Would people pay nearly $14 a month to use Instagram on their phones without ads? How about nearly $17 a month for Instagram plus Facebook — but on desktop? That is what Meta wants to charge Europeans for monthly subscriptions if they don’t agree to let the company use their Read more…
It was never clear who the $10,000 to $17,000 18-karat gold Apple Watch was for, beyond celebrities and the ultrarich, but I hope whoever bought one way back in 2015 expected Apple to stop supporting them at some point. That day has come. Apple has now internally listed all first-gen Read more…
A nationwide test of the USA’s federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m. EDT to cellphones, televisions and radios across the United States at around the same time. Most Americans with wireless cellular devices will receive an emergency alert message, as will most whose televisions or Read more…
“Almost 17 million U.S. employees describe themselves as digital nomads,” reports Bloomberg, “more than double the pre-pandemic number, according to MBO Partners, a firm that connects companies with freelance talent.” Bloomberg says one worker sees their lifestyle as less of a vacation and “more about forming a genuine connection with Read more…
Jamie Dimon said artificial intelligence is already being used by thousands of employees at his bank, and is likely to make dramatic improvements in workers’ quality of life, even if it eliminates some jobs. “Your children are going to live to 100 and not have cancer because of technology,” Dimon Read more…
Consumers should be spending less by now. Interest rates are up. Inflation remains high. Pandemic savings have shrunk. And the labor market is cooling. Yet household spending, the primary driver of the nation’s economic growth, remains robust remains robust. Americans spent 5.8% more in August than a year earlier, well Read more…
ZDNet calls it “a deep meditation on what can ultimately be achieved with computers” and “the single most important unsolved problem in computer science,” with implications for both cryptography and quantum computing. “The question: Does P = NP?” “Now, that effort has enlisted the help of generative AI.” In a Read more…