‘Cryptoqueen’ remains a fugitive as Karl Greenwood gets 20 years
The infamous “Cryptoqueen,” the mastermind of a $4 billion Ponzi scheme, remained on the loose six years after her arrest in the massive OneCoin fraud — as her wingman was...
How PayPal bros ousted Elon Musk from CEO job, saved SpaceX
The “PayPal Mafia” that ousted Elon Musk as CEO of the peer-to-peer payments site also helped save his rocket-launching company SpaceX as it teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, according...
Sean Penn slams studios for wanting actors’ likenesses for AI
Sean Penn has a warning message for Hollywood studio executives: If they want his voice and likeness, they can have it — but they’re going to have to trade his...
Elon Musk calls for artificial intelligence ‘referee’ at closed-door Senate AI summit
Billionaire Elon Musk called for an artificial intelligence “referee” on Wednesday as tech tycoons and lawmakers met for a closed-door summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss the best way to...
Ex-Google exec said tech giant pushed for default status in search engine deals at antitrust trial
A former Google honcho testified Wednesday that the number of executives working to win default status with mobile carriers grew dramatically when he was with the company as the government’s landmark...
How an archeological approach can help leverage biased data in AI to improve medicine
The classic computer science adage “garbage in, garbage out” lacks nuance when it comes to understanding biased medical data, argue computer science and bioethics professors from MIT, Johns Hopkins University,...
Google parent Alphabet lays off hundreds
Google parent Alphabet is laying off employees from its global recruiting team as the tech giant continues to slow hiring, it said Wednesday. The company’s decision to let go of a...
Chuck Schumer urges bipartisan AI policy at summit with Musk, Zuckerberg, Gates and more tech leaders
American technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai met with lawmakers at Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door forum that focused on regulating...
Apple defends iPhone 12 after France orders sales halt due to high radiation
Apple defended its iPhone 12 model on Wednesday after a French watchdog ordered a halt to its sales citing breaches of European Union radiation exposure limits. The French move raised the prospect of...
‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’
Guess their favorite tech brand isn’t the apple of their eye — or, i — anymore. Smartphone fans have been griping about Apple’s new devices since the arguably anti-climactic announcement...
Scientists Say You’re Looking for Alien Civilizations All Wrong
An influential group of researchers is making the case for new ways to search the skies for signs of alien societies. They argue that current methods could be biased by...
The iPhone 15 Opts for Intuitive AI, Not Generative AI
Tech product launches in 2023 have become predictable: Everything now comes with generative AI features that will serve up chatty but knowledgeable text or mind-blowing images. The rollout of the...
The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse
“In most of these areas, you already have existing statutes that prohibit the behaviors that we want to continue to be prohibited,” Young says. “So the policy challenge then becomes...
The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires
The personal data for Argentina’s vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was requested 226 times; President Alberto Fernández’s data was requested 76 times. Among those searched were politicians from different...
Twitter appears to throttle users trying to share New York Times articles for months: report
Elon Musk-owned X has reportedly throttled users trying to share articles produced by the New York Times for the past several months. The precipitous drop in engagement with content from...
