DuckDuckGo launches a beta for a Mac browser, Meta will take a 47.5% commission on transactions in Horizon Worlds, and Samsung expands its digital car key feature in South Korea.
What’s behind the rise of so called “new collar” jobs? What’s happening in the market for NFTs as overall sales decline? And outside of social media how are algorithms being used.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos
FitBit approved to monitor heart rhythms, Meta tests creators making money in the metaverse Horizon Worlds, and Apple gets patents for game controller designs.
Amazon is adding to its custom made clothes your measurements service, Made For You, with athletic shirt options. Netflix rolls out its anticipated Two Thumbs Up user rating system. And Twitter backtracks on its decision to delete block quotes on 3rd party sites and CEO Parag Agrawal clarified that Elon Musk declined to join the company’s board of directors.
Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Roger Chang, Joe.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced Elon Musk declined to join Twitter’s board, Microsoft launched Autopatch to keep endpoints up to date, and chip tool makers warn clients of wait times of 18 months or more.
Monthly Science News is here! Our science correspondent Nikki goes over the major science stories from March 2022 including CT scans of aquatic dinosaur bones to see how well they might have floated, archeologists using Google AI to restore old inscriptions and text, and how a paralyzed man used a brain-computer interface to communicate with the outside world.
Elon Musk joins Twitter’s Board of Directors, Uber will add support for multiple transit options in the UK, and Meta reportedly began working on virtual currency for the metaverse.