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A Barron’s opinion piece by analyst Ben Z. Rose argues that Tesla‘s Cybertruck, despite early setbacks, has become the top-selling electric vehicle (EV) pickup truck in the U.S., with an estimated 39,000 units sold in 2024, according to Cox Automotive. The truck’s bold design and Tesla’s software updates have driven its rise, surpassing competitors like…
Nearly half of young people in a recent study displayed strongly addictive use of mobile phones, a trend that the study results suggest raised the risk of suicidal behaviors. Researchers looked at data from surveys of almost 4,300 children from 2016 through 2022. The children were ages 9 to 10 at the start and were…
Meta Platforms, Inc. META CEO Mark Zuckerberg once shared his bold vision, indicating that virtual and augmented reality would one day replace mobile phones as the dominant computing platform. Now, nearly a decade later, how close is Meta to achieving that future? What Happened: In a 2015 interview at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit,…
While Google released a new watchOS app today, the company also got rid of Google Keep for Apple Watch. Version 2.2025.26200 of Google Keep removes the Apple Watch app. There are no changes to the iPhone or iPad experience, which still use the Google Material Theme in light of Gmail, Drive, and other apps getting…
DETROIT (FOX 2) – The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is sending a strong message about ICE spotting phone apps with officials calling them reckless and irresponsible. The backstory: “The person who put out an app put out a warning or disclaimer that said this is for ‘informational purposes only’ not to be used in…
Going off-grid might soon be a thing of the past, as T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service gets ready to launch on July 23. The alliance will provide direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, which will also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphone customers. T-Mobile says its goal is to “eliminate mobile dead zones…
What’s the Digital Services Tax? The big tech companies in question would all been impacted by the new tax. Specifically, the tax would have imposed a 3% levy on revenues from digital services paid by Canadian users, and it would have been applied retroactively, costing companies an estimated $2 billion when it went into effect….
Tesla‘s market share in Oregon has plummeted from nearly half of all electric vehicles in the state in 2023 to just one in six this year, according to The Oregonian. New Tesla registrations fell 17% through the first five months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, per data from the Oregon Department…
Getting an electric vehicle could get more expensive if President Trump’s budget bill passes, taking away a tax credit for an increasingly popular way to drive. That’s got the electric vehicle industry, including Tesla’s Elon Musk, charged up. He says slashing incentives to go electric could be “incredibly destructive.” Ashlee Wright and her husband are Tesla…
The Google Play Store may soon get a small but useful update to how download progress is shown in the notification panel. According to a recent APK teardown, the latest version of the Play Store adds a more polished and functional notification for app downloads. This updated notification is still limited to showing up to…