Instagram to launch Twitter competitor next month: report
Meta-owned Instagram plans to release a text-based app that will compete with Twitter and may debut as soon as next month, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with...
Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter Hotel’ plan probed by San Francisco
San Francisco officials are investigating Twitter after six former employees allege that owner Elon Musk’s leadership team broke laws in turning the company’s headquarters into a “Twitter Hotel” for workers...
I Finally Bought a ChatGPT Plus Subscription—and It’s Worth It
During my initial interactions with ChatGPT Plus, I was not fully convinced that OpenAI’s $20-a-month subscription was worth it. While it was quite fun to test the upgraded chatbot powered by...
Making ML models differentially private: Best practices and open challenges
Posted by Natalia Ponomareva and Alex Kurakin, Staff Software Engineers, Google Research Large machine learning (ML) models are ubiquitous in modern applications: from spam filters to recommender systems and virtual...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin wins NASA contract to build moon lander
A team led by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin won a coveted NASA contract to build a spacecraft to send astronauts to and from the moon’s surface, NASA’s chief announced...
Boston Isn’t Afraid of Generative AI
After ChatGPT burst on the scene last November, some government officials raced to prohibit its use. Italy banned the chatbot. New York City, Los Angeles Unified, Seattle and Baltimore School Districts...
If phone unlocks itself you could be hacked by ‘GhostTouch’
Even phone hackers can work remotely these days. Researchers from NordVPN have been warning smartphone users to be careful of crafty cybercriminals, claiming they’re using a new technique that allows them...
Supreme Court protects Twitter, Google from liability in terrorism lawsuits
The Supreme Court opted to leave the federal liability shield known as Section 230 in a pair of closely-scrutinized decisions on Thursday, handing a notable victory to Big Tech firms that rely...
TikTok hiring again after imposing a freeze: sources
TikTok quietly slowed its US hiring this spring as it faced heat in Washington over security concerns — but the wildly popular app has lately started handing out job offers...
