Vistors to Marina Bay walk on a bridge with a view of the Central Business District in Singapore on Sunday, 18 June 2023. (Photo by Joseph Nair/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (Photo by Joseph Nair/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Joseph Nair | Nurphoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s digital economy contributed to more than 17% of … Read more
Amazon packages move on a conveyer belt at a fulfillment center in England. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images Amazon is planning to hike pay for its operations workers in the U.K. and add 15,000 new staff ahead of the holidays, as the e-commerce giant prepares itself for a wave of demand ahead of Christmas. The … Read more
An undated conceptual illustration of China’s technology aspirations. Yaorusheng | Moment | Getty Images China plans to increase its computing power by 50% by 2025, the country’s key ministries said Monday, as it looks to keep pace with the U.S. in artificial intelligence and supercomputing applications. The world’s second-largest economy wants to have computing capacity … Read more
Image: Cascade Creatives (Shutterstock) As another aside to Prime Reading, Amazon offers its First Reads option to Prime members, giving them early access to newly released books. Each month, the Prime member can download one newly released book from a curated selection of editor’s picks titles. But with Amazon’s October Prime Day event, the company … Read more
For the last 10 years, Chromebooks have remained just what they are. Chromebooks are Chromebooks. Manufacturers release new models every year with slightly updated specs and Google makes minor additions to the ChromeOS-based platform. But despite that, Chromebooks are still low-end budget laptops for folks who only need a device to browse the internet from … Read more
People are leaning into childhood nostalgia and creating school yearbook photos thanks to the newest AI-powered social media trend. Epik, a free-to-download photo editing app, offers a ’90s-style yearbook photo edit that has gone viral on Instagram and TikTok. The trend has become so popular that Epik is currently the top trending free app in … Read more
Amazon has completed its long-delayed first launch of satellites for Project Kuiper, the company’s planned orbital internet network. A pair of test satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, just after 2 p.m. ET Friday, as shown by launch footage that ULA posted on X (formerly Twitter). … Read more
Image: Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products With Trick ‘r Treat at Loungefly and Beetlejuice at RSVLTS and BlackMilk, and pop culture icons like Looney Tunes and Friday the 13th flexing their tricks, there’s a ton of spooky-fun merch to add to your list in time for WB100 and Halloween. Seasonally appropriate franchises like Scooby-Doo and The … Read more
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation stands ready for launch on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 5, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. Paul Hennessey | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images United Launch Alliance Atlas V … Read more
Wedged between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the main asteroid belt contains over 1 million rocky objects, but perhaps few of them are as intriguing as Psyche. The metal-rich asteroid might have once been an ancient planetary building block that was stripped of its outer rocky shell as our solar system came to be. … Read more