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Over the years, headphones have been predominately black with a few exceptions like Sennheiser's HD414s and their iconic yellow ear pads. Apple made white fashionable with the AirPods and since there have been a few companies offering vibrantly coloured earbuds. Today, rather than standing out, the JLab Go Air Tones earbuds look to blend in with a collection of seven
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit against Amazon alleging that the company stifled competition and caused increased prices across California through anticompetitive contracting practices in violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law and Cartwright Act. Further information includes: In order to avoid competing on prices with other online e-commerce sites, Amazon requires merchants to enter into agreements that severely
Patreon founder and CEO, Jack Conte, announced a layoff at Patreon of 80 people. This comes after Patreon laid off at least five employees from its security engineering team. It certainly sounds like things are not going very well for Patreon. In “A note from Jack”, CEO Jack Conte clarified what has happened within his company. The note was posted
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he has signed a first-of-its kind social media transparency measure to protect Californians from hate and disinformation spread online. Bill 587 was proposed by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D - Encino) and is called “Social media companies: terms of service”. The law requires social media companies to report data on their enforcement of the policies.
Starbucks announced Starbucks Odyssey, a new experience powered by Web3 technology that will offer Starbucks Rewards members and Starbucks partners (employees) in the United States the opportunity to earn and purchase digital collectable assets that will unlock new benefits and immersive coffee experiences. Starbucks claims it is one of the first companies to integrate non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) with an industry-leading
Blue Origin Capsule Safely Escapes after the main stage suffered an anomaly. This was an uncrewed flight, but the systems worked as advertised, the capsule was fully recovered
Twitter said that payments to a whistleblower did not breach any of its obligations under the $44 billion acquisition proposed by Elon Musk, after the billionaire sent a third letter to try and call off the deal, CNBC reported. The social media giant said it intends to enforce the agreement and close the transaction on the price and terms agreed
The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S. shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence and chipmaking tools, several people familiar with the matter said, according to Reuters. Reuters reported that the Commerce Department intends to publish new regulations based on restrictions communicated in letters earlier this year to three U.S. companies - KLA Corp,
John Deere is rolling out self-driving tractors that can plow fields by themselves, and sprayers that distinguish weeds from crops. Deere, which helped make satellite-guided tractors ubiquitous in the U.S. Farm Belt over the past 20 years, is investing billions of dollars to develop smarter machines that the company said will make farming faster and more efficient than it ever
The U.S. securities regulator will set up two new offices to deal with filings related to crypto assets and the life sciences sector, Reuters reported. According to Reuters, the “Office of Crypto Assets” and the “Office of Industrial Applications and Services” will join seven other existing offices under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) department, which handles corporate disclosure findings.
The White House held a “Listening Session On Tech Platform Accountability”. A varied group of people were invited, including Assistants to the President of various parts of the federal government, some people involved in civil rights causes, Chief Executive Officer of Sonos, Patrick Spence, and Mitchell Baker, CEO of the Mozilla Corporation and Chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation. The listening
Patreon has laid off five employees responsible for its security engineering, Gizmodo reported. Patreon confirmed the worker cuts in an email to Gizmodo on Friday. “As part of a strategic shift a portion of our security program, we have parted ways with five employees,” said Patreon in an emailed statement attributed to the company’s U.S. policy head, Ellen Satterwhite, Gizmodo
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