How Should You Trade Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) in July?

July 6, 2023
Leading oil company Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported better-than-expected earnings in the first quarter of 2023, primarily due to higher oil and gas production. However, oil prices are dropping lately as…

Spotify is removing App Store payment option for legacy subscribers

July 6, 2023

Existing Spotify subscribers who have been paying for the service through Apple’s App Store can no longer pay using this payment method. The users paying through that mechanism will be moved to a free account at the end of their current billing cycle. They will then have to purchase a paid plan through the website. […]

Spotify is removing App Store payment option for legacy subscribers by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Inside a high-tech cement laboratory

July 6, 2023
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. A few weeks ago, I found myself in a room where fluorescent lights reflected off the stainless steel tanks lining the walls. The setup reminded me of an exceedingly high-tech craft brewery. …

Meta will nuke your Instagram account if you delete Threads profile

July 6, 2023

Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, is attracting users at an unprecedented pace, amassing 10 million signups in just seven hours, according to co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. But the new service, which requires an Instagram account for onboarding, features an intriguing stipulation: Deleting a Threads account simultaneously terminates the linked Instagram account. In a ‘Supplemental […]

Meta will nuke your Instagram account if you delete Threads profile by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

This sex toy company uses ChatGPT to whisper sweet, customizable fantasies at you

July 6, 2023

It was only a question of time, I suppose, before someone made a generative AI that can whisper sweet, sweet obscenities at you. Lovense – perhaps best known for its remote-controllable sex toys – this week announced its ChatGPT Pleasure Companion. The company’s newest innovation in sex tech is to do what everyone else seems […]

This sex toy company uses ChatGPT to whisper sweet, customizable fantasies at you by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Samsung is holding its next Unpacked on July 26 to unveil new foldables

July 6, 2023

Samsung announced today that it is holding its next Galaxy Unpacked event on July 26, where the company will likely unveil the Galaxy Fold 5 and the Galaxy Flip 5 foldable phones. The company is hosting the event — termed “On the Flip Side” — in Seoul, South Korea for the first time. It will […]

Samsung is holding its next Unpacked on July 26 to unveil new foldables by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch