Tech Disrupted Hollywood. AI Almost Destroyed It
Streaming invigorated the film and TV industry and sent established studios scrambling. That was before AI sparked one of the biggest work stoppages in Hollywood history. Source
Anastasia Synn is world-record ‘human cyborg’ with 52 implants
She’s got a magnetic personality — literally. Anastasia Synn, 48, from Tehachapi, California, now holds the Guinness World Record for the woman with the most technological implants in her body....
Obamacare Call Center Staff Strike Over Steep Health Care Costs and Scarce Bathroom Breaks
Katherine Charles’ work days are relentless. She’s one of thousands of call center workers who help Americans find suitable health insurance as part of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA....
Apple issues urgent iPhone update — how and why to install it
Maybe the new titanium iPhone isn’t as solid as it seems. Apple recently released a critical update for iPhone 15s — the tech giant’s latest smartphone — following reports of...
Elon Musk’s X is beginning to cash in on ‘premium’ subscriptions: source
X — despite getting blasted over its “X Premium” subscription service that charges users for their blue checkmarks — is now making nearly a quarter of its revenue from premium...
Humane’s Ai Pin is a $700 Smartphone Alternative You Wear All Day
For months, an odd sight has intrigued a San Francisco cop regularly stationed outside the downtown offices of the startup Humane. Out of its door have streamed employees with a...
This New Breed of AI Assistant Wants to Do Your Boring Office Chores
This week, OpenAI announced a service that makes it possible for just about anyone to build a custom version of ChatGPT, no coding skills required. The company suggests that users...
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...
How Humane’s Ai Pin Works
This week, we talk about the new Humane wearable and the future of phone alternatives. Source
Noise-canceling headphones could let you pick and choose the sounds you want to hear
Future noise-canceling headphones could let users opt back in to certain sounds they’d like to hear, such as babies crying, birds tweeting, or alarms ringing. The technology that makes it...
Explained: Generative AI
A quick scan of the headlines makes it seem like generative artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. In fact, some of those headlines may actually have been written by generative...
Hollywood Actors Strike Ends With a Deal That Will Impact AI and Streaming for Decades
After 118 days on the picket lines, the longest such strike in Hollywood’s history, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a deal with the...
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...
The US and 30 Other Nations Agree to Set Guardrails for Military AI
Vice President Harris announced during her speech in London that the declaration has now been signed by US-aligned nations that include the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, and France. The 31...
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...
