Author: Zach_Wilson
Ford resumes F-150 Lightning production after a six-week shutdown
Ford has resumed F-150 Lightning production after a retooling period. Following a six-week shutdown to expand and prep the plant for quicker turnarounds and higher output, the automaker has reopened its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. That should help Ford meet the demand for the popular EV after…
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Amazon claims one-day delivery is now its standard
Amazon has claimed to have achieved its “fastest Prime speeds ever” last quarter, saying that the majority (“more than half”) of Prime members across 60 of the US’s largest metropolitan areas received their order on or before the following day. For the year-to-date, Amazon says it has shipped 1.8 billion…
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YouTube is adding a slew of new TikTok-like features to Shorts
YouTube is rolling out more features to its TikTok competitor, Shorts — including several that TikTok users will recognize. Most notably, YouTube is experimenting with adding previews of live videos to a user’s feed of Shorts (this is how TikTok live videos also appear). Viewers can click in to watch…
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Intel Lunar Lake CPU rumors are causing disappointment – but let’s not get carried away
The rumor mill is spinning up with info about Intel’s Lunar Lake processors – chips that may not debut until 2025 (or maybe very late in 2024) – and those revelations have been met with some disappointment. There are reasons we shouldn’t get carried away here, though, and the first…
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Fake Android chat app lets hackers steal Signal, WhatsApp user data
Experts have raised the alarm about yet another case of Android malware under the cover of a dodgy app, this time spreading across South Asian countries. According to cybersecurity company Cyfirma, the “dummy chatting app” which goes by the name Safe Chat on victims’ devices is said to have higher…
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Elon Musk wants a second chance to fail at X
I understand the driving need to prove to people that you are right, which is why I am to some degree sympathetic to Elon Musk’s ill-advised plan to rename Twitter and turn it into his long-dreamed-of financial heavyweight. He wasn’t right when he tried to rename PayPal in 2000 and…
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