An ad for Google’s Gmail appears on the side of a bus on Sept. 17, 2012, in Lagos, Nigeria. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin unveiled Gmail 20 years…
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Chinese tech giant Huawei says profits more than doubled in 2023
Huawei is one of the most prominent tech companies in China. Chinese tech giant Huawei on Friday said its profits more than doubled in 2023, as it ramps up efforts…
Factory and warehouse rooftops offer untapped opportunity to help disadvantaged communities bridge solar energy divide
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lower-income communities across the United States have long been much slower to adopt solar power than their affluent neighbors, even when local and federal agencies offer…
Ousted WeWork co-founder bids to buy company: Reports
The pandemic exacerbated WeWork’s woes as people avoided offices for fear of Covid-19. Ousted WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann recently bid more than $500 million to buy back the struggling office-sharing…
iPhone or iMonopoly? The feds take on Apple for smartphone antitrust violations
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The same day in 2007 that founder of Apple Computer Steve Jobs presented the company’s fancy new mobile telephone, the iPhone, he dropped the word “computer”…
Conspiracy theorist tactics show it’s too easy to get around Facebook’s content policies
by Amelia Johns, Emily Booth, Francesco Bailo and Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, The Conversation Credit: The Conversation During the COVID pandemic, social media platforms were swarmed by far-right and anti-vaccination communities that…
Apple’s ‘Walled Garden’ under fire in lawsuit
Employees applaud as the first customers enter the store to buy the Apple iPhone 15 series at The Grove Apple store in Los Angeles, California, on September 22, 2023. Call…
Study explores how wind turbine visibility affects property values across the US
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Renewable energy sources are essential for transitioning towards a decarbonized energy system and making the electricity grid more environmentally sustainable. Clean energy alternatives like wind power…
Meta investigated over illicit drug sales: Report
Credit: Julio Lopez from Pexels US authorities are investigating Meta over its role in the illicit sale of medications, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Citing documents and people close…
Prosecutors urge 40-50 years for crypto fraudster Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried admitted during trial he had made ‘mistakes’ but denied that he had ever tried to defraud anyone. US prosecutors have requested that a court sentence disgraced crypto mogul…
