While Telegram might be gaining a lot of users this year due to WhatsApp’s controversial privacy policy update, the app was already impressive growth in 2020 in India. According to analytics firm…
Month: January 2021
Oh, great — Uber and Lyft are actually increasing car ownership in US cities
Ride hailing apps like Uber and Lyft were created with a Silicon Valley mindset to “disrupt,” and change how we travel, supposedly for the better. The platforms were supposed to provide alternatives…
Thank god, 2021 is shorter than 2020 by 1 second — here’s why
The Earth is spinning faster than it has at any time in the last 50 years, careful study of our planet reveals. Each of the 28 shortest days ever measured came in…
Tesla finally has an office in India — but don’t expect its cars for a while
It has happened, Tesla has registered an office in the southern city of Bengaluru in India. As per a filing in Registrar of Companies (RoC), the corporation is named Tesla India Motors and…
After Parler’s troubles, Donald Trump Jr. wants Elon Musk to build a social network
After big tech firms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Twitch, and YouTube, banned Donald Trump, the outgoing president and his supporters flocked Parler, a social network favored by the alt-right. However, that network ran…
How PR people should (not) pitch AI projects
These are exciting times for the artificial intelligence community. Interest in the field is growing at an accelerating pace, registration at academic and professional machine learning courses is soaring, attendance in AI conferences is…
Razer shows off a super extra mask at CES — I want it on my face
It’s a new year, but the same dreaded pandemic. We’ve been wearing masks for a long time now, so companies are trying to get creative and offer something unique by way of protective…
Games to play on date night: Rule the galaxy together in Stellaris
Games to play on date night is a series that focuses on finding the best video games for small groups to play together. The big idea here is that many of us…
LG will release its shape-shifting “rollable” phone this year
You’ve got to hand it to LG: the company doesn’t shy away from going against the grain with its phone designs. Following last year’s quirky T-shaped LG Wing, the company’s latest design…
Hundreds sign letter demanding answers after Github fires Jewish employee for calling insurrectionists Nazis
Github, a Microsoft company, allegedly fired a Jewish employee for saying “there are Nazis about” in reaction to the insurrectionist occupation of the US Capital building last week. Business Insider today broke…