Microsoft surpassed Apple’s market cap on Friday, October 29, to become the world’s most valuable public company. The change follows Apple’s Thursday earnings, where the company posted strong results but revealed that it lost $6 billion to supply chain constraints. On Tuesday, Microsoft also shared positive earnings boosted by Office, Windows, and its cloud products. At Friday’s market […]
T-Mobile states that they will delay the planned shutdown of Sprint’s 3G network by three months to ensure its “partners” have time to help customers with the transition. It had originally planned to phase out the network in January; that date has now been pushed to March 31st, 2022. “Recently it’s become increasingly clear that […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg still hasn’t settled on a new name for the company even though a rumored rebrand could arrive in a matter of days, tech newsletter Platformer reported. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, […]
The Verge reports that Microsoft is reversing a decision to remove a key feature from its upcoming .NET 6 release, after a public outcry from the open source community. Microsoft angered the .NET open source community earlier this week by removing a key part of Hot Reload in the upcoming release of .NET 6, a […]
Whether you’re chatting face to face or on the phone, your voice can say a lot about you, and apparently that includes your mental health. A CDC study looked at the mental health of 800,000 Americans, starting in the summer of 2020 through earlier this year. The study found nearly 2 in 5 adults (about […]
On October 18th, Apple held its second fall “Unleashed” event, which focused on the MacBook Pro and the AirPods. In just about an hour, the tech giant went through the updates and upgrades, which also included new colors for the HomePod Mini and the introduction of the Apple Music “Voice” service. The brief wrap up […]
When NASA’s Lucy space probe launched successfully from Cape Canaveral in Florida early on Saturday, October 16th, it was the beginning of a 12-year mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The uncrewed spacecraft lifted off at 5:34AM ET aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Lucy sent its first signal to Earth from its […]
People with high blood pressure who used a smartphone app and at-home monitor were able to drive down their blood pressure, a new study showed. The program, called Hello Heart, lets people track their blood pressure, weight, and physical activity and offers tips on how to manage blood pressure. Around half of adults in the […]
On October 15th Nintendo had a huge Direct presentation focused on new content coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including the game’s major 2.0 update and a significant paid DLC expansion. Both will be available on November 5th. Let’s start first with the free update, which brings back a lot of familiar faces for longtime […]
The Verge reports that games that use blockchain technology or let users exchange NFTs or cryptocurrencies won’t be allowed on Steam, according to a rule added to Valve’s “What you shouldn’t publish on Steam” list. The change was pointed out by SpacePirate, a developer working on an NFT-based game, who said that the change was […]