Patrick Sisson / New York Times: Drones, cameras, apps, robots, and ML are helping speed up huge construction projects; one company expects to cut up to 5% off a UK railroad project’s... Read more »
Helene Braun / CoinDesk: Binance plans to shut down its fiat-to-crypto service Binance Connect, formerly known as Bifinity, that supported payment methods including Visa and Mastercard — The service was rolled out... Read more »
Washington Post: Analysis: X imposes a five-second delay when users click t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, NYT, and other sites Musk often attacks — The site formerly known as... Read more »
In the world of e-commerce, the quality of your shipping mailers can have a significant impact on your business. With the rise in online shopping, the importance of efficient and secure shipping... Read more »
Ash Parrish / The Verge: Xbox debuts a strike-based enforcement program, aiming to improve “player transparency” and simplify rules; eight strikes over six months gets a one-year ban — Today, a new... Read more »
Joseph Menn / Washington Post: GOP Rep. Don Bacon says the FBI alerted him on Monday that his emails were hacked by Chinese spies, around the time of other Microsoft account breaches ... Read more »
Andrew Paul / Popular Science: To comply with a new law requiring school library books be “age appropriate”, an Iowa school district uses ChatGPT to find books with a “depiction of a... Read more »
Wall Street Journal: Analysis: the average prices of major ad-free streaming service are up nearly 25% in about a year, as streamers try to push users toward ad-supported tiers — Price push... Read more »
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Comcast launches the Xfinity Storm-Ready WiFi, a cellular backup internet device to weather storms and power outages, for $252, or $7 per month for 36 months — ... Read more »
Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: A look at Binance’s early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and whether, post-FTX, the exchange has blown its chance to rule crypto ... Read more »