Luxury travelers are flocking to resorts where they can “taste the freedom” of COVID-free living Hotels are massively upgrading technology and systems to be able to offer guests peace of mind, as the high-end travel market shows signs of growth. Stav Dimitropoulos 9.13.21 8:36 PM
Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin’s space race sent both companies’ social media presence skyrocketing Say what you will about billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson who launch themselves into space — if it was all just a publicity stunt, it sure worked. Ivan De Luce 8.31.21 7:27 PM
5 reasons Tesla’s Autopilot is a fixation for U.S. safety officials The NHTSA is investigating 11 instances where Teslas crashed into vehicles at emergency scenes. Christie Smythe 8.17.21 5:07 PM
UPDATE: A single Amazon job listing helped push Bitcoin back above $35,000 After dipping below $30,000 last week, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have enjoyed a sharp increase in value thanks in part to signs that Amazon may be preparing to accept crypto as payment. Danny Konstantinovic 7.26.21 6:30 PM
A 110% jump in hiring shows that Apple may be working on its long-rumored self-driving car Job listings for Apple’s Special Projects Group have jumped 110% in the past year, which could mean that an Apple Car is in the works, though Apple has not confirmed this. Ivan De Luce 7.22.21 5:36 PM
Crowdtangle data was a window into how Facebook works — and now it's closing New York Times reporter Kevin Roose used Crowdtangle to track the rise of far-right media on Facebook. Instead of making the company more transparent, it's made them more closed off. Danny Konstantinovic 7.15.21 9:30 PM