In a groundbreaking study, a 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes has started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells derived from her own body.
OpenAI’s ambitious plans to build AI data centers with unprecedented power requirements have sparked discussions about the feasibility and environmental impact of such projects.
Michael Straight, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, found himself unable to walk again after the manufacturer of his $100,000 exoskeleton refused to fix a malfunctioning battery. The part allegedly costs just $20, but the manufacturer claims the medical device is too old to fix.
The FAA is reportedly struggling to modernize its aging air traffic control (ATC) systems, putting the safety and efficiency of the national airspace at risk, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
An expert witness called by Google in its ongoing antitrust trial has asserted that the tech giant does not hold monopoly power over the advertising market, contradicting claims made by the DOJ.
AI powerhouse OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT is contemplating significant changes to its corporate structure and ownership by transforming into a for-profit company while CEO Sam Altman consolidates his power as yet another high profile executive leaves the organization.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pushed back against the notion that social media directly harms the mental health of teenagers, despite growing concerns and calls for increased regulation in the industry. His position is even more extraordinary given the fact that Meta’s own internal researchers determined that his social media platforms are terrible for the mental health of teenagers, especially young women and girls.
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has announced that it will now allow users you have blocked to view your posts, though they still will not be able to interact with those posts. The decision is controversial amongst X users as many rely on the block feature to prevent crazy people from reading their posts.
Vinod Khosla, legendary Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur, has predicted that AI will replace the majority of work in most jobs, necessitating the implementation of universal basic income (UBI) to prevent economic instability and inequity.
Google has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, accusing Microsoft of using unfair licensing contracts to stifle competition in the cloud computing industry. Google’s charges become especially interesting in light of the fact that the internet giant has itself been the subject of two different antitrust cases this year.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has been reducing the prominence of political content on its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads leading up to the November 2024 election. Zuckerberg believes what Americans really need before the most important election of their lives is even more celebrity gossip and animal videos.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta and a notorious supporter of leftist cases, has become one of only three people in the world to amass a net worth of $200 billion or more.
In an ongoing antitrust trial, Google is pushing back against the U.S. Justice Department’s accusations that it operates its ad business as a monopoly. In the face of emails and other internal documents laying out Google’s plan to crush rivals by increasing its stranglehold on the advertising market, one executive testified Monday that “We keep looking for ways to make products better.”
Encrypted messaging company Telegram announced it will now share user data with law enforcement to combat illegal activities on the platform. This massive U-turn in privacy policy comes after the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France last month.
In Mark Zuckerberg’s latest act of election interference, Meta AI gushes about Kamala Harris and her “trailblazing leadership” while lambasting Donald Trump as “crude and lazy” and “boorish and selfish.” The stark comparison between Meta AI’s answers is another illustration of the extreme leftist bias present in most popular AI platforms.
Google employees and executives attempted to hide potentially damaging communications from investigators by using auto-deleting chats and marking emails “privileged and confidential” as a regular course of business — sneaky moves that may backfire on the internet giant as the second antitrust trial against the company rages on.
In a surprising act of capitulation, Elon Musk and his X social media platform are complying with the demands of Brazil’s Supreme Court after weeks of defiance.
In a classic example of online rivalries going too far, a Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to swatting a fellow member of his fantasy football group chat twice. In both cases, the man falsely reported imminent threats involving a University of Iowa student in the hopes of getting his rival arrested.
Elon Musk is criticizing the FAA’s proposed fines for SpaceX, calling on the agency to instead focus on Boeing’s Starliner mishaps. Musk characterizes the FAA’s problems with SpaceX as “trivia,” while Boeing left NASA astronauts stranded in space for months with its spacecraft.
As the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google continues, it is becoming increasingly clear that the judge must decide whether to believe what Google executives wrote in emails and chats or what they have said on the witness stand — like one witness who claimed his emails on crushing competition were “jet-lagged ramblings.”
Microsoft has partnered with Constellation Energy to revive the dormant Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, aiming to feed its power-hungry AI data centers with energy from the site of America’s most infamous nuclear accident.
Italian authorities have dealt a significant blow to crooks trafficking in fake retro video games, confiscating counterfeit vintage consoles and games with an estimated value of nearly $55.5 million (€50 million).
As Google’s second antitrust trial this year continues, a Boston University economist testified that Google’s stranglehold over the advertising market allows it to charge between 19 and 27 percent higher rates to advertisers than a “competitive market” would allow.
In a stunning collapse of leadership for the former Silicon Valley darling 23andMe, all seven independent members of the DNA testing company’s board of directors resigned en masse this week, leaving CEO Anne Wojcicki as the sole remaining board member.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced that his company will file a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in response to a proposed $633,009 fine related to unapproved launches last year, which Musk calls “lawfare.”
A group of influential artificial intelligence scientists from around the world are calling for the establishment of an international authority to oversee AI development and prevent potential “catastrophic outcomes” as technology advances at a rapid pace.
Internal Google documents released during the ongoing antitrust trial against the tech giant have shed light on the company’s efforts to maintain its dominance in the digital advertising industry through exclusivity deals and tying its ad-tech businesses together.
Genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach that exposed the personal information of over 6.9 million customers.
Larry Ellison, the billionaire co-founder of Oracle, believes that artificial intelligence will enable a vast surveillance system capable of monitoring citizens and ensuring they remain on their “best behavior.”
Neal Mohan, the CEO of Google-owned YouTube, testified in federal court on Monday that Google faced ample competition in the ad tech market and laughably claimed the company acts in the best interest of consumers and the ad industry.
Google is currently on trial for allegedly abusing its dominance in the digital advertising industry, which is valued at approximately $200 billion. Here are a the key points that emerged from the first week in the courtroom.
In their first press conference since being stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams gave an inside look at life in unexpected long-duration spaceflight.
A top attorney for Google, currently defending the tech giant in a landmark antitrust trial, has been revealed to be a key advisor to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest and political bias.
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) has criticized Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for its inadequate response to a bipartisan group of lawmakers regarding illicit drug advertisements on Facebook and Instagram.
Faraday Future, the struggling electric vehicle startup, has announced significant salary increases and bonuses for its CEO and founder despite the company’s lackluster performance and ongoing financial struggles. The company has only delivered 13 EVs in a decade.
A recent academic study has uncovered evidence that AI chatbots powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) have an inherent leftist political bias, potentially influencing the information and advice they provide to users.
Google knew that publishers would be unhappy when it implemented measures in 2019 to prevent them from diverting ad sales to competitors, it recognized that its stranglehold over the digital ads market would prevent them from fleeing the internet giant’s ad marketplace, according to internal documents presented at the tech giant’s antitrust trial on Thursday.
Social media platforms including Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook and Instagram, China’s TikTok, and Snapchat have become dangerous marketplaces for the sale of deadly fake pills laced with fentanyl, contributing to a growing epidemic of overdose deaths among young Americans.
Woke tech giant Microsoft has announced a round of layoffs affecting 650 employees within its Xbox gaming unit, marking the third gaming-related layoff since the company’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.
A Google executive’s remarks from 2009 about the company’s aim to “crush” competitors in the digital advertising market have come to light during an ongoing federal antitrust trial against the tech giant that focuses on its stranglehold over the ad-tech industry.
