Month: March 2020
Apple agrees to $500 million settlement for throttling older iPhones
Apple has tentatively agreed to a $500 million settlement after admitting to slowing down older phones. The deal would provide small payouts for many iPhone owners in the US, plus greater compensation for named class members and attorneys. It covers people who bought any product in the iPhone 6 and…
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Maps show drastic drop in China’s air pollution after coronavirus quarantine
There’s been a dramatic drop in pollution across China as the country tries to contain COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. New maps using data collected from NASA and European Space Agency satellites show how nitrogen dioxide, a dangerous gas released by burning fuel, has dissipated since the…
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An massive Nvidia graphics card just leaked, could it be the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080?
With Microsoft announcing the Xbox Series X’s specs and placing emphasis on its 12 teraflops performance, it seems like everyone is paying attention to teraflops. And now we’ve seen a leaked benchmark that may hint towards what the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 may look like. This benchmark was spotted…
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Unpacking Procore’s S-1 filing
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re in for a treat, as we get to dig into Procore’s S-1 filing. In case you aren’t familiar, Procore sells software that helps manage construction projects, but it…
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Stocks partially reverse last week’s slide in early-morning trading
Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq have reversed course after a week of losses. The Dow was up 570.50 points to 25,979.86 and the Nasdaq was up 112.96 to 8680.33 near midday trading. The two major bellwethers of investor sentiment had a rough week last week as…
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How to save a tweet as a draft
Twitter is a fast-paced world — your timeline might feel like it’s running at a mile a minute. But your tweets don’t have to be that way. It’s okay to take your time and refine your tweets later. For that, you can use Twitter drafts. Whether you can’t decide between…
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