Less than 24 hours after it was reported that Uber was considering layoffs of 20% of staff, its big rival Lyft said it would be reducing its staff by 17%, working out to 982 employees, and furloughing an additional 288, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. TechCrunch reports: It also will put in place salary reductions of 30% for…
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Tesla Vehicles Can Now Recognize and Respond To Traffic Lights, Stop Signs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Properly equipped Tesla vehicles can now recognize and respond to traffic lights and stop signs thanks to a software update the company started pushing out to owners over the weekend. The software update had been available to a sliver of Tesla owners, some of whom had posted videos of the new capability. Now,…
Elon Musk Says Starlink Internet Private Beta To Begin In Roughly Three Months, Public Beta In Six
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that a private beta for the company’s Starlink satellite internet service would begin in around three months, with a public beta to kick off roughly three months after that. TechCrunch reports: The initial beta test will apply to those located in “high latitudes,” Musk added. To date, SpaceX has said that Starlink service will…
New York AG Opens Inquiry Into Charter Communications’ Coronavirus Response After Hundreds Reportedly Catch Virus
New York Attorney General Letitia James opened an inquiry into Charter Communications after the telecom company continued to require some employees to report to corporate offices amid government calls for employers to allow remote work where possible. From a report: The inquiry will look into how Charter has managed its employees during the Covid-19 pandemic, a spokesperson from James’ office said….
Google is Building Physical and Virtual Debit Cards
Would you pay with a “Google Card?” TechCrunch has attained imagery that shows Google is developing its own physical and virtual debit cards. From the report The Google card and associated checking account will allow users to buy things with a card, mobile phone or online. It connects to a Google app with new features that let users easily monitor purchases,…
Microsoft’s New ‘Planetary Computer’ Project Will Use Global Environmental Data To Support Sustainability
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Microsoft is embarking on a new sustainability initiative as part of its overall approach to support environmental protection measures, with a project it calls the “Planetary Computer.” This will actually be a computing endeavor that uses aggregated global environmental data collected from a number of sources as its input, and that will seek…
Google Is Lowering Nest Camera Quality ‘To Conserve Internet Resources’
Google is temporarily lowering the video quality of its Nest security cameras to “conserve internet resources” during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The adjustment is rolling out over the next few days, and Google says anyone who has their quality settings adjusted will get a notification in the Nest app,” reports TechCrunch. From the report: While Nest cameras aren’t inherently using more bandwidth…
GitHub Is Now Free For All Teams
GitHub today announced that all of its core features are now available for free to all users, including those that are currently on free accounts. TechCrunch reports: That means free unlimited private repositories with unlimited collaborators for all, including teams that use the service for commercial projects, as well as up to 2,000 minutes per month of free access to GitHub…