If you’ve been watching any TV over the past few months, chances are you’ve seen Crypto.com’s ad featuring Matt Damon. It’s an expensive advertisement, complete with top-notch CGI and heady phrases like “History is filled with almosts” and “Fortune favors the brave.” Jody Rosen dissects Damon’s crypto push in a Read more…
Ferrari NV, already an automaking icon in the real world, is now looking to bolster its brand also in the metaverse. The Italian maker of luxury cars has set up a department focusing on digital services that’s exploring opportunities arising from the space that blends virtual reality, gaming and social Read more…
Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that they say is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. The new material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers, which form Read more…
A bill introduced Tuesday in the Senate could help make it easier for farmers […] to repair their tractors independently. The legislation would require agriculture equipment manufacturers to make spare parts, instruction manuals and software codes publicly available, allowing farmers to fix devices by themselves or hire third-party mechanics of Read more…
YouTube topped Netflix in terms of quarterly revenue, with the Google-owned video platform delivering $8.6 billion in advertising revenue in Q4, the company said Tuesday. For fiscal 2021, YouTube delivered $28.8 billion in advertising revenue. In the same quarter a year earlier, YouTube delivered $6.9 billion in advertising revenue, underscoring Read more…
SpaceX has rolled out a new, more powerful premium tier of its Starlink satellite internet service that’s targeted at businesses and enterprise customers. The new product, which was added to the company’s website Tuesday night, comes at five times the cost of the consumer-focused standard service: Starlink Premium requires a Read more…
An almost 500-mile long bolt of lightning that lit up the sky across three US states has set a new world record for longest flash, scientists have confirmed. The lightning bolt, extended a total of 477.2 miles (768 km) and spread across Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The previous record was Read more…