48-hour Reddit user blackout kicks off, affecting 8K subreddits
As of Monday, nearly 8,000 subreddit forums are going dark for 48 hours in protest of Reddit’s new pricing policy. The new policy implements a paid model for Reddit’s third-party...
AI gives Google power to ‘dictate’ the news people see: lawsuit
The attorney behind a major class-action lawsuit against Google claims that advances in artificial intelligence give the digital monopoly almost unlimited power to control lives, influence thought and shape society. “When the...
Google reportedly faces fresh EU antitrust charges over ad tech policies
European regulators are reportedly set to slap Google parent Alphabet with a fresh antitrust complaint targeting the tech giant’s lucrative digital advertising business. The latest formal charges against Google are...
Elon Musk appears to troll Megan Fox, saying he wants to hire ‘VP of witchcraft and propaganda’
Billionaire Elon Musk appeared to poke fun at Megan Fox on Sunday after the actress referred to herself as a “witch” during a nasty social media spat with conservative influencer...
FTC to block Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard merger with injunction
The Federal Trade Commission is expected to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of video gaming giant Activision Blizzard with a preliminary injunction. The FTC is anticipated to file for the...
OpenAI, Microsoft, Google limiting AI chatbot access in Hong Kong: report
ChatGPT creator OpenAI and other US tech giants are reportedly limiting access to their AI chatbots in Hong Kong – where pro-democracy protesters have faced harsh crackdowns and censorship from...
AI tool Stable Diffusion amplifies race and gender stereotypes
A popular generative AI tool that creates images from text prompts is rife with gender and racial stereotypes when it comes to rendering people in “high-paying” and “low-paying jobs,” according...
Elon Musk wants Rachel Maddow, Don Lemon for Twitter shows
Twitter boss Elon Musk wants to lure liberal TV hosts like fired CNN anchor Don Lemon or MSNBC host Rachel Maddow to his platform to balance out conservative views voiced...
Mark Zuckerberg jabs Apple Vision Pro for making people ‘sit on a couch by themself’
Metaverse evangelist Mark Zuckerberg took a shot at tech rival Apple over its pricey mixed-reality headset, saying the new gadget is only for people “sitting on a couch by themself.”...
