TECHNOLOGY

Amidst the deafening anti-technology rhetoric, Marc Andreessen emerges as a champion for the power and potential of tech with his latest essay: 'The Techno-Optimist Manifesto'., which builds on claims Andreessen made in a June essay titled "Why AI Will Save the (more…)

The Starlink satellite internet service, operated by Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX, signed a deal with Qatar Airways to offer the new high-speed, low-latency broadband internet access on specified aircraft and routes. 

Qatar Airways and Starlink are in the pre-launch phase of rolling out the internet service across its fleet of aircraft. The new service will "allow passengers to utilize Wi-Fi speed of up to 350 megabits per second for gaming, VPN access, sports streaming, and (more…)

By Jonathan Rothwell, Gallup,

Just over half of U.S. teenagers (51%) report spending at least four hours per day using a variety of social media apps such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter), a Gallup survey of more than 1,500 adolescents finds. This use amounts to 4.8 hours per day for the average U.S. teen across seven social media platforms tested in the survey.

Across age groups, the average time spent on social media ranges from as low as 4.1 (more…)