Technology

It seems that X is getting ready to finally roll out the payments app the company’s leaders have long been promising The company will introduce X Money later this year with Visa as partner, CEO Linda Yaccarino announced. According to Yaccarino, X Money will support person-to-person payments via users’ debit cards with the ability to … Read more

Heads up, Animal Crossing fans: if you haven’t yet bought the paid version of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and plan to do so, it might be a good idea to snap it up in the next day or so. The mobile game is currently $10, but the price will double to $20 after 1AM ET … Read more

Boom, the startup developing a new generation of supersonic aircraft, has achieved a major milestone after its test plane broke the sound barrier for the first time. The XB-1 “Baby Boom” piloted by Tristan “Gepetto” Brandenburg, flew through the Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor over the Mojave Desert. XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.1 at … Read more

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced its preliminary findings that the cloud services market “is not working as well as it could be.” That relatively vague statement follows a 16-month investigation into the UK’s cloud services market, especially its two largest providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft. Both companies hold between … Read more

Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are re-introducing a bill that aims to ban social media platforms from knowingly letting kids aged under 13 from using them. The bipartisan Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA) was introduced last year, but it didn’t progress beyond the committee stage. However, KOSMA may pick up more … Read more

You’ll only need to remember the name Incention for the brief moment you’re reading this post, because you’ll likely never have to think about it again. As Variety reports, it’s a new platform for building new Hollywood IP using the combined power of AI tools, fan contributions and the blockchain. Incention describes itself as “a … Read more

OpenAI has begun offering a version of ChatGPT designed for US government agencies. ChatGPT Gov includes many of the same features found in the Enterprise offering of the chatbot, including access to the company’s GPT-4o model. “By making our products available to the US government, we aim to ensure AI serves the national interest and … Read more

The Google Nest WiFi Pro 6E mesh router is on sale for $120 via Amazon. That’s a discount of 40 percent, which is one heck of a deal. This discount only applies to the light green model. This unit easily made our list of the best mesh routers, and for good reason. It’s a reliable … Read more

Lucid’s newly launched Gravity SUV will be able to access Tesla’s Supercharger network across the US and Canada starting on January 31. And since the electric vehicle comes with a built-in port that supports the North American Charging Standard (NACS), it doesn’t need an adapter to be able to plug into Tesla’s Superchargers. The automaker … Read more

Building a working nuclear fusion reactor has proven to be a daunting challenge even for multiple wealthy nations, as we’ve seen with the much-delayed ITER project. However, a private start-up called Helion thinks it can build one and start supplying energy by 2028 by taking a different approach than other reactors.  Founded in 2013, Helion … Read more