Elon Musk nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Billionaire Elon Musk — whose businesses range from satellites to social media — was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian lawmaker who praised the X owner as...
Tinder to require video selfies to verify user IDs amid dating-app crime
Tinder said Tuesday it plans to expand its ID verification requirements – including one that asks users to submit a video selfie – as crime on dating apps rises and artificial...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX inks deal with US, deepening ties to intelligence, military agencies
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is deepening its ties with US intelligence and military agencies through classified contracts ranging in the billions of dollars. SpaceX has long been a major partner for...
Neuralink’s first human patient able to control mouse through thinking, Musk says
The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts, the startup’s founder Elon...
TikTok faces EU investigation for possible breaches of strict new digital rulebook
The European Union said Monday it is investigating whether TikTok has broken the bloc’s strict new digital rules for cleaning up social media and keeping internet users safe. The European...
Signs you need a new phone
You know by now your phone’s battery performance degrades the older it gets. That’s just how lithium-ion batteries work, unfortunately. With each charging cycle, they wear down a bit. Eventually, it becomes...
‘Popcorn brain’ explained — how social media can ruin attention spans
This may seem corny — but if you are feeling overwhelmed by the non-stop pace of digital media and find yourself struggling to concentrate on a single task or thought,...
OpenAI, Meta, tech giants sign effort to fight AI election interference
A group of 20 tech companies announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive artificial-intelligence content from interfering with elections across the globe this year. The rapid growth of...
OpenAI’s software Sora generates video in response to text queries
OpenAI unveiled revolutionary new software that can produce high-caliber video in response to a few simple text queries — a dazzling breakthrough from the ChatGPT maker that could also take...
