Chat site Omegle shuts down after 14 years
Notorious video chat site Omegle — which was launched to link like-minded strangers but morphed into a cesspool for child predators — was shut down Thursday. Founded in 2009 by...
Google staffers squabble over $1.2B contract with Israel
Google staffers are locked in an escalating office squabble over the search giant’s business ties with Israel, which include a $1.2 billion agreement to provide cloud services to the Israeli...
Google paid Activision-Blizzard $360M to use its app store, Epic Games says
Google gave “Call of Duty” parent Activision-Blizzard a whopping $360 million in incentives in 2020 to launch its video game on the “Play” app store, according to lawyers in Epic...
Swimmers’ shock reaction to sharks at Bondi Beach
Wild footage has captured the moment swimmers are confronted by sharks in a number of incredibly close encounters at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. A video shared by the Drone Shark App...
Joe Rogan holds all the cards as his Spotify deal set to expire
Podcast king Joe Rogan may ditch Spotify for another platform — possibly even joining Elon Musk’s X — after his contract expires next year. The wildly popular host of the...
Deepfake video of Indian star Rashmika Mandanna leaves nation fuming
A short clip of what appears to be popular Indian star Rashmika Mandanna entering an elevator has blown up in India and received condemnation across the world. At first glance,...
Apple, PayPal could face bank-like supervision under watchdog’s proposal
The top US consumer financial watchdog on Tuesday proposed to regulate tech giants’ digital payments and smartphone wallet services, saying they rival traditional payment methods in scale and scope but...
Google slammed for ‘bribe and block’ tactics as app store antitrust trial kicks off
“Fortnite” maker Epic Games accused Google of using a two-pronged “bribe and block” scheme to stifle competition to its Play Store at the start of a federal antitrust trial –...
ChatGPT maker OpenAI unveils customized AI bots, cheaper powerful models
OpenAI will enable ChatGPT users to build customized AI bots called GPTs to handle specific tasks, and it has slashed costs on more powerful models for developers, the artificial-intelligence lab...
