WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags
WhatsApp is rolling out prepaid phone recharges to its 500 million users in India via PayU.
Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreaking investigation by MIT Technology Review has documented hundreds of people who moved through areas watched by these towers without…
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Apple’s New CEO John Ternus Inherited One of the Toughest Jobs in Tech. Here Are His Biggest Challenges.
Ternus takes over in September facing App Store antitrust battles, AI competition, China risks and a $4 trillion legacy.
AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch
Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack.
The Download: introducing the Nature issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Nature issue When we talk about “nature,” we usually mean something untouched by humans. But little of that world exists today. From microplastics in rainforest wildlife to artificial light…
Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say
The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.
Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls
Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today’s launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more.
Meta will now allow parents to see the topics their child discussed with Meta AI
Topics can range from “School,” “Entertainment,” and “Lifestyle” to “Travel,” “Writing,” and “Health and Wellbeing,” among others, Meta says.
Will fusion power get cheap? Don’t count on it.
Fusion power could provide a steady, zero-emissions source of electricity in the future—if companies can get plants built and running. But a new study suggests that even if that future arrives, it might not come cheap. Technologies tend to get less expensive over time. Lithium-ion batteries are now about 90% cheaper than they were in…
Optimism Is Your Greatest Asset — Until It Starts Working Against You. Here’s What I Wish I’d Known Sooner.
Believe in their potential. But trust their actions.
India’s app market is booming — but global platforms are capturing most of the gains
Non-gaming apps, led by streaming and AI, are driving growth, even as India’s spending per user lags global peers.