Technology
Students outwit remote-learning algorithm to boost grades
A Southern California seventh grader and his mother have tricked an online learning platform into giving him 100% grades.
Facebook to block new political ads in week before election
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced a slate of new policies to fight voter misinformation, including cutting off new political ads a week before Election Day and limiting forwarding on Facebook's Messenger app.
Study: Electronics could stop 40% of big truck rear crashes
Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which semis rear-end other vehicles, a new study has found.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg intervened after internal Black Lives Matter debate grew heated: Report
The incident surfaced as Facebook faces widespread scrutiny over its handling of social justice issues.
Walmart's Flipkart begins online wholesale service for Indian small businesses
The Indian e-commerce company Flipkart launched a wholesale service for small businesses on Wednesday.
Apple, Google, Amazon to raise prices after European 'digital services tax'
Apple, Google and Amazon announced they will be raising prices for enterprise customers in the U.K. after the government announced a new "digital services tax."
New Zealand hit with unprecedented wave of cyberattacks targeting stock market, banks, justice minister says
New Zealand’s justice minister says his country is being bombarded by an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks targeting entities such as banks and its stock market, in what intelligence officials suspect is part of a global campaign.
Apple says App Store created 300K jobs in 16 months amid antitrust battle
Apple said on Wednesday that its App Store has created 300,000 jobs since April 2019 as the iPhone maker faces scrutiny from other tech companies who say it acts like a monopoly.
TikTok deal talks are snarled over fate of app’s algorithms
Bidders are unsure whether China’s new export restrictions cover the service’s algorithms
Tesla charging up to develop its own in-vehicle video games
"Tesla strives to make its cars the most fun possible; bringing video game experiences to the car helps increase that fun. In this incredibly rare opportunity to help build a video games platform, we are looking for a highly motivated software engineer to help enable the best video game content to be available in-car," the posting reads. "Come put that industry experience to great use and help us build this platform."
Disney looks to take live theme park acts to new heights with drones
According to the patent’s abstract, the aerial show system would be used to make sure the unmanned drones, or UAVs, that are utilized in future shows at Disney theme parks are hitting their cues and doing what is required of them by using non-UAVs or ground-based systems connected through a central show control system to track them.












