How to avoid these 5 popular gift card scams this holiday season
Gift cards are a very popular and convenient way to give a gift this holiday season to your friends or family, but they can also be a target for scammers who want...
OpenAI Committed to Buying $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman
Rain at one point has claimed to investors that it has held advanced talks to sell systems to Google, Oracle, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon. Microsoft declined to comment, and the...
Apple releases urgent iOS security update: ‘Recommended for all users’
Tech giant Apple has released another update for iOS, just weeks after dropping the landmark 17.1.1. iOS 17.1.2 was made available to the public on Nov. 30 and aims to patch...
Jewish tech executives met with TikTok CEO over pro-Palestinian bias concerns: reports
A group of 40 mostly Jewish tech leaders and business executives confronted TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over their concerns about antisemitism and the allegedly disproportionate popularity of pro-Palestine videos...
Walmart pulls advertising on Elon Musk’s X
Walmart said Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest major companies to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site. “We aren’t advertising on X...
Tesla’s Cybertruck ripped over ‘abusive pricing,’ ‘disappointing range’
The long-delayed reveal of Tesla’s Cybertruck left many critics fuming about the “disappointing range” and “abusive pricing” of Elon Musk’s strange-looking, electric-powered pickup. Tesla finally provided Cybertrucks to a handful...
Linda Yaccarino’s memo to X staff after Elon Musk’s fiery interview
Loyal X chief Linda Yaccarino sent a memo to staffers defending Elon Musk in the wake of his profanity-laced interview — where he told advertisers boycotting his platform to “go...
Instagram downplayed spread of self-harm images among teens: lawsuit
Meta drastically downplayed the degree to which teens were being shown alarming pictures and videos on Instagram that depicted self-harm – even as the tech giant’s own research showed the...
‘Authentic’ Is 2023’s Word of the Year. You Read That Right
At first it looked unbelievable, but Henry Kissinger had died. At 100 years old, news outlets—and the world—had been preparing for the passing of President Nixon’s secretary of state for...
Apple reportedly pulling plug on Goldman credit card partnership
Apple is pulling the plug on its credit-card partnership with Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The tech giant recently sent a proposal to the Wall Street bank to...
The Year of ChatGPT and Living Generatively
No human celebrating a first birthday is as verbose, knowledgeable, or prone to fabrication as ChatGPT, which is blowing out its first candle as I type these words. Of course,...
OpenAI not expected to offer Microsoft, other investors seats on new board: report
ChatGPT creator OpenAI will reportedly deny seats on its overhauled board of directors to key backers like Microsoft, Thrive Capital and Khosla Ventures – despite causing investor fury with the...
Law enforcement issue warnings after latest Apple iOS release
Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are warning iPhone users about a feature released with the newest software update called NameDrop. “With iOS 17.1 and watchOS 10.1, you can use NameDrop...
Google ad chief Jerry Dischler stepping down weeks after antitrust trial testimony
Google’s longtime advertising chief Jerry Dischler will step down from his role – weeks after he drew scrutiny over bombshell admissions about the company’s ad practices at the landmark antitrust...
Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone
Each time you use AI to generate an image, write an email, or ask a chatbot a question, it comes at a cost to the planet. In fact, generating an...
