Netflix Killed ‘The OA.’ Now Its Creators Are Back With a Show About Tech’s Ubiquity
“So many people watched the show, like it was sort of in the upper range of their midrange shows, which was for Netflix, huge numbers,” Marling says. “It used to...
Newly found ‘kill switch’ triggers death of cancer cells in potential breakthrough
Researchers say they’ve located a “kill switch” that can trigger the death of cancer cells. Scientists at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, California, have identified a protein on the...
Utopian city ‘California Forever’ still faces national security probe: pols
A planned utopian city in California continues to face a high-stakes probe by a US national security panel – and state politicians still aren’t satisfied that the secretive project isn’t...
Gen Z more likely to fall prey to online scams than boomers
Try listening to your elders for a change. Know-it-all Gen Zers are a whopping three times more likely to fall prey to online scams than their boomer grandparents, experts are...
This grocery chain is doing away with self-checkout — the reason why might surprise you
Go beep yourself. Customers of popular British grocery chain Booths found out this week that the company is scrapping self-checkout lanes, just six years after rolling them out in their...
Elon Musk’s dislike of bright colors has led to SpaceX workplace safety concerns: report
Several current and former SpaceX employees have blasted the company over workers’ safety concerns as CEO Elon Musk races for Mars. A Reuters investigation has highlighted a “lax” safety culture,...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai to be grilled in app store antitrust trial
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is set to defend his company’s controversial app store practices next week during a court battle with “Fortnite” maker Epic Games — marking the second time...
Elon Musk biopic to be directed by Darren Aronofsky: source
A biopic on Elon Musk is in the works at New York-based studio A24 with “Black Swan”-filmmaker Darren Aronofsky as the director, according to a source familiar with the matter. A24 secured...
Sam Altman slams Elon Musk’s ‘Grok’: ‘Cringey boomer humor’
OpenAI boss Sam Altman slammed Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence bot, Grok — and got blowback from both Musk and the chatbot after claiming its snarky responses are ridden with “cringey...
Fei-Fei Li Started an AI Revolution By Seeing Like an Algorithm
Early in the pandemic, an agent—literary, not software—suggested Fei-Fei Li write a book. The approach made sense. She has made an indelible mark on the field of artificial intelligence by...
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...
