August 5, 2021 Bill Gates admits meetings with Jeffrey Epstein were a ‘huge mistake’ Image: CNN Bill Gates said that spending time with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was “a huge mistake” in an interview with CNN’s Anderson…
August 5, 2021 Male Trees, Ranked For the past week or so, the wild idea that high concentrations of “male trees” in cities are the reason that people experience intense…
August 5, 2021 Tesla reportedly paid $1 million to former employee who said supervisors called him a racist slur Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A former Tesla employee won a $1 million award from the automaker after an arbitrator found the…
August 5, 2021 Virgin Galactic reopens ticket sales at $450K per seat Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is reopening ticket sales for its SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, the space tourism firm…
August 5, 2021 Twitter Spaces adds co-host option to help moderate and manage rooms Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is updating Spaces to allow hosts to designate up to two co-hosts for its social audio…
August 5, 2021 Zynga’s Q2 2021 bookings of $712M are up 37% from a year ago Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting strong bookings and revenues in the second quarter. But it warned of second half risks.Read More via VentureBeat…
August 5, 2021 Zynga acquires StarLark studio and Golf Rival game for $525M Zynga has a definitive agreement to buy the StarLark studio and Golf Rival game from Betta Games for $525 million in cash.Read More via…
August 5, 2021 Apple reveals new efforts to fight child abuse imagery Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a briefing on Thursday afternoon, Apple confirmed plans to deploy new technology within iOS, macOS, watchOS,…
August 5, 2021 LIGHTSPEED Presents: ‘Now You See Me’ by Justin C. Key io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is…
August 5, 2021 TerraCycle Is Corporate America’s Favorite Recycling Company. It May Be Helping Them Greenwash It’s no secret that our recycling system is broken and, as we’re pumping more and more plastic into existence, in desperate need of an overhaul….