Google has announced that it will be laying off employees at Waze as the company transitions the popular navigation app to Google’s ads system. In an email obtained by CNBC, Chris Phillips, VP and GM of Google’s Geo unit, stated that the changes would result in job cuts in sales, marketing, operations, and analytics at
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On Friday, Reddit announced that it will be making “accessibility improvements” to many moderator tools on its official mobile apps by July 1st. These improvements will include features such as the moderation queue and the ModMail messaging system on Android and iOS. The aim of these updates is to address concerns expressed by the accessibility
US Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, has issued a warning about potential delays or cancellations for airlines starting July 1st if passenger jets have not upgraded their altimeters to deal with 5G interference. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has stated that the radio wave emitters used by passenger jets to measure their distance from the ground
During the Formula E qualifying round in Portland, Oregon, the DS Penske team was fined €25,000 and penalized for installing an RFID scanner at the entrance to the pit. The scanner was said to collect data from other race cars, giving them an unfair advantage. The Penalty The team’s racers, Stoffel Vandoorne and Jean-Éric Vergne,
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s quick revenue approach has been evident after a year of brutal cancellations and layoffs at HBO. According to reports, Warner Bros. Discovery may be licensing HBO Original Series to Netflix as a financial move to shore up the bottom line. The show rumored to be the subject of the
Opera has introduced Opera One, a new version of its browser that features an AI-powered chatbot called Aria. Aria is similar to the Bing chatbot on Microsoft Edge and is located in the browser’s sidebar. It can answer questions using real-time information, generate text or code, brainstorm ideas and more. The chatbot is powered by
According to Bloomberg, Spotify is planning to launch its lossless streaming feature, “Spotify HiFi,” in a new subscription tier called “Supremium.” This move comes after competitors Amazon Music and Apple Music began offering lossless streaming as part of their standard plans at no additional cost. Details of the New Plan The new more expensive plan
A hacker known as @greentheonly has discovered a hidden feature in Tesla vehicles that enables hands-free driving, which he has dubbed “Elon Mode”. The hacker has been delving into the vehicle code for several years, and has previously uncovered information such as how Tesla can lock users out of using their power seats or center
Reddit, the popular social news aggregation and discussion website, suffered a hack in February this year. The company stated that hackers used a sophisticated and highly-targeted phishing attack to gain access to internal documents and data, including contact information for employees and advertisers. However, Reddit also maintained that the hackers hadn’t accessed user data that
Nothing, a brand that likes to release information about its devices spec-by-spec over time, is set to launch its second smartphone, the Nothing Phone 2, on July 11th. The Phone 1, which was released a year before its successor, was notable for its flashing “glyph” interface, where light strips on the rear of the phone