Facebook revived the ‘Poke’ feature — and Gen Z loves it
Flirt like it’s the early 2010s. The “Poke” feature is back on Facebook — and Gen Z is loving it. In Facebook’s heyday, poking was all the rage, using the...
Reddit shares skyrocket 38% above IPO price, valuing company at nearly $9B
Reddit’s shares opened 38% above the initial public offering price in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, valuing the social media platform at $8.87 billion. The San...
Elizabeth Warren urges SEC to probe Tesla over board independence: report
Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a letter on Thursday urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Tesla violated regulations over board independence at public companies. “New evidence has emerged in...
The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge
Electrical engineer Gilbert Herrera was appointed research director of the US National Security Agency in late 2021, just as an AI revolution was brewing inside the US tech industry. The...
Apple uses illegal monopoly to ensure iPhone’s dominance: DOJ
Apple is violating antitrust laws by blocking fair competition to ensure the dominance of its iPhone, the Justice Department alleged Thursday in a long-awaited federal lawsuit that could upend the...
AI generates high-quality images 30 times faster in a single step
In our current age of artificial intelligence, computers can generate their own “art” by way of diffusion models, iteratively adding structure to a noisy initial state until a clear image...
Author Jon Haidt has a solution for social media addiction
“Suppose that when your first child turned ten, a visionary billionaire whom you’ve never met chose her to join the first permanent human settlement on Mars … Would you let...
Perplexity’s Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search
Aravind Srinivas credits Google CEO Sundar Pichai for giving him the freedom to eat eggs. Srinivas remembers the moment seven years ago when an interview with Pichai popped up in...
First human with Neuralink brain chip demonstrates moving cursor with his thoughts
The first human to have a Neuralink computer chip surgically implanted in his brain demonstrated how he uses his thoughts to move a computer cursor around a screen to play...
DOJ to sue Apple for antitrust violations
The Justice Department is poised to sue Apple as soon as Thursday for allegedly violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features of its iPhone, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday....
Shady firm touts weird ‘semen stealing’ $250 ‘insemination kit’
A company marketing an “at home insemination kit” on the social media platform X is encouraging women to fish used condoms out of the trash without their partner’s knowledge and...
Microsoft hires expert who warned AI could cause ‘catastrophe on an unimaginable scale’
Microsoft hired renowned artificial intelligence pioneer Mustafa Suleyman – the co-founder of the Google-owned DeepMind research lab who has warned the emerging technology could a “catastrophe on an unimaginable scale.”...
Intel receiving whopping $20B from Biden to boost US chip output
The Biden administration on Wednesday said it is awarding Intel nearly $20 billion in grants and loans as part of the CHIPS Act, supercharging the company’s domestic semiconductor output and marking the...
Biden emission rules target gas cars with more than half of sales to be electric by 2032
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced less-stringent automobile emissions standards after appeals from the auto industry as sales of electric vehicles hit a speed bump. Officials still hailed the new...
Glassdoor users urged to flee site after real names added
Glassdoor, the website that allows workers to anonymously complain about their workplaces without fear of retribution, is reportedly revealing staffers’ real names in their profiles — prompting a viral backlash...
