Massachusetts Wants To Pull the Plug On Robinhood
Regulators in Massachusetts are seeking to revoke Robinhood's broker-dealer license in the state, after accusing the company of failing to properly account for fractional shares traded by customers on its platform. They also say the company "continue.....»»
IPC maker Getac expects revenue growth in 2022
Rugged PC maker Getac remains cautiously optimistic about performance in the second half of 2022, owing to the implementation of government budgets and pull-in orders from channel customers. Although the overall PC market has been met with headwinds,.....»»
Gaia could detect free-floating black holes passing near stars in the Milky Way
The thing with black holes is they're hard to see. Typically we can only detect their presence when we can detect their gravitational pull. And if there are rogue black holes simply traveling throughout the galaxy and not tied to another luminous ast.....»»
Intel cutting Alder Lake CPU prices to attract order pull-ins from PC brands
Intel is reportedly cutting the prices of processors launched at the end of 2021 as order pull-ins from PC brands for second-half 2022 are far weaker than expected due to a deceleration in PC demand, according to sources from the upstream supply chai.....»»
Meme-Stock Probe Finds Robinhood Woes Were Worse Than It Let On
Bloomberg writes that the makers of the Robinhood app "faced a more dire situation during the height of last year's meme-stock frenzy than executives at the online brokerage let on publicly, according to a report from top Democrats on a key congressi.....»»
Climate damage caused by growing space tourism needs urgent mitigation
Published today in the journal Earth's Future, researchers from UCL, the University of Cambridge and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used a 3D model to explore the impact of rocket launches and re-entry in 2019, and the impact of projecte.....»»
Senator Posts Cryptocurrency Bill On GitHub, Chaos Ensues
On Wednesday, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) posted her upcoming cryptocurrency regulation bill on GitHub. What she got in return were eight pull requests and lots of trolling. The Verge reports: As of press time, Github users have commented on 24 issues.....»»
GM launches feature to simplify public charging
The plug-and-charge service allows drivers to automatically charge their vehicles, rather than rely on a mobile app to set up and pay for charging......»»
The race to produce green steel
The steel industry is testing new technologies that don’t rely on fossil fuels. Enlarge (credit: Monty Rakusen/Getty) In the city of Woburn, Massachusetts, a suburb just north of Boston, a cadre of engineers and scientists i.....»»
The US Can Halve Its Emissions by 2030—if It Wants To
The economics are clear: Renewables are cheap enough for the country to rapidly decarbonize. Less evident is the political will to pull it off......»»
ALMA observes ongoing star-formation standoff in the Large Magellanic Cloud
While using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe large star-forming regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), scientists discovered a turbulent push-and-pull dynamic in the star-forming region, 30 Doradus. Observation.....»»
Driving McLaren’s new plug-in hybrid supercar, the 2023 Artura
It has a decent electric mode and a better interior than any McLaren to date. Enlarge / You might think this looks like any other McLaren. But the Artura is a clean-sheet design with a new plug-in hybrid EV powertrain. And a total outp.....»»
Massachusetts court blocks gig worker ballot measure backed by Uber, Lyft
Massachusetts' top court on Tuesday blocked a bid to ask voters whether app-based ride-share and delivery drivers should be treated as independent contractors rather than employees, in a setback for companies like Uber (UBER) and Lyft (LYFT)......»»
Kasa releases HomeKit-enabled Smart Wifi Plug Slim with Energy Monitoring
Monitor your energy usage in a plug that takes up minimal space on an outlet with the new HomeKit-enabled Smart Wifi Plug Slim.Kasa Smart Wifi Plug Slim with Energy Monitoring and HomeKit compatibilityThe 15A 120V outlet is built to fit in a standard.....»»
"How the 3D-Printing Community Worldwide is Aiding Ukraine"
Jakub Kaminski is a robotics engineering graduate student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. With some volunteers he spent two months designing the perfect tourniquet for the battlefields of Ukraine, designed meet the highest medica.....»»
How to lift subjects from photos in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura
Apple introduced a new system-wide feature that lets you pull the subject free from photos in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura. Here's how it works and when you'll want to use it.Lift the subject of an image from screenshots, Safari, or PhotosApple's latest.....»»
Largan expects pull-in momentum to pick up in 2H22
Smartphone-lens module maker Largan Precision expects its sales performance for the second half of 2022 to be better than that in the first half despite facing market uncertainties......»»
This Blue Yeti microphone deal cuts 40% off the price tag
Save $100 when you buy the Blue Yeti Pro microphone today, and enjoy superior recording capabilities with the convenience of plug-and-play......»»
Elon Musk threatens to drop Twitter deal
Twitter continues to say it will hold Elon Musk accountable to the terms of his proposed $44 billion takeover offer after the Tesla CEO again threatened to pull out of the deal......»»
Musk seeks a way out, claims Twitter violated deal by not providing spam data
Musk waived due diligence but claims he is entitled to data behind spam estimate. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Elon Musk today threatened to pull out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter in a letter that claimed.....»»
IBM"s AI-Powered Robotic "Mayflower" Ship Finally Reaches Its Destination - Sort of
The Associated Press reports on "a crewless robotic boat that had tried to retrace the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower" from the U.K. to Massachusetts' Plymouth Rock. And after five weeks it finally did reach North America. Halifax, Canada. "The.....»»