Despite leftist hopes that Mark Zuckerberg’s “sanely run” Twitter/X clone would supplant its competitor, the corporate legacy media is acknowledging the new platform’s struggle to retain users.
Twitter/X is rolling out a job listing feature for verified users, with platform owner Elon Musk promising an alternative to “cringe” Microsoft-owned LinkedIn.
Elon Musk’s Tesla is bracing for a legal showdown as it prepares to defend its Autopilot system in court for the first time, facing allegations in two lawsuits that the “self-driving” technology led to fatal accidents.
Elon Musk faced a chorus of boos and chants demanding the restoration of Twitter during his appearance at a video gaming tournament over the weekend.
The College Board, the organization behind SAT and Advanced Placement exams, has reportedly been found sharing student data including SAT scores and GPAs, with platforms like Facebook and China’s TikTok.
Prominent authors including master of horror and hysterical leftist Stephen King are finding themselves at the center of a debate on the ethical use of copyrighted materials in training advanced AI models. Authors have filed a lawsuit claiming Facebook (now known as Meta) and a laundry list of other AI giants have ripped off their copyrighted books to train AI systems.
More than 3,000 Tesla shareholders are set to receive a payout of approximately $12,397 each, following a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against Elon Musk for his infamous “funding secured” tweet from 2018.
Campaign websites for Democrats who ran in the 2020 primaries are appearing higher in Google search results than the websites of Republican candidates in 2024, as well as the campaign websites of Joe Biden’s top challenger in the Democrat primary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A draft of China-owned TikTok’s plan to avoid a ban reportedly gives the United States government oversight power over the platform.
A grieving widow has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s Tesla, accusing the automaker of negligence and breach of implied warranty following a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model 3 that claimed the life of her husband.
In a surprising move, Apple has thrown its weight behind California’s SB 244, the “Right to Repair Act” aimed at giving consumers the legal right to repair their own electronic devices. Apple has spent many years and millions of dollars fighting against consumer right of repair.
Sky News Australia has published an in-depth report about a full throttle attempt to influence the outcome of a democratic referendum in the country. Facebook (now known as Meta) and a legion of supposedly third-party “fact checkers” are shutting down journalists and activists who oppose the referendum in an effort to silence dissent.
A recent report has cast doubt on the authenticity of Elon Musk’s 153 million followers on Twitter, now rebranded as X. According to researchers, 42 percent of Musk’s followers have zero followers of their own, and 25 percent created their accounts since his October 2022 acquisition of the platform.
Time is running out for U.S. Facebook users to claim their portion of a massive $725 million lawsuit settlement, with the deadline set for this Friday.
An alleged former hiring manager at Microsoft’s AI Platform division claims he felt pressured to hire people for important roles at the company based on racial requirements, overlooking other qualified candidates because they would not count towards Microsoft’s diversity goals, imposed from above by the company’s “Diversity and Inclusion” department.
Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to fraud and money laundering charges. His lawyers decried his conditions in jail, including a lack of vegan meals, stating, “because he’s following his principles, [Bankman-Fried] is only now subsisting on a diet of bread and water.”
Microsoft has taken down a series of travel articles that were created using a combination of AI-assisted “algorithmic techniques” and human review, following criticism for their bizarre and offensive content. Beyond their more inappropriate travel suggestions, the articles featured helpful tips such as informing readers that seafood is “any form of sea life regarded as food by humans.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning to kill headlines from news articles that are shared on his X platform, formerly known as Twitter. Users will now have no text or headline to provide context to the links added to tweets, which may make some people think twice about clicking.
A recent IBM study has revealed that 40 percent of the global workforce will need to be “reskilled” over the next three years due to the increasing implementation of AI technologies.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads social media platform, which saw a rapid rise in popularity upon its launch as a “sanely run” Twitter alternative, is gearing up to release a web version in an effort to revitalize its user base amid crashing engagement figures.
Following Elon Musk’s announcement that the “block” feature would be removed from X (formerly Twitter), actor James Woods pointed out why he believed this was a bad idea. Musk, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” responded, “then delete your account.” Musk then blocked Woods, popular conservative pundit and author Catturd, and other prominent users who dared to make their opinion on his intensely unpopular idea known.
Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), has announced plans to remove the blocking feature from the platform, a move that the platform’s own “community notes” fact check feature claims may violate the policies of the Apple and Google app stores.
Google-owned YouTube’s advertising practices on children’s channels have come under scrutiny for potentially enabling companies to track children across the web, raising concerns about children’s online privacy. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is calling on the FTC to investigate the tech giant for possible violations of children’s privacy.
A study of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, conducted by researchers at the University of East Anglia in the UK, shows that the market-leading AI chatbot has a clear bias towards leftist political parties.
New York City has issued a directive banning China’s TikTok from all city-owned devices, citing security threats to the city’s technical networks.
Tesla engineers testifying in a lawsuit filed by the family of a driver killed in a 2019 crash stated that the company failed to address problems in its “Autopilot” driver-assistance technology after a deadly accident in 2016.
There are many concerns about the China-owned app TikTok, such as its effects on mental health and it being a national security risk, but researchers are also interested in how it impacts kids’ brains after they binge-watch the app’s nonstop stream of addicting videos. They have nicknamed the result “TikTok Brain,” and it is impacting the lives of young Americans.
Already struggling to overcome its documented political bias, ChatGPT creators OpenAI are boasting of their AI technology’s capability to power content moderation, i.e. censorship.
Microsoft’s video game platform, Xbox, is revamping its “hate speech” and “profanity” rules, introducing a strike-based system to ban gamers from games they have purchased if they use the wrong words.
A report by independent journalist Lee Fang shows that Hunter Biden used specialist PR firms to edit Wikipedia to improve his image, using anonymous accounts to make the edits appear organic.
Google’s DeepMind is testing new AI tools that will serve as personal life coaches, performing a wide range of tasks from giving life advice to tutoring tips. The company’s own AI experts have warned against the emotional attachments some people can form with AI chatbots, making their use in even more personal roles questionable.
In a desperate attempt to stay competitive in the Chinese market, Elon Musk’s Tesla has announced a price cut of 14,000 yuan ($1,900) for its two higher-end Model Y vehicles. The price reduction is seen as the latest move in an ongoing price war that has been affecting the electric vehicle (EV) industry in China. Tesla previously promised to uphold the “core socialist values” of communist China in an attempt to cool down the price war with local competitors.
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has been intentionally slowing down the speed at which users can access links to certain news organizations and online competitors, including the New York Times and Facebook, a move that appears to be targeted at companies that Musk has a personal grudge against.
The Washington Post alleged that X, formerly known as Twitter, has throttled traffic to websites he reportedly dislikes, which has reignited the debate over net neutrality.
Elon Musk’s Tesla is reintroducing “Standard Range” versions of its Model S and Model X vehicles, offering lower price points at the expense of shorter driving ranges.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of Twitter (now known as X), recently announced his intention to show up at Mark Zuckerberg’s doorstep ready to fight. This comes after months of trash talk between the two tech giants over a proposed cage fight that has seen Musk swing from planning a gladiator battle in Rome to calling for a “noble” debate instead.
Tech giant Amazon was one of the last big tech companies to join the generative AI gold rush, announcing its own Titan large language model in April, after Google announced Bard and Facebook launched LLaMA, following the massive success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT last year.
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk “isn’t serious” about his proposed fight between the two after Musk proposed a “practice round” in Zuckerberg’s backyard and revealed he may need back surgery. Zuckerberg blasted Musk’s “antics,” saying, “We can all agree Elon isn’t serious.”
After the last appeal to a class-action judgement failed, Apple is finally ready to offer compensation to owners of particular iPhone models. The tech giant was sued for secretly lowering performance to convince customers to purchase a new iPhone.
A recent analysis of dashcam footage and data from a Texas crash provides more evidence of critical flaws in the “Autopilot” system developed by Elon Musk’s Tesla. The accident is part of a long string of crashes where the Tesla Autopilot failed to recognize stopped emergency vehicles on the road, leading to a crash.
