In February of this year, Amazon finally completed its consumption of the once independent app for downloading comics, Comixology. Amazon had acquired the app way back in 2013, and apart from removing the ability to buy comics directly from the app, it left it untouched for nearly a decade. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/30/23140157/comixology-amazon-kindle-integration-terrible

Samsung is reportedly scaling back the number of phones it’s planning on producing in 2022, from 310 million to 280 million, according to SamMobile, which cites a report from Korean outlet Maeil Business News. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/27/23144575/samsung-mobile-phone-production-plan-cuts-2022

Federal regulators are beginning to crack down on a new generation of pipelines that will be crucial for the Biden administration’s plans to capture millions of tons of carbon dioxide to combat climate change. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/27/23144270/federal-regulators-phmsa-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-rupture-satartia-mississippi

Sony had a lot to discuss during its annual investor briefing, including plans to boost PlayStation 5 production and get the console into the hands of more people who want one. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/sony-horizon-god-of-war-gran-turismo-tv-shows-netflix-amazon-playstation-144132163.html

Residents of Maryland can now add their driver’s license or state ID to Apple Wallet on iPhone and Apple Watch. Users there will be able to verify their identity digitally, though there are limited use cases for the Maryland Mobile ID program for now. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/maryland-drivers-license-id-apple-wallet-162457417.html

Microsoft is planning to support third-party widgets inside Windows 11 later this year. At its annual Build developer conference today, the software giant says it will open up access to Windows 11 widgets to developers as companions to their win32 or PWA apps. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/24/23137636/microsoft-windows-11-widgets-developers-apps

Microsoft is finally adding restore apps to the Microsoft Store on Windows 11. The software maker will soon start testing a new feature that allows you to restore apps onto a new Windows 11 PC. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/24/23139768/microsoft-windows-11-restore-apps-microsoft-store-feature

Stellantis, the parent company of Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler, has selected Kokomo, Indiana, as the site for its next electric vehicle battery factory. The plant will be built in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung SDI, which is a leading EV battery maker. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/24/23139593/stellantis-samsung-ev-battery-factory-indiana

WhatsApp is finally planning to drop support to a few more iOS devices soon, as the company will no longer work with iPhones running iOS 10 and iOS 11 starting later this year. Here’s what you need to know. via Technology and News Today https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/22/whatsapp-drop-support-iphone-ios/

Hyundai is building facilities dedicated to manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries in Savannah, Georgia, marking Hyundai’s first EV-only plant in the US (via CNBC). The South Korean automaker will spend $5. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/22/23136871/hyundai-building-ev-battery-production-facilities-georgia

There’s a lot of scandals hitting Tesla CEO Elon Musk all at once, but at least he knows he has a friend in Brazil’s deforester-in-chief Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing demagogue who similarly to Musk, has a very hard time taking any sort of public criticism, and has tried using the power of his of via… Read More Elon Musk Completes Transition to Supervillain With Bolsonaro Meeting in Brazil

On the same day Russia celebrated its role in defeating Nazi Germany, many of the country’s online platforms were defaced in protest of the war in Ukraine. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/russia-smart-tv-hack-202422488.html

In what can only be described in technical terms as a “whoopsie,” Microsoft is advising Windows 11 users to uninstall a recent update. Reports indicated the update, which is optional, is causing various apps to crash. The problem involves an interaction between the update and the . via Technology and News Today https://www.extremetech.com/?p=335100

A key component of the Biden Administration’s $1 trillion US Infrastructure Bill was ensuring that people of all means had access to reliable high-speed internet. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/us-internet-providers-30-broadband-internet-low-income-households-114549201.html

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches has found its Lasher. Jack Huston (House of Gucci) has been tapped to play the series regular role in the AMC Networks series. via Technology and News Today https://deadline.com/2022/05/jack-huston-lasher-anne-rices-mayfair-witches-amc-1235018005/