Sound sacrificed for battery life
My admiration for the OnePlus Bullets Wireless 2 is no secret — I wrote a bloody love letter to it. So, when rumors of a new OnePlus neck bud started earlier this year, I was excited to see improvements the company might’ve brought. Alas, the Chinese…
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, tech giants still profit from anti-vaccination movement
The campaign against vaccines is sometimes called a movement, but with the help of tech giants it has become a billion-dollar industry, in which ideologues, hucksters and tech companies benefit from each other. That is the central finding of our new…
Daimler Must Wish It Had Kept That Tesla Stake
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Tesla Inc.’s march to a $275 billion market capitalization has been pretty galling for Germany, the birthplace of the automobile. But the pain is felt most acutely at Daimler AG, which used to be a large Tesla shareholder. Had…
What we know so far
As uncertainty around COVID-19 transmission continues, experts say it’s unlikely you’ll be infected by your smartphone — but you should probably sanitize it anyway. Although there haven’t been any documented cases of transmission…
Netflix’s Cursed Season 1 Recap
With her new series Cursed, about the Lady of the Lake, Katherine Langford is back on Netflix, but this time she’s facing some very different battles that would never see the light of day at Liberty High. Cursed explores the Arthurian legend of the Lady…
Former employees for ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ reveal details of toxic work environment, according to a new report
DeGeneres has increased her weekly output of shows from four to five while recording remotely, but only four of her core 30 crew members are working on the home-recorded shows. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Former employees for “The Ellen DeGeneres…
FTSE 100 edges higher as traders eye EU summit and Netflix impact on tech stocks
The Arisen’s Main Pawn in the show, Hannah: Netflix/Capcom The FTSE-100 Index was set to rise modestly today as investors juggle with a mixed picture on the global economy and a sharp decline in Netflix shares. The US tech giant warned that the…
Apple iPhone Assembler Joins Wave of Tech Investment in India
(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. assembly partner Pegatron Corp. is making preparations for its first plant in India, adding to a large influx of foreign tech investments in the country this year. In June, the Indian government set out a $6.6 billion plan…
Scener Hosts Comic-Con@Home Social Screenings, Adds Disney+ To Expanded Roster
Click here to read the full article. Scener, a Seattle-based startup that enables social viewing, has teamed with Comic-Con to become the exclusive co-viewing partner for its upcoming online event. The company will host two tracks of library films and…
The American founder of a Nigerian bike-hailing startup has been gruesomely murdered in New York
Fahim Saleh, the Bangladeshi-American tech investor and founder of Nigerian startup Gokada, was found dead and dismembered in his New York apartment in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Tuesday (July 14). Local police discovered Saleh’s decapitated body,…