TECHNOLOGY

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ByteDance Said to Offer to Sell TikTok’s U.S. Operations ByteDance, the Chinese internet giant that owns TikTok, has offered to sell all of the popular video app’s American operations as a way to save the business from being banned by the Trump administration, a … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] What’s Going On With TikTok? Here’s What We Know What exactly is going on with TikTok? The wildly popular app is known for hosting short videos where teenagers, celebrities and creators often dance or lip-sync to viral audio clips. It all seems innocuous, fun … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Tesla YouTuber breaks down title, thumbnail tips to boost views Paying close attention to your YouTube titles and thumbnails is critical if you want people to click on them, according to Ben Sullins, who makes videos about Tesla and electric vehicles. Sullins’ strategy is … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Trump plans to ban TikTok in the US, report says Angela Lang/CNET President Donald Trump said late Friday that he planned to ban TikTok from the US. The action could come as soon as Saturday. “As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them from … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Florida Teenager Is Charged as ‘Mastermind’ of Twitter Hack OAKLAND, Calif. — One by one, the celebrity Twitter accounts posted the same strange message: Send Bitcoin and they would send back double your money. Elon Musk. Bill Gates. Kanye West. Joseph R. Biden Jr. … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Elon Musk’s biggest worry with SpaceX’s first human mission is reentry After a two-month stay on the International Space Station, the two astronauts that SpaceX launched in its first crewed mission are about to journey home.  The mission, called Demo-2, launched NASA’s Bob Behnken … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Musk: SpaceX Starship Prototype Could Fly ‘Soon’ This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. SpaceX has a good thing going with the Falcon 9. It has almost perfected landings, allowing it to reuse the boosters, and … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Nvidia in Advanced Talks to Buy ARM, Upend Silicon Industry This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Those rumors about Nvidia being in talks with SoftBank about purchasing ARM have been upgraded to “advanced talks.” (Does … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Nobody’s Applying For Big Cybersecurity Jobs. This CompTIA Certification Training Can Get You In The Door This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. With U.S. unemployment still over 11 percent, there are literally millions of Americans … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] HMD’s Nokia 8.3 5G Will Come to the US This Year This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. This is the year of 5G whether you want it or not, and you can thank Qualcomm for … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] How to Download and Install Windows 8.1 for Free (Updated) This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Update 7/31/2020:  Windows 8.1 is long outdated, but technically supported through 2023. If you need to download an ISO … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Noir, Cop Shows, and the End of Police TV Photographs by Devin Yalkin Detective Elliot Stabler walks into an empty interrogation room with purpose. He’ll soon be questioning a perp who beat murder and rape charges 14 years ago, and he can’t afford a … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Archaeologists Defied ISIS. Then They Took on Facebook. ​​​​​​​Photographs by Lenard Smith One afternoon last winter, Adnan Al Mohamad sat across from me at an Istanbul cafe, wearing a tweed blazer and an oxford shirt embroidered with olive branches. He sipped tea from a … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Best Alexa devices to buy for 2020: Amazon Echo Dot, Arlo Pro, Ring and more According to Amazon, Alexa engagement has quadrupled in the past four years, and more people than ever are using the voice assistant for cooking, playing music and even controlling … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Amazon won a major FCC decision to establish Kuiper satellite internet Amazon wants to launch 3,236 internet-beaming satellites in an effort called Project Kuiper, which would directly compete with SpaceX’s growing fleet of Starlink spacecraft. Despite heated competition, Amazon managed to trounce the opposition … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The Economy Is in Record Decline, but Not for the Tech Giants A day after lawmakers grilled the chief executives of the biggest tech companies about their size and power, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Facebook reported surprisingly healthy quarterly financial results, defying one of … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ET Deals: Dell 2020 XPS 15 9500 Intel Core i7 & Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti Laptop $1,349, Intel Core i7-10700 $309, Apple MacBook Air Laptop for $899 This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Today you … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] Facebook’s New App E.gg Is Nostalgic for the Old Web Read: The tech companies already won In that context, E.gg is fun to look at, but it also scans as a rhetorical exercise to prove a point. When I reached out to Facebook to … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] The Antitrust Hearing Reveals That Tech Is Inescapable The congressional inquiry wasn’t focused on the pandemic, but rather on alleged abuses of monopoly power: Google’s dominance in the digital-ad market, Apple’s control of software in its App Store, Amazon’s treatment of third-party sellers, and … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] ‘This Is a New Phase’: Europe Shifts Tactics to Limit Tech’s Power The momentum in the United States is set to grow. The Justice Department is expected to announce an antitrust case against Google in the coming weeks. The Federal Trade Commission and state … Read more

   [responsivevoice_button rate=”1″ pitch=”1.2″ volume=”0.8″ voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Story in Audio”] EduMe raised a $5 million Series A with this pitch deck Workplace training platform EduMe just raised $5 million in a Series A led by Silicon Valley-based Valo Ventures. EduMe has global partnerships with Uber and Deliveroo. It has increased productivity and quality at … Read more