Regulators Are Finally Catching Up With Big Tech
In 2024, we will see courts and regulators around the world demonstrate that tech exceptionalism, when it comes to the applicability of legal rules, is magical thinking. The tide has...
Cancer survivor describes how femfit fixed her leaky bladder
Australian mom Renee Brown was just 39 when she had surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes from her pelvis. Then, she underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy as part of her...
Euphoria over Bitcoin ETF as trading volume surges past $4B on just the first day
US-listed Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw $4.6 billion worth of shares trade hands as of Thursday afternoon, according to LSEG data, as investors jumped into the landmark products approved by the US securities...
The 6 ‘worst’ CES 2024 products revealed — from earbud duds to an AI shopping cart
The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives. The worst could harm us or our society and...
Computer mouse controlled by your tongue? 11 life-changing gadgets shocking techies at CES 2024
Welcome to the world of tomorrow. World-changing breakthroughs are being debuted and displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as companies harness recent, vast breakthroughs in artificial intelligence...
Microsoft surpasses Apple as world’s most valuable company
Microsoft overtook Apple as the world’s most valuable company after the iPhone maker began in 2024 with its worst start in years due to growing demand concerns. Shares of Microsoft rose 1.5% in...
Toyota’s Robots Are Learning to Do Housework—By Copying Humans
As someone who quite enjoys the Zen of tidying up, I was only too happy to grab a dustpan and brush and sweep up some beans spilled on a tabletop...
Hertz plans to sell 20,000 EVs, including Teslas
Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings said Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles from its US fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and damage, and will opt for gas-powered vehicles....
Google lays off hundreds of workers as AI race heats up
Google will lay off several hundred workers across multiple parts of its business as the search giant shifts more resources toward the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the company confirmed...
Microsoft debated whether to shutter AI lab in Beijing due to political pressure: report
Top Microsoft executives have reportedly debated whether to shutter a controversial artificial intelligence lab in Beijing – as the company’s cozy ties with China raise alarm bells on Capitol Hill....
Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data
Do AI companies need to pay for the training data that powers their generative AI systems? The question is hotly contested in Silicon Valley and in a wave of lawsuits...
SEC approves spot bitcoin ETFs in game-changer for crypto industry
The US securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first US-listed exchange traded funds to track bitcoin, its Chair Gary Gensler said, in a watershed for the world’s largest cryptocurrency and the...
Meta confronted by Walmart, Match Group over placing ads next to illicit sex content: lawsuit
Meta faced an uproar from two of its most prominent corporate advertisers – Walmart and Tinder parent Match Group – after they caught wind that Instagram and Facebook were running...
OpenAI’s New App Store Could Turn ChatGPT Into an Everything App
ChatGPT also functions as a kind of translator or helper for GPT apps. When WIRED asked the AllTrails GPT to suggest a two-hour hike in Berkeley, California, ChatGPT responded by...
Deploying high-performance, energy-efficient AI
Although AI is by no means a new technology there have been massive and rapid investments in it and large language models. However, the high-performance computing that powers these rapidly...
