Apple has relaxed some of its long-standing restrictions over the past week, which helped to make the App Store a huge moneymaker. Apple has required app developers for years to pay large commissions on both the sale of paid apps...
This is the final frontier, or at least it has been close. One of Switzerland's most prestigious universities has released open-source beta software Tuesday. It allows virtual visits to the cosmos, including past the Moon, Saturn, exoplanets, and galaxies. Virtual Reality...
Thursday saw the implementation of a new Spanish law that requires food delivery companies to employ delivery drivers and riders as employees, rather than contractors. Labor unions have called for strict monitoring and inspections to ensure compliance. Spain's Trade Union...
Conflicts over water are as old as history itself, but the massive Google data centers on the edge of this Oregon town on the Columbia River represent an emerging 21st century concern. Now a critical part of modern computing, data...
The global outage that post, that Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp went dark "not by malicious activity but because of an error of our own making." This problem happened as engineers were working on Facebook's global backbone network. These include the computers,...
Amazon's audiobook service Audible, and apps for smartphones for reading the holy books in Islam and Christianity have been removed from the Apple Store in China. This is the latest example of China's stricter rules regarding internet companies. Friday's announcement...
As the pandemic unfolded, technology companies have faced a new challenge. How, when, and even if they should bring long-isolated workers back to offices designed for teamwork. Brent Hyder, chief people officer at Salesforce, a business software company with approximately...
Nikola Corp. founder and former executive chair was released on $100 million bail after pleading guilty to charges that he lied about his startup of electric and hydrogen-powered trucks. He also allegedly deceived novice investors, including those who were...
Americans are obsessed with collecting collectibles and have been bidding up the prices of trading cards, videogames, and other mementos from their youth. While this frenzy may have brought modest fortunes for some, it has been a source of deep...
Microsoft claims it has fixed a vulnerability in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity experts warned could have allowed hackers to overthrow a cloud-based product used by large companies. Friday's statement by the company stated that there is no evidence...