As devastating fires continue to rage in the Southern California area, an app that tracks wildfires with live maps and alerts has become the No. 1 free app in Apple’s App Store.
Watch Duty, launched in 2021 and used by firefighters and first responders across the western United States, surpassed the ChatGPT app, Lemon8 and Threads for the top spot as of W
College football is suddenly in a constant state of change. The transfer portal, conference realignment, players making millions in NIL deals, the first-ever 12-team playoff—if you cryogenically froze someone five years ago and woke them up today, they wouldn’t recognize the sport.
But one recent experiment has flown largely under the rada
Airbnb’s nonprofit arm, Airbnb.org, is providing free, temporary housing for Los Angeles residents who have been displaced or forced to evacuate due to the ongoin
The home office is under fire as 2025 gets underway. CEOs, politicians, and one particular billionaire have been increasingly vocal in their opposition to employees working from home. Despite that, though, the number of people who rank the ability to telecommute as one of their most-desired benefits continues to rise. And many return to office mandates have fizzled.
When Xpeng Aeroht, an offshoot of Chinese EV startup Xpeng, showed its flying concept car at the Bangkok auto show last year, it turned heads. Now the Chinese startup is ready to take to the skies.
The company’s “Land Aircraft Carrier” is expected to transition from prototype to actual vehicle in the coming months. At CES, the company said it plans to begin mass production this year, with deliveries of the “modular flying car” (which is part flying machine and part SUV) beginning i
Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank fame and billionaire Frank McCourt, ex-owner of the Dodgers, are teaming up to save TikTok from a looming U.S. ban. Their coalition, the People’s Bid for TikTok, aims to buy the app’s U.S. operations, promising a platform that prioritizes the privacy of TikTok’s roughly 170 million American users.
“This isn’t just about buying Ti
Meta is testing a feature that will let Facebook users browse eBay listings on Facebook Marketplace before being redirected to complete the purchase on eBay.
The test, which is being launched to a small group in Germany, France, and the U.S. starting Wednesday, is an attempt to resolve charges by the European Union that the social media giant uses antico
“Okay it’s happening… are we switching to Lemon8 or what’s the plan?” posted one TikTok user back in December. With a potential U.S. ban just days away, content creators scrambling for an alternative are turning their attention to the platform’s sister app, Lemon8.
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Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior that the bloc leveled last year.
The social media company said it’s launching a test that will let Face
Over the past 17 years or so, I have happily paid for hundreds of e-books—everything from reference works to history to novels to comics. Having immediate access to all of them on a device that fits in my pocket ranks among my favorite miracles of the digital age.
For 2025, however, I have a new reading mantra: Fewer electrons, more paper. My goal is to do some reading of printed books every day. By the end of the year, I hope to have read more of them in their entirety th