Apple’s Vision Pro has a problem a year into its existence: Not enough apps Apple said in August that the Vision Pro had 2,500 apps. According to one firm's analysis, fewer than 1,900 remain active.

One year since the release of the Vision Pro, Apple is struggling with a key problem for its headset computer: Not enough apps www.cnbc.com/2025/02/21/a...

The latest on Apple by @kif.bsky.social

UnitedHealthcare is offering buyouts to employees in benefits unit, could pursue layoffs, sources say If UnitedHealthcare does not meet a resignation quota through buyouts, it will lay off employees, two people familiar with the matter said.

Scoop: UnitedHealthcare is offering buyouts to employees within its benefits operations unit, @CNBC has learned. If the company does not meet a resignation quota, layoffs could be coming next.

More details with Annika Kim Constantino here!
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/19/u...

Is it too late to hope that they do this again tonight

This is what America looked like before the EPA cleaned it up A snapshot from America before the impact of the EPA and the effects of rules regulating clean water and air were felt.

It's not just fdr. One of the things the epa did not long after it was formed was document the nation's pollution via photography. That can seem frivolous, but generations of Americans have no idea why the EPA was necessary. This broke a million views when we published it in 2017

State Department says Tesla wasn't a awarded $400M contract to produce 'armored' cars A State Department budget document set off a wave of speculation about a deal.

1/ I contributed some reporting here but some stuff I learned didn't make it in time for deadline. There was no "order" for $400M in Cybertrucks! The RFI (request for information) on armored EVs was started during the Biden administration April-May 2024. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

i hope the new switch has an alarm clock

Get ready for the Switch 2 announcement this week. VGC reports that Nintendo will reveal its new console on Thursday, January 16th. This is according to claims from reliable video game podcaster Nate the Hate and supported by The Verge’s own insider s...

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Exclusive | AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funding Valuing it at $60 Billion The Amazon-backed OpenAI rival was valued at $18 billion last year.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-s...

UFC's Dana White joins Meta's board weeks before Trump takes office UFC CEO Dana White, a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is joining the board of Meta two weeks before the new administration begins.

UFC’s Dana White joins Meta’s board weeks before Trump takes office www.cnbc.com/2025/01/06/u... by @jonathanvanian.bsky.social

Apple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Production Apple's first-generation Vision Pro headset may have now ceased production, following reports of reduced demand and production cuts earlier in...

Seems like this is citing a MacRumors post from Tuesday - which is in turn is citing a The Information report from Wayne Ma from OCTOBER which claimed that components for the CURRENT version have cut back production. Likely not gone forever. www.macrumors.com/2024/12/31/v...

Waymo dominated U.S. robotaxi market in 2024, but Tesla and Amazon's Zoox loom Waymo may have outlasted GM's Cruise to lead the U.S. market but Elon Musk's Tesla and Amazon's Zoox are working to catch up.

Robotaxis finally became a reality in the U.S. in 2024, with Waymo leading the way in SF, LA and Phoenix. What happens next? Here's @lorak.bsky.social and @jennelias.bsky.social with the lay of the land ahead of 2025 www.cnbc.com/2024/12/26/w...

Either someone’s going to hogwart’s or they’re about to regret neglecting their language learning app.

For anyone looking for guitar-picking, jazz or ambient music around these holidays: Žaltys by Raphael Rogiński, Repertoire by Shane Parish, One Day by Loidis, Ease the Work by Hour, Ghosted by Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin, Trellis by Lifted

Backed this myself -- Techdirt's cool, this game seems fun and The Verge did a little preview as well here! www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/2...

The “murder hornet” has been eradicated in the U.S. five years after it was found in Washington State, officials say. A massive mobilization has eliminated the invasive species from that hot spot and the nation, at least for now. nyti.ms/3By69PS

How China Is Challenging Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellite Service YouTube video by CNBC

How China is challenging Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service
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Watch CNBC's full interview with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, joins CNBC's Sara Eisen to discuss Salesforce's new AI feature Agentforce 2.0, how the feature is used, and more.

Marc Benioff: "Microsoft has been saying they have AI that is going to transform customers. But customers have been so disappointed by Copilot over the last two years. You could ask any of them."

www.cnbc.com/video/2024/1...

Elon Musk’s Preschool Is the Next Step in His Anti-Woke Education Dreams Proposed schedule at Ad Astra includes ‘thematic, STEM-based activities’ as well as outdoor play and nap time.

There was a time when *anti-woke Montessori school* might have seemed like an oxymoron www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @danahull.bsky.social

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Absolute Bagels, Iconic UWS Bagel Spot, Possibly 'Closed For Good': Multiple Employees Absolute Bagels is shuttered as of Thursday morning.

A sad day for New York bagels:
www.westsiderag.com/2024/12/12/a...

Really excited to have been able to lend a hand on this piece — check it out here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jap0...

The Mystery Drones Are Back—This Time Over New Jersey The swarms appear similar to those that flew over sensitive military sites in Virginia last year.

There are mystery drones flying all over New Jersey. And I'm on the case. But even better our top @wsj.com security reporters are. Lots of new details in here on the latest bizarre episode involving large, unmanned aircraft flying freely over America:

OpenAI is charging $200 a month for an exclusive version of its o1 ‘reasoning’ model “Pro” users will get a more powerful version of the new o1.

NEW: OpenAI is charging $200 a month for an exclusive version of its o1 ‘reasoning’ model www.theverge.com/2024/12/5/24...

Your Bluesky Posts Are Probably In A Bunch of Datasets Now After a machine learning librarian released and then deleted a dataset of one million Bluesky posts, several other, even bigger datasets have appeared in its place—including one of almost 300 million ...

New: your Bluesky posts are probably in many different datasets for potential AI/ML research. There's one of 300 million posts, two million, 8 million, etc www.404media.co/bluesky-post...

This is super helpful if you’re just getting started on Bluesky… go.bsky.app/JbHn3d2