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Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub sue New York City over $18 minimum-wage law
Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub are suing for an injunction to stop New York City's new $18 minimum wage law for food delivery app workers.
Meta is working to stop deleted Threads accounts from nuking Instagram too
When you open a Threads account, you can use your Instagram credentials to sign up if you want to bring over your profile and your circles from the photo-sharing app. But by doing so, your accounts on both platforms become inextricably linked.
Amazon's iRobot purchase is under investigation by European authorities
Amazon's $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba manufacturer iRobot is under scrutiny not only in the US, but also in Europe.
French Assembly passes bill allowing police to remotely activate phone cameras and microphones for surveillance
France has advanced a bill that would let police snoop on suspects' phones, including cameras.
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over the new Threads app
Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over the new Threads app. Twitter accused Meta of poaching employees and "systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.”
Echo Dot Star Wars bundles are up to 41 percent off
Want an Echo Dot speaker with a Star Wars stand? You can now save up to 41 percent off the bundle price at Amazon.
The Morning After: Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, is finally here
The biggest news stories this morning: Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, is finally here, Fisker gives us a better look at its 600-mile range Ronin EV
More than 30 million people signed up for Meta's new Threads app
Meta's Twitter rival Threads just went live and has already exceeded 10 million signups within the first seven hours, a number that has since swelled to 30 million, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Bluesky begins offering custom domains in its bid to remain ad-free
The Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social network Bluesky has launched a paid domain service in partnership with Namecheap as a way for users to verify their identity.
Samsung will unveil its new foldables on July 26th
Samsung's next Unpacked will take place on July 26th, the company announced on Wednesday.
Meta’s Threads app is here to challenge Twitter
Threads, Meta’s text-based app to challenge Twitter, is now official. The app has launched on the web and in app stores in more than 100 countries.
Early Amazon Prime Day deal knocks half off the new Echo Show 5
The Echo Shows 8 and 10 are also at all-time low prices.
OnePlus Nord 3 delivers a 120Hz screen and 80W fast charging
OnePlus has introduced the Nord 3, a mid-range phone that packs a 120Hz screen and 80W fast charging — if you can buy it.
The modular Fairphone 4 arrives in the US for the first time
Fairphone is at long last bringing its sustainability-focused smartphones to the US. The company has teamed up with Murena to start offering a 'deGoogled' version of the Fairphone 4 in the country. It's available starting today for $599.
Amazon's Echo Dot drops to an all-time low of $23 in early Prime Day deal
Its new Echo Pop also has a massive discount.
Twitter quietly backtracks on requiring users to log in to see tweets
Several days after Twitter stopped showing tweets to logged-out users, that basic functionality seems to be returning.
Audi's updated Q8 E-Tron focuses on luxury over performance
Audi's original E-Tron was really just an electric Q8. Now that the E-Tron moniker is used as a label for all of Audi's EVs, the updated vehicle has been rebadged as the Q8 E-Tron. Yet this is more than just a facelift. Instead, Audi took the opportunity to make the vehicle better based on what it's learned over the past few years as an EV builder.
Meta Threads briefly went live earlier than planned
It launches in the US and UK on July 6th.
Fisker gives the best look yet at its 600-mile range Ronin EV
Fisker has given us another glimpse of the 600-mile range Ronin convertible EV and promised to unveil it in full on August 3rd.
The Morning After: Sphere tests its giant LED video dome in Las Vegas
The biggest news stories this morning: Twitter says it couldn't tell people about rate limiting in advance, Apple wants to take the Epic Games case to the Supreme Court, Sphere tests its giant LED video dome in Las Vegas.