Month: November 2022
Walmart has a Chromebook for just $79 in its early Black Friday deals
The very first set of Black Friday deals at Walmart comes with a cracking super-cheap Chromebook that’s one of the best laptop deals we’ve seen all year. You can now get an HP Chromebook 11 for $79 (was $98) at Walmart (opens in new tab). That’s the lowest price yet…
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LG’s latest display can be stretched by 20 percent
LG Disply has developed a 12-inch stretchable display that can be extended in size to 14 inches, the company announced. The displays could one day be used in materials with irregular surfaces like clothes and wearables to display messages on the uniforms of first responders, for example. Stretchable displays, or…
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Google and Renault are working on a ‘software-defined vehicle’
Google and the Renault Group are expanding their four-year-old partnership to include the development of an advanced software platform for future vehicles. This “software-defined vehicle” will be built on Google’s Android Automotive operating system and send data to the company’s cloud servers for processing, the companies announced. In 2018, Renault…
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Airbnb hidden fees are about to check out – for good
Audio player loading… Airbnb will finally begin showing the total price of a rental listing in an effort to be more transparent. The travel service update comes on the cusp of the holiday travel season as the company aims to make it easier to shop for more budget-friendly deals. Thanksgiving…
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If You Were Laid Off From A Tech Company And Are On A US Work Visa, We Want To Hear Your Story
The looming economic recession has spooked the tech industry. According to Crunchbase, technology companies in the US have cut more than 52,000 jobs so far this year. Tech companies rely heavily on US work visas to staff up, but when layoffs happen, employees on visas are hit particularly hard. They…
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Elon Musk has discussed putting all of Twitter behind a paywall
If Friday brought massive layoffs to Twitter, Monday brought fresh evidence that the company will never be the same. Musk has discussed putting the entire site behind a paywall, Platformer has learned. Meanwhile, the company is scrambling to lure back employees who it laid off mere hours ago, and some…
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