November 5, 2021 Shipping is broken. Here’s how to fix it. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Holiday season shipping is making supply chain problems worse, but there’s hope for next year. As of Friday morning,…
November 3, 2021 Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t. Facebook’s metaverse will include hyper-realistic avatars. | Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could…
November 3, 2021 The complicated promise of Amazon’s space internet Amazon’s first Project Kuiper satellites will go into orbit by the end of 2022. | Courtesy of Amazon Project Kuiper, the company’s satellite-based broadband…
November 2, 2021 What happens when billionaires jump on the biodiversity bandwagon Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos pledged $1 billion for conservation this week. Can billionaires like him halt the biodiversity crisis? | Andrew…
November 1, 2021 Service workers are getting paid more than ever. It’s not enough. Restaurants and hotel are having trouble hiring. Just raising wages isn’t doing enough. | Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Why hospitality employees won’t go back to…
November 1, 2021 Instant enlightenment — just add tech? Christina Animashaun/Vox New technologies like brain stimulation are promising mystical experiences on demand. Can they deliver? It was a Monday morning, which was reason…
October 28, 2021 Facebook is now Meta, but it’s not quite a metamorphosis Facebook announced on October 28 it has a new name, Meta. The company is trying to pivot its focus away from social media and…
October 28, 2021 Why Hertz’s big Tesla deal is such a blockbuster Tom Brady is the face of an ad campaign promoting Hertz’s new electric fleet. | Eric R. Davidson/Getty Images for Hertz The car rental…
October 27, 2021 How well can an AI mimic human ethics? AI systems are getting a lot better — and that makes the challenges in aligning them more apparent. | Kentoh/iStockphoto/Getty Images Meet Delphi, an…
October 27, 2021 Jeff Bezos wants a low-orbit office park to replace the ISS Blue Origin wants to build a commercial space station that NASA astronauts could eventually visit. | Courtesy of NASA Blue Origin thinks all kinds…