An official social media account for the nation of Israel slammed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg for launching a strike “in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza” after Hamas terrorists slaughtered at least 1,400 people inside the Jewish state and wounded 3,800 more.
NewsGuard says it will remain “apolitical” in the aftermath of the deadly terror attack by Hamas militants against Israel, and the latter’s response — though it continues to give a clean bill of health to the New York Times, which engaged in stealth edits on key stories about the conflict.
An Obama-appointed judge in New York City has sentenced Douglas Mackey, who operated the influential pro-MAGA Twitter account “Ricky Vaughn” in 2016, to seven months behind bars for “election interference.”
Tesla, General Motors, and Ford have reportedly all hit the brakes on electric vehicle (EV) production, citing concerns of economic uncertainties fears of a slowdown in EV demand.
The lead defense attorney for convicted rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, from the hip hop group Fugees, reportedly used an experimental AI program to generate his botched closing argument. A new legal filing argues that, “The closing argument was deficient, unhelpful and a missed opportunity that prejudiced the defense.”
Democrat Mayor Eric Adams of New York City is embracing AI to campaign, using voice cloning tech to make robocalls directly to communities in their native languages. Boasting of his AI robocalling tool, Adams claims, “People stop me on the street all the time and they say ‘I didn’t know you speak Mandarin.'”
X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk has slammed the European Union over its work with NewsGuard, an organization that is a significant component of the global internet censorship industry, calling the organization a “scam” that “ought to be disbanded.”
Inflection AI, a prominent artificial intelligence startup, is spearheading an initiative to curtail the role of AI chatbots in political elections, ensuring that the democratic process remains fundamentally human. This is particularly important as popular chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT display a brazen leftist bias.
Tech billionaire and GOP megadonor Peter Thiel reportedly became an FBI informant in the summer of 2021, providing information to Johnathan Buma, a Los Angeles-based FBI agent who specializes in investigating political corruption and foreign-influence campaigns.
Elon Musk’s Tesla posted weaker than anticipated financial results, noting a rare decline in electric vehicle deliveries and a shortfall in sales and earnings compared to analyst expectations.
The European Union demanded Meta and TikTok detail their efforts to curb illegal content and disinformation during the Israel-Hamas war.
Judge Lewis Kaplan, the judge presiding over the court case against disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, on Wednesday snapped at lawyers on both sides for bringing in witnesses that have little to say.
Facebook (now known as Meta) is reportedly steering its new AI chatbots towards a business-focused direction, aiming to transform them into powerful tools for advertisers.
A wave of withdrawals has hit the prestigious Web Summit based in Lisbon, Portugal after its CEO, Paddy Cosgrave, made contentious comments about Israel’s military actions, sparking a significant backlash from the tech and AI community.
More than 5,000 students from more than 650 colleges and universities across the United States signed a joint statement in support of Israel in the wake of the mass murder of Jews in Israel by the Palestinian terror group Hamas.
Former Tinder CEO Elie Seidman canceled his speech at University of Pennsylvania next month, calling the school an “antisemitic cesspool,” adding that “a change in leadership is necessary” at the university.
A top law firm has reportedly rescinded its job offers to Ivy League students who signed anti-Israel statements in response to the mass murder of Jews in Israel by Hamas.
Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has unveiled a plan to charge new users a nominal annual fee for posting privileges. The company claims it is a move to combat spam and bots, but it also provides the platform with the goal of being an “everything app” access to users’ credit card information.
Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers claimed on Tuesday that the digital currency exchange’s investments were not “reckless” as FTX employees expressed concerns about buying a $30 million penthouse in the Bahamas.
An activist who calls himself “pro-life spider man” was arrested after climbing the Accenture Tower, a 42-story, 588-foot skyscraper in Chicago which houses the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest.
New Scientist on Friday claimed that Ukrainian attack drones “are now finding and attacking targets without human assistance.”
Cornell University professor Russell Rickford went on a pro-Hamas tirade on Sunday, calling the terror group’s recent attacks against Israel “energizing,” adding, “I was exhilarated!”
The Media Research Center (MRC)’s Censortrack database, which tracks online censorship, has surpassed 6,000 cases. Examples include over 700 cases of criticism of incumbent President Joe Biden, as well as a variety of posts on political debates such as transgenderism and the coronavirus response.
Major media outlets are advocating for increased transparency and public access in the pivotal Google antitrust trial, citing concerns over the secrecy that the tial has remains shrouded by a veil of secrecy.
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Google search data can be used as evidence in a murder trial, marking a significant moment in the intersection of technology and law. Bloomberg reports that in a decision that could reshape legal
Recent research has uncovered a worrying issue — AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, have the capability to discern sensitive personal information about individuals through casual conversations, like an evil cybernetic version of Sherlock Holmes.
A UC Berkeley law professor is urging law firms not to hire his “antisemitic” students in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel — which left more than 1,300 Israelis and citizens of other countries dead — noting, “When students face consequences for their actions, they straighten up.”
Nishad Singh, a Sam Bankman-Fried colleague, testified on Monday that the disgraced former FTX CEO had FTX employees make political donations in his name despite the company’s massive shortfall.
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has joined former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social under the handle “BidenHQ.”
China-owned TikTok has landed a huge deal with Disney, which will serve as the publishing partner for the video platform’s premium ad product.
Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers on Sunday asked the judge for more Adderall, claiming that he would not be to meaningfully participate in the defense without the drug.
Michael Hayden was in the news recently over comments he made about Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Meet the MAGA-bashing former CIA and NSA chief who has become an “advisor” with the media blacklisting organization NewsGuard.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fran Drescher has steered the actors guild through its monthslong strike. On the heels of Hollywood studios abruptly breaking off talks with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists this week, the actor
Michael Gonzalez reportedly managed to trick Elon Musk’s Tesla into handing over five brand new electric cars without paying a dime, just the beginning of his scams involving the cars, but now he is paying for the electric vehicles in a different way — with a jail sentence of four long years.
As disgraced FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried contends with legal battles in the courtroom, a hacker (or FTX insider) has reportedly seized the opportunity, attempting to launder over $470 million in cryptocurrency stolen from the exchange at the same time.
Harvard University, which has been named 2023’s worst school for free speech by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), is now, ironically, stressing its “commitment to free expression” in the wake of more than 30 of its student groups issuing a statement in which they blamed Israel for the Hamas terrorist attack that left more than 1,300 Israelis dead.
An Arizona State University (ASU) professor appeared to attack a Turning Point USA cameraman after a TPUSA Frontlines reporter asked him why he writes about minors having sex with adults.
Microsoft has acquired gaming giant Activision-Blizzard, concluding a process of intense scrutiny from competition regulators around the world, in a $69 billion purchase that is the largest in the video game industry’s history.
Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried believed that rival digital currency exchange Binance leaked an FTX balance sheet to the media to hurt FTX, according to documents presented in court.
In courtroom drama that has captured the attention of the tech industry and regulators alike — despite the veil of secrecy imposed over the trial — Google finds itself in the halfway mark of a landmark antitrust trial. The case against Google centers on its monopolistic abuse of power over not only its search engine, but also its advertising business and massive payouts to device companies to maintain its stranglehold on the market.
