5 things to know about the Internet of Things
IoT Secure looks at the Internet of Things (IoT) and how it’s growing, using industry…
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Google announces new smartphones, a watch and tablet at its I/O developer conference
By Rishi Iyengar and Rachel Metz, CNN Business Google on Wednesday unveiled an expanded lineup of hardware products in the latest sign it remains…
Continue Reading If Elon Musk restores Trump’s Twitter account, it could pave the way for other platforms to do the same
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business In the days following the January 6 Capitol riot, Twitter became the first major social media platform to permanently…
Continue Reading These researchers came up with a solution for one of VR’s biggest issues: tracking your legs
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business If you’re a newcomer to virtual reality, you’ll notice something odd about your appearance: Depending on the…
Continue Reading Best Buy has a new strategy to win bargain hunters
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Prices are surging, and Best Buy has a plan to draw in shoppers hunting for deals on TVs and laptops: more…
Continue Reading Apple is discontinuing its last iPod model
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple said Tuesday it would discontinue production of the last iPod model it still sells, effectively bringing…
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What shopping in the metaverse might look like
Wicked Reports has gathered information from news reports to explore what shopping in the metaverse might look…
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INL seeks to find more efficient way to recycle electronic waste
For over half a decade the team at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has been researching more efficient methods for recycling our old electronics.…
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How AI predicts what you’ll buy
Wicked Reports curated a list of five major ways artificial intelligence predicts what you’ll buy by mining extensive consumer data like location,…
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How cellphone use while driving has changed in America since 2004
Staver Accident Injury Lawyers, P.C. presents statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on cell phone use while driving, by…
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The evolution of employee time tracking from 1772 BC to today
Buddy Punch compiled a list of notable milestones in employee time-tracking history by researching numerous sources, including Google’s patents…
Continue Reading Mark Zuckerberg got $11 billion richer today
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Nearly two months after losing his spot among the world’s 10 richest rich people, Mark Zuckerberg is clawing…
Continue Reading US and over 55 other countries commit to democratic internet governance
By Brian Fung, CNN More than 55 countries and the United States announced their commitment Thursday to defending a free and open internet, agreeing…
Continue Reading Samsung profits soar 50% on chip sales
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Samsung reported strong results on Thursday, with profits for the first quarter climbing more than 50% compared to the…
Continue Reading Virtual meetings can crush creativity, new study finds
By Katie Hunt, CNN Collaboration has been behind some of humanity’s greatest achievements — the Beatles’ biggest hits, putting a…
Continue Reading Apple will now sell you parts to fix your own iPhone
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple has officially opened its self service repair store, which provides manuals and parts for users seeking…
Continue Reading Why tech stocks are bleeding right now
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was a huge beneficiary of the stock market’s epic recovery from the pandemic.…
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Ideas on mute? Study: Remote meetings dampen brainstorming
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Video meetings dampen brainstorming because we are so hyper-focused on the face in that box that we don’t…
Continue Reading Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup begins crucial product launch
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The first all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning rolled off the assembly line in Detroit on Tuesday, with a great deal…
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Web3 is coming—here’s what you should know
EWR Digital compiled a list of nine things everyone should know about Web3 and how it’s expected to change the way people use the…
Continue Reading Netflix may clamp down on password sharing. Here’s what that means
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix shares plunged this week after the platform reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade. One…
Continue Reading Amazon to let other online retailers offer Prime delivery service directly on their sites
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon announced Thursday that it will let third-party merchants offer Prime membership benefits such as free…
Continue Reading This social app prohibits edited photos to encourage users to be more authentic. It’s growing fast
By Faith Karimi, CNN Scoot over, Facebook and Instagram. There’s a newer photo-sharing app — and it’s not like other social media…
Continue Reading Honolulu is leading the way for solar power. Here’s how other US cities rank
By Rachel Ramirez Solar energy is booming in America’s cities. The United States now has more than 121 gigawatts of solar energy capacity…
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INL announces partnership with CEI
Idaho National Lab directors met with College of Eastern Idaho officials Wednesday morning on the Idaho Falls…
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States where machinists earn the most
Revelation Machinery ranks the 25 states where can machinists make the most money, using data from the Bureau of Labor…
Continue Reading Here’s what to look for in Tesla’s earnings
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Tesla shareholders have been spending a lot of time following CEO Elon Musk’s grand play to buy Twitter. Come…
Continue Reading Plans for New York’s largest ‘all-electric’ skyscraper unveiled
Oscar Holland, CNN American banking giant JPMorgan Chase has unveiled plans for its new global headquarters: a 60-story skyscraper powered entirely…
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What kind of data is your car collecting about you?
