Month: December 2021
EV startup Canoo loses chief technology officer and two co-founders
EV startup Canoo is losing three top executives, including its chief technology officer Peter Savagian, as part of an apparent shakeup of its leadership team. Savagian, the former chief engineer of General Motors EV1 electric car, will leave Canoo by the end of the year, according to the last line…
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Brian Eno is not a fan of NFTs
If you were saving up Ethereum for a set of Discreet Music NFTs, we’ve got bad news. In an interview with Crypto Syllabus (conducted by longtime tech critic Evgeny Morozov, of all people), Eno outed himself as a skeptic of cryptocurrency — and NFTs in particular. “NFTs seem to me…
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Gift card scams could be the biggest Grinch this holiday season
Audio player loading… Consumers reportedly lost $148m during the first nine months of this year in scams where gift cards were used as the form of payment according to a new data spotlight from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Scams demanding gift cards often begin with a phone call from…
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New World is getting exclusive Wheel of Time gear through Twitch drops
Amazon has announced that it’ll be adding exclusive items to Amazon Games’ popular MMORPG New World from Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time TV series, which fans can obtain by watching special streams on Amazon’s Twitch streaming service, in a breathtaking example of cross-company synergy for Amazon’s various properties…
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Airbnb tightens ‘anti-party’ rules for rentals as New Year’s Eve approaches
Airbnb said Monday it’s tightening its policy restrictions on New Year’s Eve parties, adding “anti-party” restrictions to some three-night rentals for guests without a history of positive reviews on the platform. In the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK, France, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand, guests without a history of positive…
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Microsoft Teams is reportedly under investigation for its free NHS gift
Audio player loading… Back in March 2020, just as the pandemic was starting to encroach upon our lives, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) was offered a free license to Microsoft Teams. The seemingly nice gesture, set to help beleaguered NHS staff more easily communicate and plan remotely via video…
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