On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and...
Year: 2023
Elon Musk’s Twitter promised a purge of blue check marks. Instead he singled out one account
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Some VIP Twitter users woke up on Saturday expecting to have lost their coveted blue verification check marks in a previously announced purge by...
Jury Says Tesla Must Pay Worker $3.2 Million Over Racist Treatment
A former Tesla factory worker, who is Black, challenged a judge’s earlier award of $15 million, but came away with less in a new...
The promised changes to the platform’s verification program have been slow. Attention has focused instead on the image of a doge in place of...
Twitter Users Are Still Waiting for a Check-Mark Reckoning
The promised changes to the platform’s verification program have been slow. Attention has focused instead on the image of a doge in place of...
‘Hot Ones’ Was a Slow Burn All Along
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This YouTube talk show’s premise is simple: Disarm celebrities with deep-cut questions and scorchingly spicy wings. Nearly 300 episodes later, the recipe still works.Read...
Puffer coat Pope. Musk on a date with GM CEO. Fake AI ‘news’ images are fooling social media users
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Pope Francis wearing a massive, white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. Former President Donald Trump being detained...
While many apps collect vast troves of user data, sometimes without explicit consent, experts say Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has taken violations of privacy...
Tesla Sales Jumped in the First Quarter
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The electric car company’s decision to slash prices appears to have paid off in reviving demand.Read More
2000 AI experts signed a letter demanding to pause training of AI systems because of potential threats to humanity. UC Berkeley Prof. Stuart Russell...