Month: June 2023
EcoFlow brings solar power to any home, even apartments and rentals
It doesn’t matter if you own a house or rent an apartment — EcoFlow now has a home solar solution for you with its PowerStream and PowerOcean systems. Both are designed to lower your energy costs while providing emergency backup power when the grid fails — which is increasingly common as climate change…
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Manifest may be over, but Netflix viewers can’t get enough of the mystery TV show
The numbers are in and the most popular show worldwide on Netflix this week is season four of the mystery drama series Manifest. Not bad for a show that’s been canceled, not once but twice before. NBC killed Netflix’s latest hit TV show after season three back in 2021 and…
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Google workers hit back at return to office ruling
Google employees are fighting back against the company’s decision to crack down on office-based working as it continues to change its mind and reconsider what it expects of workers. The general rule across the company was that workers should visit the office three days per week at minimum, but CNBC…
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The Morning After: OpenAI and Microsoft aren’t happy
Microsoft may own almost half of OpenAI, but a recent expose hints the pair aren’t the happiest of bedfellows. The Wall Street Journal claims the AI company warned Microsoft not to incorporate GPT-4 into Bing search without further training, but it did so anyway. It resulted in several high-profile examples…
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Vodafone and Three announce UK mega-merger
Vodafone and Three have officially announced plans to merge in a move that is set to hugely shake up the UK mobile market. In a statement, Vodafone and CK Hutchinson, the owner of Three UK, confirmed a deal that should see the formation of a new £15bn-valued telco giant and,…
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EU suggests breaking up Google’s ad business in preliminary antitrust ruling
The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business, saying that its preliminary view is that “only the mandatory divestment by Google of part of its services would address its competition concerns.” It’s a significant move targeting the main source of the search giant’s…
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