Emma Roth

News Writer

Tesla’s going back to court over Autopilot’s role in a deadly 2018 crash

Emma RothMar 11, 2024

Apple just hired away another advertising exec.

Joseph Cady, who previously served as NBCUniversal’s EVP of advanced advertising and partnerships, has joined Apple, according to a report from Business Insider.

The company also hired a few other people who worked with video ads at NBCU, Peacock, and FanDuel, Business Insider reports. Apple has been gradually building up its advertising team since last year, suggesting the company could be planning an ad-supported tier for Apple TV Plus.

Apple is showing its growing TV ad ambitions as it poaches key execs from NBCUniversal and others

[Business Insider]

Emma RothMar 11, 2024

There might be a “TikTok Photos” app in the works to take on Instagram.

TheSpAndroid found code within the TikTok app that suggests it’s working on a photo-sharing platform called “TikTok Photos.” One line of code says, “TikTok Photos will be launched soon,” while others invite users to share their posts on the platform.

However, it’s still too early to tell whether TikTok is actually planning to launch a photo-sharing app or if this is all just an experiment.

The supposed “TikTok Photos” logo

Image: TheSpAndroid

Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras

Emma RothMar 11, 2024

Hate daylight savings time? Blame this guy who liked to collect bugs.

People have blamed farmers and Benjamin Franklin for the switch, but modern daylight savings time was first proposed in 1895 by George Hudson, an entomologist in New Zealand who wanted to use the extra daylight to collect insects.

The idea was later promoted in England by William Willett, a builder and golfer, who wrote in 1907 that the extra daylight would offer more time for outdoor activity. Both England and the US started implementing the practice to save energy during World War I.

Image: United Cigar Stores Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

How to watch the 2024 Academy Awards

Emma RothMar 10, 2024

Google fired an employee who protested its contract with the Israeli military

Emma RothMar 8, 2024

Google’s union filed an unfair labor complaint over firing of YouTube Music workers.

The Alphabet Workers Union alleges Google and subcontractor Cognizant “unlawfully terminated” a group of YouTube Music contractors in February, who had been working for months for Google to recognize them as employees. The union claims Google fired the contractors “in retaliation” for organizing.