Stacker compiled a list of common data types cars collect about their drivers from news stories, expert accounts, and management consulting…
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States with the most electric vehicles
Among the most impactful trends in the U.S. transportation industry over the last several years has been the growing number of electric vehicle…
Continue Reading US officials warn of new hacking tools that could be used to target energy facilities
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials warned Wednesday that unnamed hackers have developed tools designed to “gain full system access” to the…
Continue Reading Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter
By Chris Isidore and Mark Thompson, CNN Business Elon Musk has made an offer to buy Twitter and take it private, saying he believes the company needs…
Continue Reading Why Russia might struggle to maintain its digital iron curtain
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business On March 14, the same day Russia banned Instagram, Russian tech entrepreneur Alexander Zobov announced he would soon…
Continue Reading Google now lets you search by combining images and words
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Google wants to make it easier to search for things that are hard to describe with just a few words or an image. On…
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5 ways to stay focused while learning online
With the rise of online learning, Tovuti compiled a list of five tips for studying successfully for full-time and casual online…
Continue Reading Amazon announces huge rocket deal to launch its satellite internet constellation
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Amazon is moving its business into the exosphere, with plans to deploy more than 3,000 satellites to beam internet…
Continue Reading Hertz to buy up to 65,000 electric cars from Polestar
By Jennifer Korn Swedish electric car maker Polestar is selling up to 65,000 electric vehicles to Hertz over the next five years, the companies…
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Countries where Amazon is not the most-used e-commerce platform
To track the e-commerce trend, Smartlook pulled data from GlobalWebIndex to see the countries where Amazon is not the most popular platform…
Continue Reading The Toyota GR Corolla is a mean-looking high-performance hatchback
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Toyota Corolla became world’s best-selling car mostly because it’s inexpensive, efficient and…
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Idaho cleanup project removes radioactive materials from Idaho
The Idaho cleanup project marked another major milestone in environmental protection this…
Continue Reading It’s time for spring cleaning, and unhealthy social media accounts need to go, experts say
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Many of us spend hours a day in front of a screen. Shouldn’t it be joyful? Unfortunately, it isn’t always so…
Continue Reading Microsoft confirms it was breached by hacker group
By Brian Fung, CNN Microsoft has confirmed it was breached by the hacker group Lapsus$, adding to the cyber gang’s growing list of victims. In…
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Brands spending the most on digital advertising
Wicked Reports compiled information about how major brands invested in digital ad spending in 2021, noting the best campaigns and competitive…
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How 8 platforms pay content creators, from TikTok to YouTube
To illustrate various pay-to-create models, Planoly examined the business models and creator compensation programs for eight of the biggest online…
Continue Reading Instagram is rolling out new parental supervision tools
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Instagram is rolling out new tools that parents can use to help monitor and limit their kids’ usage of the…
Continue Reading Magic Leap raised billions but its headset flopped. Now it’s trying again
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In 2018, Magic Leap released an augmented reality headset that could show crisp, three-dimensional images as though they…
Continue Reading Volkswagen’s bus is finally back. And now it’s electric
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business It’s been promised for years. Now it’s finally here. Volkswagen has unveiled the production version…
Continue Reading Tinder is making criminal background checks available on your dates
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Tinder wants to help people surface red flags about potential dates through quick and affordable criminal…
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How computers have (mostly) conquered chess, poker, and more
PokerListings explains eight iconic times when AIs beat human players at classic games and video games, using news stories and scholarly…
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8 real-life applications for math equations you learned in high school
Going back to some of the most common equations you may have learned in high school, Study.com collected a list of ways math still impacts our daily…
Continue Reading Wordle and your brain: Does playing make you smarter?
