X’s block feature as we know it is about to be no more, CEO Elon Musk stated Monday on the social media site. Musk confirmed the change in a reply to Nima Owji, a web developer who first reported the news. Since its inception, the block feature on Twitter, X’s …
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Waymo, the driverless car company run by Google parent company Alphabet, already operates autonomous vehicles in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix, and will soon be available in Atlanta and Austin. The Georgia and Texas Waymo experiences, set to launch early next year, will be a bit different than what …
Read More »Passport renewal process, including photos, now fully online
The State Department announced on Wednesday its entering the late 20th century and immediately making its new online passport renewal system fully available to the public. The new offering replaces the former method — printing out a paper application and mailing it with a check. The State Department declares the …
Read More »'A powerful new tool': A disabled advocate on Apple's FDA-approved hearing aids
Apple made history this month when a feature in the company’s forthcoming AirPods Pro 2 was approved by the Food and Drug Administration as the first over-the-counter (OTC), clinical-grade hearing aid software. The Hearing Aid Feature, as Apple refers to the software, amplifies sound for adults with perceived mild to …
Read More »As Silicon Valley sours on diversity, women in tech suffer
There is a financial crisis among groups that recruit and advocate for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, the BBC reports. Funding has dried up for many of these organizations, with Women Who Code and Girls in Tech — two of the most prominent U.S. organizations supporting …
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