Google I/O dates announced for May
Tech conferences are back, baby. Sort of. That’s according to Google, which on Wednesday announced that its annual developer conference, Google I/O, is scheduled to take place on May 11 and 12, 2022. “We’ll be back live from Shoreline Amphitheater for this year’s #GoogleIO,” wrote Google CEO Sundar Pichau. “Join us online May 11-12” Tweet […]
Boston Dynamics' dog has nothing on this…goat?
Kawasaki unveiled Bex, a rideable robotic goat, at Tokyo’s International Robot Exhibition.
NASA's Webb telescope just got some excellent news
In any other context, astronomers would call this isolated, sunlike star “boring” — as nondescript as its serial number name. But NASA scientists plucked HD84406 from its obscurity 260 light-years away, giving it an important place in history: The U.S. space agency used it to confirm the optics work on the $10 billion James Webb […]
Netflix tests charging extra for the best part of Netflix
Get ready for some hard conversations. On Wednesday, Netflix announced an upcoming test which is sure to cause drama amongst the account-sharing set. The streaming service said that, over the next several weeks, it will begin prompting some people who share accounts outside of their immediate household to pay extra to continue doing so. “Members […]
Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet is getting faster
It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture, but things are potentially looking up for Starlink. Ookla, purveyor of the internet speed measurement tool Speedtest, released its latest satellite internet quarterly report on Wednesday, measuring the final three months of 2021. While median download speeds are still below fixed broadband, Starlink […]
Duolingo reports a 485% increase of people studying Ukrainian
Use of the language learning app Duolingo has surged since the start of the war in Ukraine. According to a statement on Monday from CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn, Duolingo has seen a 485 percent increase in the number of users learning Ukrainian. The increase, which was reported in Morning Brew on Wednesday, is […]
Apple's AirPods Max are on sale for $100 off
SAVE $100: Amazon has the Apple AirPods Max on sale for only $449 as of March 16. That’s 18% off their suggested retail price of $549. We’ve stumbled upon so many good Apple deals in the wake of the company’s “Peek Performance” keynote event last week, it’s about time the AirPods Max got in on […]
Apple's Universal Control for Macs and iPads is now here. Here's how it works.
Now that Apple’s macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4 are here and available to everyone, it’s time to check out one of the coolest new features they’ve brought us: Universal Control. Originally announced with the launch of macOS Monterey in June 2021, it took a while for Universal Control to actually become available to end users. […]
Facebook joins TikTok. Keep your enemies close, we guess.
Facebook has just launched on TikTok, following in the footsteps of Instagram. In other words, Meta’s companies are really making a home for themselves on a competitor platform. The @facebook account on TikTok is verified, sitting at 19.5K followers (and counting), and zero posts so far. Their bio simply reads, “We believe people can do […]
Instagram has a TikTok now…promoting Reels
Instagram has launched an official, verified TikTok account under its creator umbrella. The social media competitor’s first video, posted Tuesday, shared the news with a caption reading: “We’re here! Follow along as creators help share the latest product news, best practices and tips + tricks, directly from us at Instagram.” It’s yet another social media […]