Meta raises the curtain on Horizon Worlds

Verizon says forcing people off old plans to get FCC subsidy isn’t “upselling”

Enlarge / A Verizon FiOS truck in Manhattan on September 15, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Smith Collection | Gado) Verizon is defending its practice of forcing customers to switch plans to get a government-funded $50-per-month discount, telling the Federal Communications Commission that this is not the same thing as “upselling.” Verizon has partially backtracked […]

Facebook staffer sends ‘blood on my hands’ memo

Ex-data scientist writes internal memo outlining scale of problems facing social network.

Walmart wants to buy 5, 000 electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop

Enlarge / A BrightDrop EV600 delivery van in Walmart’s livery. The retailer wants to buy 5, 000 BrightDrop EVs in total. (credit: BrightDrop) The electric delivery vehicle startup BrightDrop is on a roll. Set up by General Motors, BrightDrop leveraged the automaker’s investment in its new Ultium battery platform and Ultium Drive electric motors to […]