EV owners around the world want to go back to buying gas cars

EV owners around the world want to go back to buying gas cars

Ford Mustang Mach E electric vehicles are offered for sale at a dealership on June 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.  Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Car buyers who were among the first to make the EV switch are far from wholly converted. Nearly 30% of electric vehicle owners globally are likely … Read more

Crowdstrike outage and global software’s single-point failure problem

Crowdstrike outage and global software’s single-point failure problem

The frequency of large-scale attacks on corporate enterprise IT is increasing. That’s not unusual or unexpected as companies spend heavily on cyber defense in an asymmetric war against hackers who can string together a few lines of code and wreak havoc. But the largest IT outage ever on Friday, resulting from a CrowdStrike software bug … Read more

The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making

The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making

When computer screens went blue worldwide on Friday, flights were grounded, hotel check-ins became impossible, and freight deliveries were brought to a stand-still. Businesses resorted to paper and pen. And initial suspicions landed on some sort of cyberterrorist attack. The reality, however, was much more mundane: a botched software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. “In … Read more

Biggest risks of gen AI in your private life: ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot

Biggest risks of gen AI in your private life: ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot

Many consumers are enamored with generative AI, using new tools for all sorts of personal or business matters.  But many ignore the potential privacy ramifications, which can be significant. From OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini to Microsoft Copilot software and the new Apple Intelligence, AI tools for consumers are easily accessible and proliferating. However the … Read more

Figma CEO says ‘eating cost’ of AI upgrade for customers

Figma CEO says ‘eating cost’ of AI upgrade for customers

As design firm Figma rolls out its first major AI upgrade for its platform, CEO and co-founder Dylan Field is taking no chances with customers amid steep AI adoption and demand curves and consumer hype. Figma is paying the cost of the AI upgrade for now instead of attempting to charge customers. “We’re gonna eat … Read more

Uber, Khosla, Nvidia invest in autonomous trucking startup Waabi

Uber, Khosla, Nvidia invest in autonomous trucking startup Waabi

Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi. Courtesy: Waabi Autonomous trucking startup Waabi announced Tuesday it has raised $200 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by existing investors Uber and Khosla Ventures. Waabi’s latest funding round also includes Nvidia, a new investor in the company, as well as Porsche and the venture capital … Read more

Used EV price crash gets deeper with ‘premium’ brand idea history

Used EV price crash gets deeper with ‘premium’ brand idea history

A used 2020 Tesla Model 3 is available for sale on a CarMax lot on March 10, 2022 in Burbank, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Back in February, used electric vehicle prices dipped below used gasoline-powered vehicle prices for the first time ever, and the pricing cliff keeps getting steeper … Read more

New Apple Passwords app may be best of a bad way to secure online self

New Apple Passwords app may be best of a bad way to secure online self

Apple Intelligence was unveiled during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, on June 10, 2024. Source: Apple Inc. For years, cybersecurity experts have been predicting the death of the online password as more advanced log-in features, from facial recognition to multi-factor authentication, become more common. But it seems like Apple has accepted that the … Read more

Google-backed Tempus AI closes first trading day up 9% in Nasdaq debut

Google-backed Tempus AI closes first trading day up 9% in Nasdaq debut

Tempus AI, a health-care diagnostics company that uses AI to interpret medical tests to help physicians provide more accurate treatment for their patients, rose by as much as 15% in its Nasdaq Stock Market debut on Friday, after going public under the ticker symbol “TEM.” Tempus AI priced 11.1 million shares at $37 apiece on … Read more

Taking a vacation from work may soon become mandatory

Taking a vacation from work may soon become mandatory

Ezra Bailey Ezra Bailey | Stone | Getty Images With burnout prevalent in the workplace, some employers are considering mandatory vacation, full office shutdowns and other ways to get workaholic employees to take a break. Only a small number of employers today — 8.7% — require workers to take a minimum amount of vacation, and … Read more