Threads

Threads Confirms It Is Experimenting With Ephemeral Posts

Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools, or if the context of those posts is short-lived. Earlier this month, Threads said it was testing ephemeral…

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Apple

Apple Reportedly Announces iPhone 16

Apple will be unveiling new products on September 10, with the announced phones going on sale on September 20, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, TechCrunch reported. That lineup will reportedly include iPhone 16, with larger screens on…

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Legal

DOJ Sues Landlord Software RealPage For Inflating Rent Prices

The U.S. Department of Justice and eight state attorneys general have filed an antitrust suit against the real estate software company RealPage accusing it of colluding with landlords to decrease competition and artificially inflate rental prices, Gizmodo reported. The complaint…

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automotive

Waymo Is Now Giving 100,000 Robotaxi Rides A Week

Waymo disclosed Tuesday that it’s now giving more than 100,000 paid robotaxi rides every week across its three main commercial markets in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix, TechCrunch reported. Those figures were shared by Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana in…

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AI

AMD Buys AI Equipment Maker For Nearly $5 Billion

Advanced Micro Devices agreed to pay nearly $5 billion to ZT Systems, a designer of data-center equipment for cloud computing and artificial intelligence, bolstering the chip maker’s attack on Nvidia’s dominance in AI computation, The Wall Street Journal reported. The…

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