Dan Smoker’s dream family trip to Europe turned into a nightmare—not because of a cancellation, but due to a call he made to United Airlines. After his initial flight was canceled due to mechanical issues, Smoker spent over three painstaking hours on the phone with United trying to rebook. He connected with an agent named…
UKRAINE – 2021/10/06: In this photo illustration a Google Play Store logo is seen on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google Play Store has implemented a new policy requiring cryptocurrency wallet developers to obtain government licenses before publishing apps in 15 jurisdictions, including the…
Good morning. In honor of Perplexity’s unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to acquire Google’s Chrome web browser amid U.S. antitrust scrutiny—a figure well beyond the San Francisco AI startup’s $18 billion valuation!—five things I’d like to place an unsolicited bid on with someone else’s money: But please, Marc—keep the disco ball. Today’s tech news below. —Andrew…
Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version of its “privacy-first” UP Phone that will be made in the US — at some point. The original UP Phone was described by the company as “the ultimate privacy-focused…
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian court found the smartphone app stores of Apple and Google-owned Android were uncompetitive, local media reported on Tuesday, in a partial victory for Fortnite game developer Epic Games against the tech giants. Amid a years-long legal dispute brought by Epic against the dominant smartphone makers in several jurisdictions…
Google said it will provide U.S. colleges and universities with $1 billion worth of artificial intelligence education and job training tools, the company announced Wednesday. The three-year commitment will also make the programs available to non-profits, free of cost, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, said in a blog post. So…
A false memo circulating online recently claimed that Google services would be returning to mainland China. However, Google has swiftly dismissed the claims, labelling the document a hoax. The rumour, which began spreading across X (formerly known as Twitter) in early August, falsely alleged that users in China would soon gain direct access to several…
Good morning. Did you know that ChatGPT will now remind you to take a break if you’re in a particularly long conversation with the chatbot? OpenAI says its goal “isn’t to hold your attention, but to help you use it well.” That makes all the sense in the world for a business model that involves…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. My trouble with the app that runs my life began this May. In 2020, after losing a full-time job, I became a freelancer. The next year, while continuing to freelance, I started my own…
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Apple CEO Tim Cook signaled on Thursday the iPhone maker was ready to spend more to catch up to rivals in artificial intelligence by building more data centers or buying a larger player in the segment, a departure from a long practice of fiscal frugality. Apple has struggled to…