Americas News
Roblox’s daily users continue to drop as age-checks slow growth
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Apr 30, 2026
Roblox's daily active users continued to slip last quarter due in part to its rollout of age checks on its platform. According to its latest earnings report, Roblox currently has 132 million daily act...
Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road
- Technology
- Gaby Del Valle
- Apr 30, 2026
Congress has reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - but only for another 45 days. The extension is meant to give legislators more time to negotiate reforms to the cont...
Apple’s iPhone revenue jumps to $57 billion despite chip shortages
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Apr 30, 2026
Apple's iPhone revenue jumped 22 percent to $57 billion over the past few months, despite supply chain issues impacting the device's processor. During an interview with Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook sai...
Rivian downsizes its goals for its EV factory in Georgia
- Technology
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Apr 30, 2026
Rivian announced some changes today with regard to the factory its building in the state of Georgia. The company was planning to build the facility in two phases, each resulting in 200,000 vehicles of...
Rivian’s revenue is up as R2 production kicks into gear
- Technology
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Apr 30, 2026
Rivian reported its first quarter earnings of 2026, providing us a closer look at the company's financial health as it kicks off production for the crucial R2 electric vehicle. We've already got Rivia...
The logic of the racist Supreme Court isn’t adding up
- Technology
- Sarah Jeong
- Apr 30, 2026
Close watchers of the Supreme Court knew that the conservative supermajority was about to murder what was left of the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday's decision in Louisiana v. Callais took down Section...
Microsoft’s Xbox mode is now available for all Windows 11 PCs
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Apr 30, 2026
Microsoft is now rolling out its Xbox mode to all Windows 11 PCs. The new Xbox mode adds a full-screen interface to the Xbox PC app, much like Steam's Big Picture Mode, and originally debuted as the X...
Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- Apr 30, 2026
Meta says it may be forced to pull Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from New Mexico if the attorney general gets his way. The state is demanding a host of changes that the company says are impossible...
With Saros, Housemarque makes a case for doing next-gen games differently
- Technology
- Joshua Rivera
- Apr 30, 2026
It is generally frowned upon to care too much about appearances. We have a lot of little aphorisms discouraging this - books and their covers, beauty being skin deep, style over substance, that sort o...
Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
- Technology
- Hayden Field
- Apr 30, 2026
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has used OpenAI's models to improve its own. The matter at question is model distillation, a common...
The Onion's bid to take over Infowars hits another snag
- Business
- Tovia Smith
- Apr 30, 2026
- US
A Texas appeals court granted Jones's request to pause a deal that would allow the satirical website The Onion to license the Infowars brand name and turn the show into a mockery of itself.
Xbox owners can now disable Quick Resume for specific games
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Apr 30, 2026
Microsoft has released a new Xbox update that adds a bunch of new features, including the ability to disable Quick Resume for individual games. Quick Resume, which lets you swap between your games wit...