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Elon Musk displaces Jeff Bezos as richest person on Earth
Elon Musk has overtaken Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Musk, who founded electric car manufacturer Tesla and rocket maker SpaceX, has a net worth of $188.5 billion, which clocks in at about $1.5 billion more...
Google workers announce plans to unionize
A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The Alphabet Workers Union will be open to all employees and contractors at Google’s parent company. Its goal will be to tackle ongoing issues like pay...
Apple’s App Store made an estimated $64 billion in 2020
According to CNBC’s analysis, Apple’s App Store made $64 billion in revenue in 2020, which is a 28 percent increase from the estimated $50 billion it made in 2019. This represents a good amount of growth for the App Store since the estimated increase between 2018 and...
Microsoft Teams is getting a new Dynamic View feature in March
Microsoft is updating its Teams service with a new Dynamic View in March. This new view allows Teams users to share content side by side with participants. It looks ideally positioned for meetings where someone is presenting a slide deck or if participants are...
Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest
Adobe Flash Player, the browser plug-in that brought rich animations and interactivity to the early web, has officially reached the end of its life.Released in 1996, Flash was once one of the most popular ways for people to stream videos and play games online.But it...
Tesla fell just short of delivering 500,000 vehicles in 2020
Tesla fell just shy of hitting CEO Elon Musk’s goal of delivering 500,000 vehicles in 2020, the company announced Saturday, having shipped a record 499,550 throughout the year — or 99.91 percent. Tesla said the final tally could vary by as much as 0.5 percent, though,...
SolarWinds hack may be much worse than originally feared
The Russia-linked SolarWinds hack which targeted US government agencies and private corporations may be even worse than officials first realized, with some 250 federal agencies and business now believed affected, the New York Times reported.Microsoft has said the...
Elon Musk plans to catch the most powerful SpaceX rocket, not land it
One day in the not-too-distant future, Elon Musk envisions blasting off from Earth and sending his next-generation Starship on its way to the moon, Mars or just the other side of the world. Several minutes later, the first-stage booster used for liftoff makes its way...
On the front lines of climate change, Arctic communities use tech to keep tradition alive
Among the Inuit Nunangat communities in far northern Canada, there's a saying: If you smack the ice with your harpoon and it doesn't go through on the first hit, it's thick enough to walk on. If you can hit it three times without it breaking, it's good for...