August 2023

Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, said Monday it has begun manual data collection in Seattle and Washington, DC, the first step toward launching commercial services in the cities. Data collection involves manually driving a robotaxi around to grab information on the local driving environment and climate. The next step will be mapping the […]

Content creation is work, but in such a rapidly shifting social media landscape, creators face an uphill battle fighting for fair pay and ownership of their content — typically without any institutional support. The Creators Guild of America (CGA) wants to change that.  The CGA, which launched last week, describes itself as a “professional service […]

Speculation has grown regarding the possibility of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) planning to create a centralized currency to replace the US dollar as the…

The airport employee is going viral for his little known tip about the stickers on your baggage.

Two years ago, Astra hailed its acquisition of satellite propulsion startup Apollo Fusion as a strategic move that would round out its launch business and bring expert engineers into the fold. But under Astra leadership, Apollo Fusion quickly disintegrated, with the majority of the original team resigning, leaving few people to staff the one part […]

The airport employee is going viral for his little known tip about the stickers on your baggage.

The gamers behind the Gray Lady have a new game to add into our morning rotations: Connections, which invites the player to categorize 16 words or phrases into four distinct groups of four. The daily puzzle game debuted in beta on June 12, and according to the New York Times, it’s now the paper’s second […]

The company has been mailing DVDs to customers for 25 years. But not anymore.