A billionaire internet investor, Peter Thiel, has stepped down from the Meta board of directors.
Peter Thiel, who co-founded PayPal, is stepping down from Facebook's board. Thiel will not seek reelection at the 2022 annual meeting. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, plans to "devote his…
As podcast episodes vanish from Spotify, Joe Rogan apologizes for racist remarks.
Spotify appears to have erased around 70 episodes of Joe Rogan's COVID-19 podcast. Rogan used a racist slur on many episodes of his show. He apologized on Instagram and said…
If you wear these colors, you can be a mosquito target.
University of Washington researchers studied how mosquitoes react to different tones after being exposed to carbon dioxide, which people exhale. The female Aedes aegypti mosquitos were confined inside tiny chambers.…
The House of Representatives has passed legislation to reinvigorate chip production in the United States.
Competes Act provides economic stimulus by allocating $52 billion to subsidize semiconductor production in the United States. The White House applauded the House bill's passage, which must now be reconciled…
COVID-19 mortality in the United States has surpassed 900,000 as the pandemic continues.
COVID-19 has killed 900,000 people in the United States. There have been 76.2 million confirmed cases of COVID in the U.S., resulting in 975,000 deaths.
Amazon’s earnings have nearly doubled as the business raises the cost of Prime membership.
Net sales increased 9% to $137.4 billion in the October-December quarter. Earnings per share quadrupled to $27.75 from $14.09 the previous year. Operating income decreased from $6.9 billion to $3.5…
Rumors about the upcoming Apple M1 desktop
An Apple M1-powered Mac Pro could be released this year. Release date, features, or upgrades are still unknown at this point. New Mac Pro may be unveiled at Apple's annual…
Google announces a massive increase in fourth-quarter revenue.
Revenue at Alphabet, Google's parent company, increased 32 percent year over year to $75.3 billion. Earnings per share came in at $30.69, above analysts' expectations of $27.48. Google shares jumped…
Pfizer has asked the FDA to approve the COVID vaccination for children aged six months to 4 years.
Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted data to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use permission of their COVID-19 vaccine. The firms added that data on a third dosage…
Elon Musk’s Twitter handle for private jets is developing into a business.
Jack Sweeney is a student at the University of Central Florida. He has been monitoring Elon Musk's private jet's takeoffs and landings with a Twitter bot since 2020. T-shirts, stickers,…