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...
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...
ChatGPT wrote my graduation speech — then I went off-script to blast school
Caps off to this kid. A daring Nebraska high school graduate shocked audiences Sunday when he went off-script from his admin-approved commencement speech that was penned by ChatGPT. It started...
TikTok users file lawsuit to block Montana ban
Five TikTok users, who also create content posted on the short-video app, filed suit in US District Court in Montana late Wednesday seeking to block the state’s new ban on the Chinese-owned...
Ex-Google exec warns AI will view humans as ‘scum’
A former executive at Google said that artificial intelligence-powered machines could one day view humans as “scum” and could create “killing machines” similar to the ones depicted in a sci-fi...
Hyundai, Kia agree to $200M settlement over car thefts: lawyers
Hyundai Motor and Kia agreed to a consumer class-action lawsuit settlement worth more than $200 million over rampant car thefts of the Korean automakers’ vehicles, lawyers for the owners said on Thursday....
Apple’s $3,000 mixed-reality headsets to hit the market, far cry from sleek eyeglasses tech
Apple is set to release long-awaited mixed-reality headsets for $3,000 a pop — three times the price of what rival Meta charges for a similar product. The high-tech specs will...
