FCC Curbs Price-Gouging on Phone Calls for Incarcerated People
The FCC today unanimously voted to cut cruelly overpriced prison and jail phone call rates, imposed by telecom companies that have creatively fished for every last...
Pixel 6 Pro Leak Shows Google’s Most Unique Phone Yet
New leaks suggest Google is preparing to introduce an all-new Pixel 6 and a bigger Pixel 6 Pro. This week, our first look at the “Pro” emerged...
Investors help Procore build a decacorn valuation in public debut
Watching construction tech software company Procore go public today after pricing above its range makes the IPO slowdown look like the deceleration that wasn’t. Investors quickly...
This Fuzzy Image Shows a Spiral Forming Soon After the Big Bang
A team of Japanese astronomers recently peered way, way back in time using a telescope array in Chile. What they made out in the distant, early...
Colonial CEO Would Love It if You Could Forget About His Company
The Colonial pipeline has proven just how critical of a piece of infrastructure it is after it was shut down by a ransomware attack last week...
Bipartisan Privacy Bill Promising Easier Opt-Outs and Tech Transparency Actually Has a Chance of Passing
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing forward a privacy bill meant to offer some much-needed transparency on the data being hoovered by our digital devices....
In This Best of World SF Story, an Artificial Daughter Longs for Her Mother in Near-Future Africa
Edited by World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar, The Best of World SF: Volume 1 collects 26 new short stories from authors representing 21 countries, including...
factory14 raises $200M to jump into the Amazon marketplace roll-up race
It doesn’t feel like a week goes by at the moment that another startup doesn’t emerge armed with a huge wallet of cash to pursue a...
What Google’s Support of the Matter Smart Home Protocol Means For You
The smart LED strip in my office doesn’t feel smart. That’s because I can’t easily control it from my phone or my smart speakers. And with...
This Giant Kobo Elipsa eReader Lets You Write in Your Virtual Books
Kobo is taking a leap into the future with its latest eReader, the stylus-equipped Kobo Elipsa. Its 10.3-inch touchscreen, the largest in a Kobo eReader to...
