Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to modeling released Friday by a nonpartisan think tank. The Energy Innovation analysis found that households will pay an average of $6,500 more for energy, cumulatively
When an OpenAI researcher told company president Greg Brockman about “a hack to get around nytimes paywall,” Brockman replied, “ah nice,” according to newly unsealed court filings in The New York Times’ copyright case against OpenAI and Microsoft. The exchange is jarring. But it also reveals something about the AI economy to come: machines are becoming
Apple began rolling out Apple Pay in India on Tuesday, as TechCrunch was first to report. Its first banking partner is Axis Bank, the country’s third-largest private-sector lender. The move brings the company’s payments service to the world’s most populous country after years of delays in a market dominated by the state-backed United Payments Interface
Apple’s “Taptic Engine” system – enabling haptic feedback in its devices – first debuted with the Apple Watch in 2014. Since then, it has improved its underlying system, and with that expanded haptics in its devices. Taction, which makes headphones and gaming headsets, claimed in 2021 that these improvements infringed patents it was issued in
Wish you looked at your phone less? Then you’ve probably heard of Brick, a $59 device that claims to help you block distractions. You tap your phone against the Brick when you want to avoid distractions—the bundled software stops you from opening whichever apps you’ve decided you need to stop doomscrolling. The idea is to
Beyond pay, work-life balance, and scheduling, there are other basic challenges affecting the US submarine workforce, including how workers get to the job, a Navy official overseeing workforce concerns shared. The Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base Program Office says it, along with its federal and state partners, has observed success in addressing region-specific problems, like transportation,
