Month: May 2023
Elon Musk says ‘get off your work-from-home bullshit’
In an interview aired on CNBC, Elon Musk called remote work “morally wrong” and “bullshit,” arguing it was unfair to those workers who can’t work from home. Musk, who banned remote work at Twitter after acquiring the company, has not been shy about sharing his disdain about work from home…
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Valve just got sued by Immersion over Steam Deck and Index rumble
Consider it a rite of passage: Valve has finally become successful enough at building gaming hardware that it’s getting sued by Immersion Corporation. Immersion — the haptic feedback company that’s purchased, developed, or otherwise accumulated so many patents on rumble tech that almost every major tech company has licensed or…
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Ring founder to become CEO of commercial smart home company Latch
The interim CEO, Jason Keyes, had this to say: “I am confident Jamie’s passion for leading mission-driven technology companies, his operational expertise, and his track record for creating industry-dominating products will be invaluable as Latch enters its next phase. I am excited about the opportunity to further improve our customer…
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Loki season 2 hits Disney Plus this October
Marvel’s Kevin Feige didn’t really have all that much to share in the way of fascinating plot details during his presentation at Disney’s upfront presentation this evening, but he did finally announce the premiere dates for both Loki season 2 and Echo, the Hawkeye spinoff starring Alaqua Cox as its…
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Tesla Bot can walk very slowly and pick up stuff now
Tesla is showing off new footage of its Tesla Bots in what appears to be a production-ready chassis, now walking forward (slowly) without some of the stumbles we’d seen in their first reveal. The robots can also apparently do other things, like pick up items and recognize objects. Tesla’s Bot,…
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Why companies still shy away from podcast ads
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Today, we’re mixing it up a bit. First off, I have a post-Podcast Upfronts Q&A I conducted with SiriusXM’s Lizzie Widhelm and Scott Walker. Both Widhelm and Walker are a part of…
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