Instagram is testing ‘flipside,’ a finsta feature that already kind of exists
Instagram is testing yet another feature meant to give users an alternative to finstas. It’s called “flipside” and it allows people to create a secondary photo grid that only designated friends can see. If that sounds somewhat familiar it’s probably because Instagram already makes it pretty easy for users to…
TikTok is reportedly laying off workers to cut costs
TikTok is one of the latest companies to be hit by layoffs sweeping across tech industry over the past year. A spokesperson from the short-form video platform told NPR that the company laid off around 60 employees, mostly from its sales and advertising division across its various offices in the…
If you want to demo the Vision Pro at an Apple Store, prepare to be there a while
We’re getting closer and closer to launch day for Apple’s Vision Pro headset, which means if you’re not yet sold on ordering one, you’ll soon be able to try it out in the store. But don’t expect the process to be quick and easy. In the Power On newsletter this…
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says sorry for all those trashy Threads recommendations
Whether or not you’ve actively been using Threads, you may have noticed — thanks to its integration into the Instagram feed — an off-putting shift in the kinds of posts the platform has been recommending over the last few weeks. At best, you might be seeing tons of content that…
US reportedly halted ASML’s chipmaking machine shipments to China weeks before ban
NVIDIA may have figured out a way to go around the US export restrictions on China, but apparently ASML, the Dutch firm behind the key chipmaking equipment, isn’t having much say on this end. According to Bloomberg, Biden’s administration reportedly reached out to ASML “weeks before” the January 1, 2024…
The Morning After: The biggest tech stories of 2023
What do you do when the tech world mostly grinds to a halt at the end of December? You reheat your hot takes, force a narrative thread on a company’s ups and downs and edit it all up for consumption. Yes, it’s a little quiet at the end of the…
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for using published news articles to train its artificial intelligence chatbots without an agreement that compensates it for its intellectual property. The lawsuit, which was filed in a Federal District Court in Manhattan, marks the first time a major news organization…
Hyperloop One is shutting down
Hyperloop One had once dreamed of building a high-speed freight link between Europe and China, one that could take cargo from one end to the other in a single day. That will, however, remain one of the many goals the company won’t be able to fulfill. Hyperloop One is shutting…
These tomatoes were lost on the International Space Station for almost a year
In an interview this fall following his return to Earth from the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio shared a little mission anecdote that had us gripped: after he’d harvested one of the first tomatoes grown in space and bagged it up for a presentation, the bag and its…
Google’s superfast 20Gbps Wi-Fi 7 Fiber plan costs $250 a month
If you’ve been thinking about hosting your own mini data center or need to stream 1,333 Netflix 4K programs at once, Google Fiber has the answer. The Alphabet-owned ISP will launch it’s 20Gbps service with Wi-Fi 7 in select cities early next year for $250 a month (plus taxes and…