Archaeologists dug up a rusted metal coat hook and tangled chain of a decayed necklace from the buried rubble of the Warsaw Ghetto, where over 80,000 Jews died inside the walls of starvation, exposure and infectious diseases. The team excavated them from the rubble, which included twisted metal, bits of glass and pieces of glass.
Roblox is returning to normal after a nearly three-day outage. The developer said it was "incrementally" bringing regions back to service after having pinpointed the cause roughly three hours earlier. The company didn't detail the cause, but had previously ruled out particular "experiences or partnerships"
The Build Back Better framework is a deal between President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats on the social spending bill. The $2 trillion bill includes a boost for the electric vehicle tax credit from $7,500 to $12,500. This is part of $555 billion earmarked to combat climate change. The White House announced dollar figures and initiatives that can pass both houses of Congress.
According to Gen Z, it's a $30 pair of wired headphones, so why are "It" girls like Lily Rose Depp and the Olsen twins ditching wireless earbuds and opting instead to plug into their devices? According to Shelby Hull, the 24-year-old creator of the Instagram account @wireditgirls, "Wired is an attitude"
Amazon’s first TV sets, which you can talk to and control without a remote, go on sale this week, bringing its Alexa assistant right into the TV. The goal of the TV is to make living rooms smarter through what he calls ambient computing, with Alexa at the center of how we watch TV, listen to music and interact with our smart homes.
TikTok is testing a new tipping feature that would give creators another way to receive gifts from their followers. The company already allows its most popular users to receive tips when live streaming, and now it's trying out something more direct. The existence of the feature was first spotted by TikTok creator Jera Bean and later shared by consultant Matt Navarra.
Apple's revenue fell short of Wall Street expectations in its fiscal fourth quarter due to larger-than-expected supply constraints on iPhones, iPads, and Macs, falling under 3% in extended trading. However, Apple's overall revenue was still up 29% and each of its product categories grew on an annual basis.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that its new name will be Meta, saying the name Facebook doesn't fully encompass everything the company does now, and is still closely linked to one product. The rebrand is part of Zuckerberg's efforts to shift gears away from being known as just a social media company and focus on his plans for building the metaverse.
Apple's App Privacy Report has been added to iPhones with the release of iOS 15.2.2, giving users a view of what info their apps have access to and what they're sharing. The report also shows which other apps the app contacted, and which other sites the app visited.
If Amazon is going to achieve its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, it’s going to need to rely on new technology to gather and grow climate tech start-ups, watching where Amazon is investing is one way to track innovation in the space, giving investors a sense of what parts of its own business Amazon intends to prioritize.