How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Driverless cars and planes are no longer the stuff of the future. In the city of San Francisco alone, two...
Here’s what Apple fans — and tech giant’s own workers — have to say about groundbreaking Vision Pro
Hundreds of Apple fans began lining up outside its Manhattan flagship store before dawn Friday to sample its new Vision Pro virtual reality set — as they and even the tech...
What it’s like to use Apple’s new Vision Pro VR headset
You have to be a real techie to like Apple’s Vision Pro. For starters, you can rarely move your head when using the virtual-reality headset or you have to start...
Meta warns investors Mark Zuckerberg’s hobbies could kill him
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s love of “high-risk activities” pose a “risk of serious injury and death,” the company warned investors in its latest Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The warning...
Tesla facing another massive recall — this time to fix warning lights
Tesla is recalling nearly all of the vehicles it has sold in the US because some warning lights on the instrument panel are too small. The recall of nearly 2.2...
Mark Zuckerberg to earn $700M annually from Meta dividend amid child safety backlash
Mark Zuckerberg will earn $700 million per year through Meta’s new quarterly dividend – an astronomical payout announced just one day after he faced outrage on Capitol Hill over a...
TikTok users lose access to Taylor Swift, Universal catalogue after talks collapse
TikTok users will no longer be able to create videos with songs from Taylor Swift, Jon Batiste, boygenius and other Universal Music Group artists as the soundtrack, as contract negotiations between the two companies have collapsed....
Apple set to unveil ‘revolutionary’ Vision Pro headset likened to ‘tech fentanyl’
Apple is set to unveil its new Vision Pro headset hailed as “revolutionary” by James Cameron and Marvel director Jon Favreau — while others have likened the clunky device to...
Volvo cuts off Polestar funding despite fact it helped pioneer electric cars
Volvo revealed Thursday that it has cut off funding for its electric vehicle subsidiary Polestar — despite the fact it was among the first automakers to embrace electric cars. Shares...
Peter Thiel is bankrolling Enhanced Games: ‘Olympics on steroids’
Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is throwing his financial muscle behind an “Olympics on steroids” — whose organizer boasts that athletes will dope “out in the open and honestly.” Thiel,...
The drummer who threw Elon Musk’s Tesla $56B pay into limbo
The case that stripped Elon Musk of his record-breaking $56 billion pay package at Tesla was spearheaded by a shareholder who did a stint playing drums for a heavy-metal band....
I Tested a Next-Gen AI Assistant. It Will Blow You Away
The most famous virtual valets around today—Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant—are a lot less impressive than the latest AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT or Google Bard. When the fruits of the...
You may soon be able to test out an AI headband to ‘control the dreamworld’
The dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Tech startup Prophetic recently created an AI headband called Halo that they say allows wearers to control their dreams....
Tesla shareholders to vote ‘immediately’ on moving to Texas
Elon Musk said Tesla shareholders will hold a vote “immediately” on whether to change its state of incorporation to Texas — shortly after a Delaware judge shockingly decided to tear...
This robot can tidy a room without any help
Robots are good at certain tasks. They’re great at picking up and moving objects, for example, and they’re even getting better at cooking. But while robots may easily complete tasks...
