Google’s Play Store in jeopardy after antitrust Epic Games loss
The future of Google’s lucrative “Play Store” for Android apps has been thrown into doubt after the tech giant suffered a shocking antitrust loss to “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. In...
Apple releases urgent bug and security fixes and one cool app in new iOS 17.2 update
Apple has released a new iPhone update that prevents wrongful access to “sensitive user data,” among other urgent security fixes. The latest software improvement, iPhone Operating System 17.2, comes shortly...
Meta has ‘threatened to delete’ important data in case alleging underage users were exposed to predators: AG
Meta has “threatened to delete” important data from test accounts referenced in the state of New Mexico’s bombshell lawsuit alleging underage Facebook and Instagram users are exposed to child predators,...
Elon Musk’s X expected to see ad sales slump to $2.5B: report
Elon Musk’s social media platform X’s 2023 ad sales are projected to fall to about $2.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday. Several companies including Comcast and Walt Disney paused their advertisements on the...
Apple now requires court-order to release customers’ information to law enforcement
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) has said it now requires a judge’s order to hand over information about its customers’ push notification to law enforcement, putting the iPhone maker’s policy...
A computer scientist pushes the boundaries of geometry
More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek mathematician Euclid, known to many as the father of geometry, changed the way we think about shapes. Building off those ancient foundations and...
OpenAI investigating user claims that ChatGPT has become ‘lazy’: ‘This certainly isn’t intentional’
ChatGPT users are grumbling that the popular chatbot has gotten “lazier” by refusing to complete some complex requests – and its creator OpenAI is investigating the strange behavior. Social media...
Google’s Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers, jury rules
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a...
US teens ‘almost constantly’ using YouTube, TikTok: study
One-third of US teenagers say they “almost constantly” use at least one of the top five social media sites such as YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, according to a study conducted...
MIT Generative AI Week fosters dialogue across disciplines
In late November, faculty, staff, and students from across MIT participated in MIT Generative AI Week. The programming included a flagship full-day symposium as well as four subject-specific symposia, all...
shopping, budgeting, letters to Santa and Christmas card writing
It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Now that artificial intelligence is a household commodity, shoppers this holiday season will be the first to benefit from machine learning to help...
Five things you need to know about the EU’s new AI Act
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I make my exes jealous — by adding fake AI boyfriends to my selfies
Call it humil-AI-tion. No rebound guy — no problem. A New York woman has devised a way to make her ex-boyfriends jealous without landing Mr. Right-away — by using generative...
New York state to invest in $10B chip research complex
New York state is joining tech giant IBM and semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology to invest $10 billion in a state-of-the-art chip research facility at the University of Albany, Gov. Kathy...
Vivek Ramaswamy caught on hot mic using bathroom during wild Elon Musk, Alex Jones X livestream
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was caught on a hot mic using the bathroom during a wild X Spaces livestream alongside the likes of Elon Musk, far-right conspiracy theorist Alex...
