On November 1, Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to several federal agency heads, including Kathi Vidal, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), asking those officials what their agencies had done to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s mandate in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency decided this June. While Jordan’s letter…
Enlarge / Comcast’s xFi Advanced Gateway with Wi-Fi 6E. (credit: Comcast) For Comcast Internet customers frustrated by the cable service’s slow upload speeds, there have been some welcome announcements recently. But the availability of faster Comcast uploads has a catch—users can only get the higher upstream speeds by purchasing xFi Complete, which adds $25 to…
Enlarge / In-car VR that adapts the content to the car’s motion through space is now a thing, thanks to Holoride. (credit: Holoride) Virtual reality is coming to the passenger seat near you, at least as long as you own an Audi vehicle with the brand’s most current operating system, anyway. The Audi spinoff, Holoride,…
Despite claims otherwise, social media companies are giving a pass to dangerous misinformation, according to reports. Pexels A new, in-depth study from Bloomberg published on Thursday analyzed thousands of social media posts from some of America’s controversial politicians, and the results are stark. When compared to other topics, candidates’ baseless claims surrounding US election fraud…
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Given the on-going economic headwinds and the company’s expensive belt-tightening under CEO Andy Jassy, it ought not come as a surprise that Amazon has instituted a corporate hiring freeze. The retail giant’s Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology, Beth Galetti, confirmed the move in a staff memo that has since been published on…
File this in the “did not see that coming” category; JoiPaw, an U.K.-based startup, is building a series of video games for dogs, with the ultimate goal of helping do further research into dementia among our four-legged furry friends. Check out the video below and go “awww,” if you like, but the company’s founder is…
Your next Microsoft Teams meeting could soon be a lot more structured thanks to a new update to the software’s seating arrangements. The video conferencing platform will now allow users to assign specific seats when using Microsoft Teams Together Mode, which allows meetings to take place in a virtual lecture hall, meeting room, and more….
AMD, Seagate, and EY have joined the Decentralized Storage Alliance, a new organization aimed at promoting the benefits of a decentralized approach to storage. Decentralized storage is a technology where data is stored on a distributed network run by computers, or nodes, located across multiple locations. The new organization, which also includes blockchain firms Protocol…