Category: Technology
Practical Ways to Cut Your Digital Carbon Footprint at Home and Work
For busy parents juggling remote work and home life, local business owners running lean teams, and office managers supporting hybrid staff, everyday tech decisions can feel nonstop. The challenge is that mindful digital consumption often competes with urgent needs like security worries, AI-driven tool changes, and keeping content organized, so the environmental impact of technology […]
Elon Musk takes SpaceX and Tesla off Facebook
Sorry, Zuckerberg. Image: mark brake/getty images Elon Musk just deleted SpaceX’s and Tesla’s Facebook pages. At first we thought the Instagram-obsessed billionaire was joking or, as someone would say, trolling. But Musk got himself involved in the #DeleteFacebook movement, in the wake of a data privacy issue involving Cambridge Analytica, and actually followed through. SEE […]
Michio Kaku picks five books to help you understand the future
From medicine to space travel, these works explore how the newest wave of science will transform society. Science is the engine of prosperity. From the industrial revolution (powered by the steam engine), to the electric revolution (which lit up our cities), to the current computer revolution (which connects us all), science creates wealth and progress. […]
Elon Musk joins #DeleteFacebook effort as Tesla and SpaceX pages vanish
In a jab against the embattled social network, Musk joked “What’s Facebook?” before deactivating his companies’ official pages. Elon Musk joined the #DeleteFacebook movement on Friday, taking down official pages for two of his companies, Tesla and SpaceX, after he learned apparently for the first time that the pages existed. The billionaire chief executive engaged […]
Apple acquired augmented reality headset startup Vrvana for $30M
As Apple reportedly ramps up work to ship an augmented reality headset in 2020, it has acquired a startup from Montreal, Canada that could help it get there. TechCrunch has learned that Apple has acquired Vrvana, maker of the Totem headset — which had rave reviews but never shipped. The deal was for around $30 million, two sources […]