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Wordle-bragging, arguably one of the newest forms of humble-bragging, has taken over social media. Solving the five-letter…
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TEDx returns to Rexburg on city’s 139th anniversary
TEDx Rexburg opens next Saturday at the historic Romance…
Continue Reading Apple sets date for first product launch of the year
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is gearing up for its first big product event of the year. The company announced Wednesday it will host…
Continue Reading Meta and YouTube block Russian state media from monetizing on its platforms
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN YouTube said Saturday that it will temporarily halt the ability of a number of Russian channels, including state-sponsored RT,…
Continue Reading US braces for Russian cyberattacks as Ukraine conflict escalates. Here’s how that might play out
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business The standoff between the United States and Russia over the conflict in Ukraine has so far mainly played out on…
Continue Reading AT&T is shutting down its 3G network. Here’s how it could impact you
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Twenty years after 3G was first introduced in the United States, paving the way for a new generation of mobile…
Continue Reading What to expect at Apple’s first product event of the year
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is about to hold its first big product event of 2022 and the focus will be on performance. That likely…
Continue Reading The 3G shutdown will affect everyday devices you probably own
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The looming shutdown of 3G networks won’t just impact older phones. With AT&T’s 3G network…
Continue Reading Goodbye Samsung Galaxy Note. Hello Galaxy S22 Ultra
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Samsung’s Galaxy Note smartphone line appears to be discontinued. But for those who miss it, the Note…
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What data can teach us about the ‘Great Resignation’
Buddy Punch reviewed government data, news reporting, and academic studies to reveal insights on how the “Great Resignation” is impacting the…
Continue Reading The biggest chip deal in history has fallen apart
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial…
Continue Reading GM’s robotaxis are only coming out after dark
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, started offering robotaxi rides this week in San Francisco.…
Continue Reading SpaceX will lose up to 40 satellites it just launched due to a solar storm
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Up to 40 of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are expected to fall out of orbit thanks to some inopportune timing:…
Continue Reading New spinal cord stimulation study puts people with paralysis on their feet again
By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN Michel Roccati lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident in 2017, when he had a complete spinal cord injury. But…
Continue Reading 3G networks are shutting down soon. A scramble to get users to upgrade is underway
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Aaron Hommell bought his 3G iPhone 5 in 2014 and kept it for more than seven years, holding onto it even after…
Continue Reading The New York Times buys popular word game Wordle
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business The New York Times has acquired Wordle, the explosively popular game that gives players six chances to guess a…
Continue Reading The IRS website will soon require facial recognition to log in to your account
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business The next time you try to log in to the Internal Revenue Service’s website you’ll be urged to use…
Continue Reading Wordle-spoiling bot taken down by Twitter
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Twitter has suspended an annoying bot that automatically responded with the next day’s solution when people…
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States with the highest-paid IT specialists
Think all IT specialists are paid the same? Think again with Twingate’s roundup using Bureau of Labor Statistics reports of the 25 states with the…
Continue Reading The 5G-airlines crisis was mostly averted. Here’s what happened – and what we still don’t know
By Jackie Wattles and Pete Muntean, CNN Potentially abysmal air travel interruptions were narrowly avoided this week when wireless carriers made a…
Continue Reading FAA approves more airliners — including some smaller, regional jets — to fly near 5G towers
By Pete Muntean The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared more commercial airliners — notably more smaller, regional jets — to fly…
Continue Reading What is C-band 5G? Verizon and AT&T are flipping on the switch in the US
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The next-generation of wireless technology is now even faster for 5G users in some parts of the country.…
Continue Reading Europe rolled out 5G without hurting aviation. Here’s how
By Charles Riley and Joseph Ataman, CNN Business Major international airlines are canceling flights to the United States over aviation industry fears…
Continue Reading Smartphones, laptops and oddball gadgets: CES 2022 showcases tech’s latest innovations
By Samantha Murphy Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN Business CES, one of the world’s biggest tech trade shows, kicks off Wednesday in Las Vegas with…
Continue Reading Classic BlackBerry phones stop working today
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business You can no longer use that old BlackBerry phone sitting at the bottom of your drawer somewhere. On Tuesday,…
