Apple already announced a lot of the details on its MLS Season Pass, the company’s biggest entry into live sports streaming yet. However, the company and the league still had a few details they hadn’t yet revealed. As the start of the new season draws closer, the two collaborators announced more info today, including streaming … Read more
The Biden administration has unveiled new initiatives in its $7.5 billion plan to install 500,000 EV chargers on US roads by 2030. As part of that, it announced that Tesla has committed to to open up 7,500 of its charging stations to non-Tesla vehicles by the end of 2024. In 2021 Tesla announced that its … Read more
Despite recently saying it would lay off more than 18,000 people, Amazon is still looking to expand its empire – which could mean more physical stores. CEO Andy Jassy told the Financial Times that Amazon still plans to “go big” on its brick-and-mortar grocery store business. The company’s physical store division accounts for 3.4 percent … Read more
Apple will rely on your previous purchases and spending habits to decide how much it will lend you for its upcoming “buy now, pay later” service, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apparently, the tech giant intends to evaluate your eligibility based on your purchases at its retail stores, your App Store transactions and even the … Read more
In a new update, Virgin Orbit has confirmed that the launch failure of its first UK mission was likely caused by a fuel filter that had been “dislodged from its normal position.” That created a cascade of events that led to the shutdown of the second stage rocket, which ultimately fell back to Earth along … Read more
Platformer has interviewed Twitter employees to figure out why people’s For You feeds turned into The Elon Musk show, and they said the company’s engineers truly did build a system that benefited their CEO alone. According to the publication, Elon’s cousin and Twitter employee James Musk sent an urgent message on the company’s Slack on … Read more
Meta isn’t done pulling back some of its shopping features. Instagram has warned users that live shopping will shut down on March 16th. From that day on, shops can’t tag products during livestreams — you’ll have to wait until afterward (or rely on less-than-elegant links) to buy must-have items. The social network explained the move … Read more
Google Fiber is launching the 5Gbps internet plan it began testing in October. The service will initially cover four cities, but Google says the $125-per-month service will expand to other areas later this year. The new plan is available today in Kansas City,West Des Moines and Fiber’s Utah cities. It has symmetrical upload and download … Read more
TuneIn is adding a new way for users to discover the more than 100,000 radio stations available to stream on its service. This week, the company – in honor of World Radio Day, which fell on February 13th – began rolling out TuneIn Explorer (via Android Police). The feature plots everything TuneIn offers on an … Read more
IKEA already has a side table that doubles as an air purifier, but now it has a way to gauge just how clean that air really is. The home store has introduced a smart indoor air quality sensor, the Vindstyrka, that gauges particulate matter levels (those smaller than 2.5 micrometers), humidity, temperature and the load … Read more