Facebook has always been considerate of its users and has found that its privacy settings need to be messed up a bit to make things clear and easy to find. To do this, they took the “privacy settings” and mischievously scattered them among the other categories. “We have redesigned our entire settings menu on mobile … Read more
Some who are reluctant to get vaccinated point out that the vaccines are under emergency approval rather than full approval. It is important for Democratic and Republican leaders to state clearly and repeatedly that the FDA holds these vaccines to such high standards that the only real difference is having full approval steps like analysis … Read more
The 2021 New York Auto Show has been canceled. Similar to last year, organizers have postponed the annual spring event to August to avoid the worst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, they say their hand has now been forced due to a growing number of hospital cases with the COVID-19 delta variant and increasingly … Read more
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Boston on June 17, 2021. Adam Glanzman / Bloomberg / Getty Images At the current vaccination rate, according to a CNN analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it will take until mid-February for all eligible Americans to … Read more
Seena Mortzavi, CEO of Chronus. (Chronus photo) Chronus, the Bellevue, Washington-based maker of mentoring software, announced on Wednesday a new $ 78 million funding. Chronus offers digital tools that support companies in implementing employee development programs for mentoring and coaching. The strong new investment comes from Level Equity from New York and San Francisco. Demand … Read more
Karan Bajaj, the founder and CEO of WhiteHat Jr, is leaving the company a year after selling the startup to Indian edtech giant Byju’s for $ 300 million. In an email to staff on Wednesday, Bajaj and Byjus Founder and CEO Byju Raveendran said the departure follows a “mutually agreed” decision made at the time … Read more
Here’s a summer pick-me-up for travelers who love the outdoors: Twice this month, the National Park Service offers free entry to all 423 attractions, and one of those days is Wednesday. Entrance fees will be waived on August 4th at all national parks, national monuments, national recreation areas, national coastlines, national battlefields, and more in … Read more
Diablo Immortal may be a small screen game, but that doesn’t mean it’s a small development effort. It is precisely for this reason that Activision Blizzard has postponed the release of Diablo Immortal to early 2022. The action RPG was originally scheduled to appear on iOS and Android devices later this year, but Blizzard says … Read more
In the face of a backlash after being quoted as saying that he recently decided to “withdraw” a homophobic slur, actor Matt Damon said in a statement Monday that “I don’t use slurs.” The statement followed an interview published this week by The Sunday Times in which Mr. Damon recounted a conversation he had with … Read more
A screenshot from a video taken by the OceanGate Titan submersible shows the Titanic’s telemotor steering mechanism, where one of the ship’s wheels used to be. (OceanGate screen capture) On another deep dive to the famous North Atlantic wreck of the Titanic, Everett, Washington, OceanGate recorded a video with its Titan submersible showing that the … Read more