Month: May 2020

The rationale behind the deluge of dollars flooding into billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s  Reliance Jio Platforms is beginning to become more clear as his e-commerce venture JioMart starts rolling out to more people across India. An e-commerce venture between the nation’s top telecom operator Jio Platforms and top retail chain Jio Retail, JioMart just launched its new website and started accepting orders … Continue reading JioMart, the e-commerce venture from India’s richest man, launches in 200 cities and towns Continue Reading →

Tesla sued Alameda County in federal court on Saturday over the shutdown order. esla’s lawsuit against Alameda County has been dismissed at Tesla’s request. The move comes a week after Alameda County signaled that it wasn’t going to try to stop the company from re-opening its Fremont factory despite a continued shelter-in-place order in the San Francisco Bay … Continue reading Tesla drops lawsuit against Alameda County [Updated] Continue Reading →

Foundational idea of behavioral economics stands up to replication test. If you won $100 tomorrow, you’d be pretty happy. And if you lost $100, you’d be less than thrilled. But those two feelings wouldn’t be the same in magnitude: the loss would probably sting far more than the gain would delight. People don’t approach things … Continue reading The science behind human irrationality just passed a huge test Continue Reading →

“We’re going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work at our scale.” Facebook will become far more friendly to remote work, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a Thursday livestream to employees that was shared publicly. “We’re going to be the most forward-leaning company on remote work at our scale,” Zuckerberg said. … Continue reading Facebook workers get remote work option—but it could come with a pay cut Continue Reading →

“You know what, you can never sell this NASA and SpaceX team short.” On Thursday and Friday, senior managers from NASA, SpaceX, and the space agency’s international partners held long meetings to review all of the aspects of an upcoming flight of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft. These discussions must have gone … Continue reading NASA declares that SpaceX is ready to fly its first crewed mission Continue Reading →

Resource for DIY smartphone repairs focusing on critical medical equipment. The website iFixit has long been known for its electronics repair kits and for its very public stance that repair manuals should be accessible to everyone. That’s one of the foundational arguments of the broader right-to-repair movement, which lobbies that regular consumers should be able to repair the products … Continue reading Right-to-repair groups fire shots at medical device manufacturers Continue Reading →

Researchers report getting buzzed by the poo fumes. We could all use a good laugh about now—and a whiff of penguin poop is certainly one way to get it. Gobs of guano from king penguins in the sub-Antarctic give rise to comical clouds of nitrous oxide—aka laughing gas—according to a recent study published in the journal … Continue reading Penguin poop creates a buttload of laughing gas, researchers find Continue Reading →