Apple working on mobile robot that can follow you around your home
Apple has reportedly launched a hush-hush project to develop a personal robot as the iPhone maker seeks to find “the next big thing” after its failed foray into manufacturing an...
OpenAI’s GPT Store Is Triggering Copyright Complaints
For the past few months, Morten Blichfeldt Andersen has spent many hours scouring OpenAI’s GPT Store. Since it launched in January, the marketplace for bespoke bots has filled up with...
FCC to vote to restore landmark net neutrality rules, reversing Trump
The Federal Communications Commission will vote to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight of broadband internet that was rescinded under former President Donald Trump, the agency’s chair...
Two plead guilty to insider trading tied to Truth Social merger
Two men pleaded guilty on Wednesday to insider trading in securities in the company that ultimately took former President Donald Trump’s media business public. Michael Shvartsman, 53, head of Miami-based venture capital firm Rocket One...
AI-Generated Spoofs of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Are Flooding Instagram and TikTok
The blending of the real and unreal could explain why some followers of faux Drag Race get so passionate about what they’re seeing on their feeds. Michael says he “lives...
Taiwan earthquake will disrupt chipmakers that supply Apple, Nvidia: analysts
Taiwan’s biggest earthquake since 1999 is likely to cause some disruption across Asia’s semiconductor supply chain, analysts said, after chipmakers from TSMC to UMC halted some operations to inspect facilities and relocate...
Spotify to hike prices by up to $2, introduce new basic tier: report
Spotify Technology intends to raise prices on its plans by about $1 to $2 a month in five markets including the UK, Australia and Pakistan by the end of April, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing people...
Elon Musk’s X names head of safety after nine months of no safety leader
Elon Musk’s X appointed a new head of safety nine months after the former safety leader’s exit, leaving the role vacant as the social platform weathered mounting scrutiny over the...
A new computational technique could make it easier to engineer useful proteins
To engineer proteins with useful functions, researchers usually begin with a natural protein that has a desirable function, such as emitting fluorescent light, and put it through many rounds of...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminates Southern California skies with a dazzling sunset spectacle: photos
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, on April 1, 2024. The launch, delayed by four days, took place...
‘Turning science fiction into reality’
This is no magician’s act. British start-up Invisibility Shield Co. has revealed that it has created a 6-foot-tall “Megashield” being sold for $828 — which they claim can make multiple...
I’m a viral AI influencer made by computers — now I’m going to host a TV show
She’s such a busy botty. There’s no business like show business — and now robots are getting their big break thanks to Alba Renai. With chocolatey brown locks, a thunder-stealing smile...
Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC’s Lina Khan amid antitrust scrutiny
Comedian Jon Stewart has revealed that Apple once blocked his plans to interview Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan when he was still hosting a show for the tech giant’s...
‘Creepy’ new iPhone setting makes you ‘Discoverable by Others’
A “creepy-sounding setting” was automatically turned on iPhones across the world in Apple’s latest software update. The setting, ‘Discoverable by Others’, can be found under ‘Journalling Suggestions’ in an iPhone’s...
Here’s How Generative AI Depicts Queer People
Another potential strategy to diversify the output from AI models is for developers to add guardrails and modify user prompts, nudging the software toward inclusivity. OpenAI appears to have taken...
