Month: August 2023
GM’s BrightDrop is bringing its electric delivery vans to Mexico
BrightDrop, the electric delivery spinoff of General Motors, is bringing its battery-powered delivery vans to Mexico as its next market. The company now covers all of North America after expanding to Canada last year. The first two products that will be available to customers in Mexico will be the company’s…
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Apple Music launches a Discovery Station to help you find new songs
Apple Music has a new station that’s designed to help you find songs you might like. The app’s Discovery Station will play a curated selection of music based on what you’ve been listening to lately but haven’t added to your library or heard before, as spotted earlier by Apple Insider…
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Zoom wants its remote work company to come back to the office
Zoom, a company whose name has become synonymous with video chats that have allowed many to work remotely during the pandemic, has told staffers who work within 50 miles of a company office that they’ll have to come back in two days per week, according to Business Insider. “We believe…
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The Red Cross lifts its blood donor restrictions for men who have sex with men
The American Red Cross has fully dropped its blood donor ban on men who’ve had sex with men (MSM) and, starting today, bases eligibility on individual risk factors, per updated FDA guidance. The nonprofit now asks blood donor hopefuls “the same eligibility questions regardless of gender or sexual orientation.” While…
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Zoom says its new AI tools aren’t stealing ownership of your content
Zoom doesn’t train its artificial intelligence models on audio, video, or text chats from the app “without customer consent,” according to a Monday blog post from Zoom’s chief product officer, Smita Hashim. After we first published this article, Zoom updated its terms of service with a similar statement. In her…
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We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD
If you’re thinking of buying a SanDisk Extreme Pro, Extreme Portable, Extreme Pro Portable, or WD MyPassport SSD, maybe just don’t. My colleague Vjeran just lost 3TB of video we’d shot for The Verge because the drive is no longer readable. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>“The disk you attached…
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