April 28, 2021 This Barack Obama adviser is quietly investing $250 million in startup founders of color Barack Obama in Silicon Valley back in 2011. | Stephen Lam/Getty Images Meet a stealth investment firm run by Robbie Robinson, who advises the…
April 26, 2021 Here’s the nuclear option to opt out of tracking on iOS Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images App Tracking Transparency is here, but many apps aren’t offering it yet. Apple’s mobile operating system update, iOS 14.5, went live…
April 26, 2021 Why the new iOS update is such a big deal Corbis via Getty Images The long-awaited iOS 14.5 update is finally rolling out with a new privacy tool. On Monday, Apple is rolling out…
April 23, 2021 Your job saved money on electric bills during the pandemic. You didn’t. A woman works from home in September 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. | Robin Utrecht/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images At least heading back to…
April 22, 2021 This climate policy expert is taking over Jeff Bezos’s $10 billion Earth Fund Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has selected Andrew Steer, the former head of the World Resources Institute, to lead his $10 billion climate change philanthropy….
April 22, 2021 Elon Musk’s $150 million charity spending spree Elon Musk has donated $150 million to charities this year — more than in all previous years combined. | Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images…
April 21, 2021 Why Apple’s latest gadget is catching the attention of antitrust regulators Apple’s Air Tags, which go on sale later this month, seem pretty similar to Tile’s item-tracking devices. | Apple Apple’s new AirTag looks and…
April 21, 2021 Just because you can work from home doesn’t mean you’ll be allowed to Depending on your job, company, and industry, you might have to go back to the office soon. | Getty Images Which jobs are heading…
April 21, 2021 Amazon will let you pay with your palm in some Whole Foods stores The Amazon One pay-by-palm technology will now be available at select Whole Foods stores. | Amazon And, it hopes, at other retailers’ stores in…
April 20, 2021 Apple will let podcasters sell subscriptions and keep a cut for itself A screenshot from Apple’s April 20, 2021, product event, highlighting a new version of the Apple Podcast app. | Apple Apple hasn’t tried to…