Month: August 2024
It’s time for Apple to tell parents that the iPhone doesn’t belong in their child’s classroom
You’ll rarely meet a more tech-positive person than me, but even I have my limits. With what I now know about children, teens, and technology, I’m certain there’s one place the next great iPhone (likely the iPhone 16) doesn’t belong, and that’s in the classroom. We’re likely just a few weeks…
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Ticketmaster’s nontransferrable ‘SafeTix’ are anti-competitive, DOJ suit claims
The real intent of Ticketmaster’s push for non-transferrable tickets was to make it harder for fans to use rival platforms like StubHub and SeatGeek, the newly updated complaint in the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation alleges. The complaint, which was amended Monday…
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Waymo’s new robotaxi will feature fewer sensors to help lower costs
Waymo published a blog post today previewing its new sixth-generation robotaxi, which is an electric minivan manufactured by the Chinese automaker Zeekr. In the post, Waymo VP of engineering Satish Jeyachandran touts the new robotaxi as more high tech than past iterations, while also featuring fewer sensors to help reduce…
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Waymo’s sixth-generation autonomous fleet has fewer sensors ‘without compromising safety’
Alphabet-owned Waymo unveiled its sixth-generation Driver system on Monday with a more efficient sensor setup. Despite having a reduced camera and LiDAR sensor count from the current platform, the self-driving ride’s new setup allegedly maintains safety levels. Once it’s ready for public rides, it will coexist with the current-gen lineup.…
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Pentagon unveils new supercomputer aimed at boosting defense against biothreats
The biodefense capabilities of the US have received a major upgrade in the form of a new supercomputer and rapid response laboratory (RRL). The supercomputer uses the same AMD MI300A processors as found in the LLNL exascale supercomputer, El Capitan, expected to be completed later this year. The US government…
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This expert thinks he has found some major security flaws with the MacOS app store
Mac App Store users are at risk of fraud, as scammers find a way to trick the platform into accepting fake apps, an expert has warned. The fake apps, pretending to replace some of the world’s most popular productivity solutions, are offered for sale on the repository, according to a…
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