Apple Fights Addiction, and SpaceX's Zuma Payload Goes Missing
Apple responds to investor calls that it do something to prevent kids from getting addicted to iPhones. The tech giant saying it will roll out new features to help parents control what their kids see on their devices.
And SpaceX's first launch of the year may not have been as successful as hoped. The mysterious Zuma payload, commissioned but kept under wraps by the government, may have burned up and disappeared after separating from the Falcon 9 rocket.
Plus Democratic senators have enough support to force a floor vote on last month's net neutrality repeal. That could lead to a reversal of the controversial decision by the FCC, but there are still plenty of hurdles in the way.
And Samsung shares fell after the company issued guidance for the fourth quarter below analyst estimates. Still, the South Korean electronics giant sees record profit for the period.
The Tony Awards on Sunday lured 4.85 million viewers to CBS, its largest broadcast audience in six years. CBS says Monday that Nielsen data shows the telecast — hosted by “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo — scored a 38% increase over last year’s 3.53 million viewers. That’s the largest audience for the Tonys since 2019, when the telecast that year nabbed 5.4 million viewers and “Hadestown” was crowned best new musical. The latest version also had to compete with the second game of the NBA Finals, between the Thunder and Pacers,
After stumbling out of the starting gate in Big Tech’s pivotal race to capitalize on artificial intelligence, Apple tried to regain its footing Monday during a developers conference that focused mostly on incremental advances and cosmetic changes in its technology.
Six weeks before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel last December, Luigi Mangione mused about rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel” and expressed that killing the executive “conveys a greedy bastard that had it coming."
Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson once clashed on the court in the 2001 NBA Finals, but now the basketball legends are joining forces to revive the Reebok brand they helped make iconic.
Midea is voluntarily recalling about 1.7 million of its popular U and U+ Smart air conditioners because pooled water in the units may not drain fast enough, leading to mold growth.
