Google at Interspeech 2023
Posted by Catherine Armato, Program Manager, Google This week, the 24th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2023) is being held in Dublin, Ireland, representing one of...
MMA champs offer to train Elon Musk for cage match with Zuckerberg
A who’s-who of MMA fighters have a beef with Mark Zuckerberg — so they’re throwing their weight behind Elon Musk ahead of a possible cage match between the tech titans. ...
Inflammation can lead to an increase in social media use: study
People who suffer from inflammation often spend more time scrolling through social media in hopes of interacting with friends and family, a new study revealed this week. When the body...
Safety tool protecting Tinder owner scraps partnership with dating app giant
The background check provider for Match Group, the corporate parent of Tinder, Match.com, Hinge and Plenty of Fish, ended its partnership with the dating app giant despite reports that sex...
Crypto prices plunge on report that SpaceX has sold its bitcoin
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Gen Z cancels LOL in favor of new acronym: IJBOL
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Why ‘white noise’ podcasts are costing Spotify $38M per year in profits
Spotify is reportedly missing out on $38 million in annual profits because its users can’t stop listening to “white noise” podcasts that are less lucrative for the company. “White noise”...
SpaceX and Blue Origin targeted by spies from China, Russia, feds say
Chinese and Russian spies are looking to steal sensitive technology and data from US space companies including SpaceX and Blue Origin, according to a federal government communique. The National Counterintelligence...
Elon Musk says X users will no longer be able to block unwanted followers
Elon Musk says he plans to do away with the “block” feature on the X social media platform. The app formerly known as Twitter will instead offer users the option...
