Elon Musk touts record number of X users as Threads stumbles
Elon Musk boasted that his rebranded site X has hit its highest user totals – as rival Mark Zuckerberg scrambles to add new features to halt the massive dropoff in...
Paralyzed NY man can move and feel again — thanks to AI
Thank artificial intelligence for what doctors are declaring a modern medical “miracle.” A Long Island man who was paralyzed in a diving accident has regained motion and feeling in his...
The phubbing relationship trend is ruining marriages
What the actual phub??? While gazing at the stars and soaking in the beauty of the late summer’s night sky in September 2019, Heather Cox looked adoringly over at her...
Meta looks to add ‘retention-driving hooks’ as Threads users flee ‘Twitter-killer’ app
Meta executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch,...
Hands On With Google Search’s Answer to ChatGPT
Last weekend, I turned to Google Search for help figuring out how many stamps I needed to put on an 8-ounce piece of mail. (Naturally, I was sending a copy...
I Looked Into Sam Altman’s Orb and All I Got Was This Lousy Crypto | WIRED
“We don’t take ID or anything. So long as you look over 18, we scan your iris,” said Ana Howard, the contractor hired to lead onboarding in London. But everyone...
Apple CEO Tim Cook was denied company’s credit card: report
Billionaire Apple CEO Tim Cook was denied a credit card carrying the iPhone maker’s logo because of a snafu in the company’s troubled joint venture with Wall Street giant Goldman...
Jack White auctions off Tesla after Elon Musk falling out
Jack White, the White Stripes rocker who once hailed Elon Musk as “the Henry Ford of the 21st century,” is dumping his 2013 Tesla Model S months after he lashed...
TikTok has pushed Chinese propaganda to millions of Europeans
TikTok has flooded millions of Europeans with ads from Chinese state propaganda outlets on topics like COVID-19 and tourism in the troubled Xinjiang region, according to an analysis of a...
House committee calls off vote to hold Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg in contempt
A House committee called off a vote Thursday on a recommendation that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg be held in contempt of Congress for failing to fully supply documents related to...
Ex-NFL star Teyo Johnson settles $1.9M sex harass suit for $50K
Teyo Johnson, the former NFL star who filed a $1.9 million lawsuit alleging that his tech boss subjected him to sexual harassment, has agreed to a settlement that will pay...
Elizabeth Warren, Lindsey Graham want to rein in Google, Facebook
Senators Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, and Lindsey Graham, a Republican, said Thursday they would push for an ambitious bill to create a new government regulator empowered to rein in Meta Platforms’ Facebook, Alphabet’s...
AI builds momentum for smarter health care
The pharmaceutical industry operates under one of the highest failure rates of any business sector. The success rate for drug candidates entering capital Phase 1 trials—the earliest type of clinical...
Disney, Netflix go on AI hiring sprees as strikes drag on
Help wanted. As the Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists strikes drag on — and with the use of AI being a...
Fired Twitter exec who slept on office floor says Elon Musk has ‘painful’ lack of empathy
The fired Twitter executive who went viral for sleeping on the office floor last year has broken her silence on mercurial boss Elon Musk — describing him as a brilliant...
