Enlarge (credit: PETER PARKS / Contributor | AFP) Elon Musk has seemingly decided that one way to inspire confidence in Twitter as an advertising platform is to become an advertiser himself. Yesterday, CNBC reported that SpaceX purchased one of Twitter’s premium advertising packages—when typically SpaceX rarely invests in Twitter advertising—as Musk’s other company plans to…
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(credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Labs) Last week, researchers published the results of a clinical trial that used CRISPR gene editing to create a large population of cancer-targeting immune cells. The trial was short, and the reprogrammed immune cells weren’t especially effective against the cancer. But the technology, or something similar, is likely to be used…
Amazon’s Sparrow robot could potentially rollout as early as next year. Amazon Last Thursday, Amazon announced the introduction of Sparrow, its first robotic system designed to identify, select, and handle millions of individual warehouse inventory items. At the same time, Sparrow supposedly minimizing employees’ repetitive tasks and improving worker safety. Utilizing a combination of AI,…
Last week, many investors were left with egg on their faces after FTX’s valuation went from $32 billion to zero in a New York minute. VCs were left wondering, “What the hell happened?” And they’re still wondering, “Wait — did I do something wrong? Is it me?” Why yes, actually, it is you. People are…
It’s been six months since Uber hosted Go, Get, a global smorgasbord of product reveals and features that covered everything from booking party buses and voice ordering for Uber Eats to linking travel plans to Gmail and skipping the food lines at sports stadiums. The product reveals aren’t just about creating new revenue streams or…
UPDATE: Nov. 10, 2022, 11:30 a.m. EST This story has been updated to reflect the current prices and availability of multiple robot vacuums ahead of Black Friday. In the lead up to Cyber Monday, we’ve compiled the best early Black Friday robot vacuum deals. Here are the live deals as of Nov. 10: BEST BUDGET…
UPDATE: Nov. 2, 2022, 3:45 p.m. EDT This story has been updated to reflect the latest iRobot deals and stock info. OUR TOP PICK: The iRobot Roomba j7 is a budget option in the sense that it brings home iRobot’s best obstacle avoidance for under $350 — $349 $599.99 (save $250.99) BEST CHEAP ROOMBA DEAL:…
UPDATE: Nov. 10, 2022, 2:20 p.m. EST This story has been updated to reflect current TV deals ahead of Black Friday from stores like Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon, and Target. BEST 55-INCH TV DEAL: The Samsung 55-inch Q80B QLED TV uses direct full-array lighting and object-tracking to create an immersive viewing experience — $897.99 $1,197.99 (save…
UPDATE: Nov. 14, 2022, 4:45 p.m. EST This story has been updated to include the latest mattress price drops ahead of Black Friday. BEST FOAM MATTRESS DEAL: The Bear Original mattress is an affordable gel-infused memory foam option that contours to keep your spine aligned — $487 – $1,055 (save up to $567) BEST HYBRID…
An update to the Google Play Store, in which ads will appear when you open the search bar, is reportedly in testing. 9To5Google has found that the company is considering replacing recent history with ads. The change has been spotted on a device running version 33.0.17-21 of the Play Store. The current default behavior of…