The Biden administration is working on modernizing the country’s oil and gas leasing program.
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is going through a bit of a shakeup. The company is adding more features that will help the chatbot remember instructions, though developers will also be spending a lot more time making sure the current version of the company’s precious language model is working as intended. But it’s one step…
Want to skip those annoying, long, repetitive ad breaks on YouTube? Well, Google-parent Alphabet is going to need you to pay more. The YouTube Premium subscription service now costs $13.99, up $2 from before. Thinking about paying annually? Well, now you’re going to need to pony up $139.99, $20 more than it was…
Juul is requesting FDA approval for an updated version of its e-cigarette a year after it was forced to briefly remove its fruity-flavored devices from the market. The new e-cigarette reportedly has age-verification capabilities and a unique Pod ID chip that will prevent consumers from using counterfeit pods with the…
Whelp, I guess we all knew this was coming. With no formal announcement, Netflix removed its $9.99 “Basic” subscription tier for anybody trying to sign up for a new account or resubscribe in the U.S. and UK. Now your two options are to pay $5.50 more per month for the “Standard” plan, or otherwise suffer through…
Tesla’s Board of Directors have reached a $735 million settlement with investors following a lawsuit claiming they had drastically overpaid themselves. The money will be returned to Tesla, ending the legal claim filed in 2020 that accused the directors, including co-founder Elon Musk, of inappropriately siphoning off…
NASA is likely to face some serious money issues in the upcoming year that could affect the space agency’s science program, but not its Artemis Moon plans. At the same time, NASA’s wildly expensive Mars Sample Return mission is now under some very serious Senatorial scrutiny, with its future potentially in doubt.
SpaceX’s worth is nearing $150 billion after signing a share sale agreement with new and existing investors this week.
On Thursday, Twitter said it had expanded its creator monetization fund to share more ad revenue with “creators.” Who is a Twitter creator these days? Well, some of the most politically divisive figures are making the most change in Musk’s new world order.