September 23, 2021 Star Trek: Lower Decks Gave Us a Happy Ending with Sex and an Evil Computer A lot of Star Trek: Lower Decks has been about taking classic setups and premises from series past and reframing them or poking holes…
September 23, 2021 New York City passes new protections for delivery workers Photograph by Philip Montgomery On Thursday, New York’s city council passed a package of six bills establishing new rights and protections for delivery workers,…
September 23, 2021 UK appeals court rules AI cannot be listed as a patent inventor Add the United Kingdom to the list of countries that says an artificial intelligence can’t be legally credited as an inventor. Per the BBC,…
September 23, 2021 Clubhouse launches ‘Wave,’ a new way to pull friends into audio chats Image: Clubhouse After the feature was leaked last week, Clubhouse is officially launching a new way to invite people to audio chats called “Wave.”…
September 23, 2021 New York City Council Passes Historic Protections for App Delivery Workers Delivery workers, accustomed to schlepping burrito bowls past armed robbers for table scraps, were granted some basic rights on Thursday by New York’s city…
September 23, 2021 California passes law targeting Amazon labor algorithms Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Wednesday that would block Amazon and other companies from…
September 23, 2021 Google’s Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max can now show visual responses and the UI in Spanish A Google Duo call with the UI in Spanish. | Image: Google Google is expanding Spanish language support for its Nest Hub and Nest…
September 23, 2021 Microsoft Edge update adds tab groups and new shopping features Just ahead of the Windows 11 launch, Microsoft is rolling out some updates to Edge. Perhaps the most useful feature for most people is…
September 23, 2021 The Surface Laptop Studio isn’t as original as Microsoft would have you believe Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Okay, I know this might be partially my fault. When I reviewed Microsoft’s 13.5-inch Surface Book 3…
September 23, 2021 The Orville Finally Has a Season 3 Premiere Date on Its New Hulu Home The good news: The Orville finally has a return date! The bad news: it’s not until March 2022. For those who’d almost forgotten about…