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May 7, 2024 • 5min
Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump
It’s been almost one year since Match Group announced the launch of Archer, the online dating giant’s first app for gay, bi, and queer men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 7, 2024 • 2min
Farewell, dunks? Threads launches quote controls for all users
Threads users can now exert more control over who can quote their posts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 6, 2024 • 8min
UnitedHealth data breach should be a wakeup call for the UK and NHS
The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, with CEO Andrew Witty confirming this week that it may impact as much as one-third of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 6, 2024 • 6min
NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches
NASA is kicking off a formal environmental assessment of its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 3, 2024 • 3min
NASA orders studies from private space companies on Mars mission support roles
Mars exploration has been always been the exclusive purview of national space agencies, but NASA is trying to change that, awarding a dozen research tasks to private companies as a prelude to commercial support for future missions to the Red Planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 3, 2024 • 3min
Peloton announces 400 layoffs, 15% of the workforce, as CEO Barry McCarthy departs
Peloton, the exercise equipment maker and creator of online fitness classes, has announced that it’s laying off 15 percent of its workforce — 400 people — as CEO, president, and board director Barry McCarthy steps down after two years in the role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 2, 2024 • 7min
Amazon CodeWhisperer is now called Q Developer and is expanding its functions
Pour one out for CodeWhisperer, Amazon’s AI-powered assistive coding tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 2, 2024 • 4min
Elon Musk guts Tesla’s charging team after winning over major automakers
Tesla has gutted its charging team in a new round of layoffs, despite recently winning over major automakers like Ford and General Motors and making its connector the defacto standard in North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 1, 2024 • 4min
Bumble’s “Opening Move” feature takes the pressure off women to come up with a new message every time
As Bumble prepares for its app relaunch this summer, the women-first dating platform announced a series of product updates on Tuesday, including a new feature that lets women prepare questions to send to matches, additional dating intention preferences and prompts, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 1, 2024 • 8min
The first-ever race between four self-driving cars and a Formula 1 driver just happened in Abu Dhabi
Wander the pits at any professional motorsports event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer displays full of telemetry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
