tuesda
Mast Reforestation hatched a plan to restore wildfire-ravaged forests. Investors took notice.
Rebuilding after a wildfire isn't cheap. The recent Los Angeles wildfires, for example, incurred up to $164 billion in property and capital losses. But restoring the forest isn't, either, with a few thousand acres running a couple million dollars, Grant Canary, co-founder and CEO of Mast Re