Continue Reading The tech we couldn’t live without in 2021
CNN Business Staff Supply shortages are everywhere. New smartphones have been hit by shipping delays and video game consoles are almost impossible to…
Continue Reading The biggest tech fails of 2021
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business For many, 2021 was a mix of hopeful and challenging, as covid vaccines became more widely available but the pandemic…
Continue Reading Twitter says it will remove images of people posted without consent
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Business Twitter has updated its privacy policy so that it can remove images of people that have been posted without their…
Continue Reading Apple will let iPhone users repair their own devices
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple plans to give customers the ability to repair their own devices amid growing pressure from regulators and…
Continue Reading Video game consoles and smartphones will be harder to find this holiday season
The global chip shortage is making it harder for shoppers to get their hands on some of the most sought after tech gadgets of the holiday…
Continue Reading Researchers uncover software flaws leaving medical devices vulnerable to hackers
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Researchers say they have found more than a dozen vulnerabilities in software used in medical devices and machinery…
Continue Reading Nintendo says the chip shortage is hurting Switch sales
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Nintendo has become the latest victim of a global chip shortage that is battering supply chains. The Japanese company…
Continue Reading Facebook changes its company name to Meta
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Facebook is changing its company name as it shifts its focus to the “metaverse” and confronts…
Continue Reading Facebook’s success was built on algorithms. Can they also fix it?
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business For billions of people around the world, Facebook can be a source for cute baby pictures, vaccine misinformation and…
Continue Reading Facebook apps hit with two-hour disruption days after massive outage
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Just days after several of its major services went down for about six hours, Facebook on Friday suffered another…
Continue Reading Facebook’s success was built on algorithms. Can they also fix it?
A Facebook whistleblower has helped renew concerns that some parents have likely had for years: what impact social media is having on their…
Continue Reading Facebook went offline this week. Experts say we should log out, too
By Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN For nearly six hours on Monday, the world experienced a forced break from Facebook’s social networking…
Continue Reading What we know about the Facebook whistleblower
The former Facebook employee whose leaks triggered some of the most intense scrutiny in the company’s history revealed her identity Sunday…
Continue Reading Microsoft begins rollout of Windows 11
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Microsoft is rolling out its first major Windows update in six years. But not everyone will be able to get it…
Continue Reading Want to help the climate crisis? Don’t toss your old iPhone, fix it
The life cycle of a smartphone begins in mines around the world. There, raw materials and rare earth metals are extracted from the planet in an…
Continue Reading This electric car can go 520 miles on a charge but the CEO says that’s not important
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Lucid Air Dream Edition was recently rated by the Environmental Protection Agency with an estimated driving…
Continue Reading He’s the most popular man on TikTok. And he doesn’t say a word
When Italy first went into a coronavirus lockdown last year, Khabane Lame had just lost his job at a factory near the northern city of…
Continue Reading After a bad day, Facebook suffers major outage
By Clare Duffy and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online,…
Continue Reading YouTube is cracking down on anti-vaccine misinformation
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business YouTube will remove videos spreading misinformation about any approved vaccine, not only those aimed at preventing…
Continue Reading The iPhone 13 hits shelves
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple officially launched its next-generation iPhone 13 line on Friday, with four new smartphones hitting…
Continue Reading Europe will require USB-C chargers. Apple isn’t happy
By Chris Liakos, CNN Business The European Union proposed new rules on Thursday that will make USB-C ports standard on smartphones, tablets, cameras,…
Continue Reading Apple iOS 15 is now available for download
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple’s latest major software update — packed with features to help people better focus, connect…
Continue Reading The Chinese version of TikTok is limiting kids to 40 minutes a day
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The Chinese version of TikTok is introducing a “teenage mode” that will limit the amount of time children…
Continue Reading Break the ice with your tween or teen using TV shows, social media and podcasts
By Michelle Icard, CNN Trying to talk with adolescents can feel fruitless, but you have a way to reach them that you may not realize. Meeting kids…
Continue Reading Microsoft begins rollout of Windows 11
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Microsoft is rolling out its first major Windows update in six years. But not everyone will be able to get it…
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