Monthly car payments have crossed a record $700. What that means

The average cost of a new car is also at the highest on record, topping $47,000 a pop. At this rate, an essential household purchase is starting to feel like a luxury in America.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/02/1109105779/monthly-car-payments-record-700?source=Snapzu

Buy Now, Pay Later Statistics and User Habits

When it comes to financing options, consumers now have alternatives to credit cards in the form of “Buy Now, Pay Later” services. These services such as Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna and PayPal Credit allow consumers to make interest-free installment payments on a purchase over the course of several weeks. According to respondents, 60% say they have used a Buy Now, Pay Later service. Of those, nearly half (46%) are currently making a payment or payments through one of those services.
Read more: https://www.crresearch.com/blog/buy_now_pay_later_statistics?source=Snapzu

Relativity Space inks deal with OneWeb

Relativity Space will be sending OneWeb’s second-gen broadband satellites to orbit starting in 2025 using its fully reusable 3D-printed rocket Terran R, under a new multi-launch agreement. This is the fifth customer for Terran R, and the only one that has been publicly named, bringing the total value of all binding launch agreements for that rocket to more than $1.2 billion.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/30/relativity-space-inks-deal-with-oneweb-reaches-1-2b-in-terran-r-launch-contracts/?source=Snapzu

TikTok says it's putting new limits on Chinese workers' access to U.S. user data

TikTok addressed Republican senators who have raised concerns that the Chinese-owned app could be sharing Americans' data with the Chinese government. TikTok says this is not happening.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/01/1109467942/tiktok-china-data-privacy?source=Snapzu

A new method makes it possible to grow food in the dark

Sunshine is essential for plants as it is through photosynthesis that they grow and thrive by converting carbon dioxide, water and energy from the sun into plant biomass. Or is it really essential? Not necessarily, say scientists in the United States, who have devised a way to grow food in the dark without sunlight by using artificial photosynthesis.
Read more: https://www.sustainability-times.com/green-consumerism/a-new-method-makes-it-possible-to-grow-food-in-the-dark/?source=Snapzu

Apple 5G chip problem in iPhone 15 is likely legal, not technical

The iPhone 15 was expected to be the first lineup to use an in-house Apple 5G chip instead of the Qualcomm ones used in current models. A recent report suggested that this won’t be the case because Apple has hit problems with the design, but a new analysis suggests that this is only half-right.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2022/06/30/apple-5g-chip-2/?source=Snapzu

Waymo and Uber Partner to Deploy Self-Driving Trucks at Scale

It's easy to think of self-driving cars as the main battleground for autonomy. Certainly, that aspect of pilotless vehicles has gotten the most attention over the past five years or so, with companies like Waymo and Argo and Cruise generally leading the way. However, it's autonomous trucking that has the potential to really shake up the transportation industry. Today that technology is taking a big step towards mainstream.
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/waymo-and-uber-partner-trucking/?utm_source=reddit.com?source=Snapzu