Toyota, one of the world’s leading automakers, recently had to suspend operations in 12 of its 14 Japan-based factories due to a massive IT failure, resulting in a daily production loss of approximately 13,000 cars. The problem? The carmaker ran out of hard drive space.
Social media giants Instagram and TikTok are under scrutiny for allowing ads featuring AI-generated sexual content to bypass their moderation systems, raising questions about what children and teens when they log in.
Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) stockholders overwhelmingly voted to extend the deadline for its merger agreement with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (TMTG) that would unlock millions in financing for former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social.
Google has tentatively settled a contentious antitrust lawsuit concerning its Google Play Store, potentially resolving complaints from consumers and multiple state attorneys general that the internet giant used its massive power to dominate the market for Android apps.
Tesla’s highly-anticipated Cybertruck may face yet another delay, as signs of Elon Musk’s last-minute design changes and a lack of concrete details raise concerns among industry experts and customers alike.
Tech outlet Gizmodo’s parent company, G/O Media, has laid off its Spanish-language editorial team and replaced them with AI-generated translations. The move is a stunning turnaround for leftist media outlets that once snidely suggested blue collar workers “learn to code.”
The company has announced that it will shut down the News Tab for users in the UK, France, and Germany, in what it described as “part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most.”
Actor Rob Reiner was fact checked by “Community Notes” on X, formerly known as Twitter, after he falsely claimed Tarrio had “violently stormed” the U.S. Capitol on January 6, when the fact is that the Proud Boys leader wasn’t in Washington, D.C. that day.
Harvard University has been named 2023’s worst school for free speech by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). The organization recently released its annual college free speech rankings, in which it dubbed the state of free speech at the Ivy League school “abysmal.” Harvard’s rating of zero out of 100 is a full 11 points lower than its closest woke rival.
Bill Gates has acquired 1.7 million shares of Anheuser-Busch Inbev through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation trust during the second quarter of this year. The billionaire may have made the investment on the hopes that the company can get past its Bud Light fiasco, or he may think its new brand image fits with his infamous reputation as an “office bully” and friend of Jeffrey Epstein.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has conducted an assessment of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill pushed by lobbyists for the legacy corporate media that would allow the industry to form a cartel to pressure tech companies for financial handouts and other favors. The assessment is a sure sign that legacy media’s friends in Congress are refusing to accept defeat.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday that Chinese government officials have been ordered not to use Apple iPhones and other foreign devices for work, potentially inflicting a major blow on sales of those devices in China, whose titanic government bureaucracy employs a sizable portion of the population.
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger says the site has been hijacked by U.S. intelligence agencies for “information warfare” on the internet.
Internal communications from Facebook obtained by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) show that the tech giant was well aware that the data behind the Biden White House’s “disinformation dozen,” which originated with a shadowy British “anti-hate” NGO, was false — yet the company bowed to the pressure anyway, censoring the targeted accounts.
Big Tech censorship is “at it again,” Republican Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno said on Tuesday after Facebook and Instagram prohibited his team from promoting his video taken in front of the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, where taxpayers are housing migrants and illegal aliens.
Elon Musk is fighting back against efforts by the left-wing Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to cut off ad revenue from X, formerly known as Twitter, threatening the infamous organization with a lawsuit and the disclosure of their communications with the company.
Apple is set to introduce USB-C ports in its upcoming iPhone 15 models, a move driven by European Union regulations that many see as a win for consumers. For years, Apple has resisted USB-C in favor of its Lightning connector, but now seems to have embraced the benefits of using the same port on its laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
The U.S. federal government has allocated at least $22 million for the development of “smart” clothing capable of surveillance and data collection. The largest allocation of this funding is a project called SMART ePants, which will design underwear and other clothing items capable of spying on their surroundings.
X Corp., the social media giant formerly known as Twitter, has suffered a staggering 60 percent drop in its U.S. advertising revenue, a decline that owner Elon Musk attributes to pressure from the leftist Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Voice chats in video games have long been a haven for young people who want to blow off steam and engage in friendly “trash talk,” but the mega-corporations that run the biggest franchises don’t like that. They’re planning to use AI to make video game chats just as sanitized and politically correct as the rest of the world.
Internal emails from internet porn giant Pornhub — and parent company MindGeek — revealed in a legal discovery show the executive team discussing the company’s shockingly weak policy on reviewing questionable videos, which was to only review a video if it had over 15 flags for criminal content. Such videos include revenge porn, underage girls, and even child rape.
A car designer claims Tesla’s Cybertruck has a serious problem that can only be fixed with a complete revamp of the vehicle, as its issues are deeply rooted in its design.
CARACAS, Venezuela – During his past decade in power, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has been many things: a human rights criminal, a “worker-president,” a “driver of victories,” and slurs I would rather spare you from reading.
A feature on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) website, designed to allow New York City subway riders to check their travel history, has come under scrutiny for posing a significant privacy risk. As one privacy expert explains, “Obviously this is a great fit for abusers who live with their victims or have physical access, however brief, to their wallets.”
Two of the world’s most advanced astronomical telescopes, the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii and the Gemini South Telescope in Chile, have been temporarily shut down due to a cyberattack.
A surge in AI-generated mushroom foraging books on Amazon has raised alarms among experts, who warn that such guides, filled with misinformation about poisonous mushrooms, could pose life-threatening risks to consumers.
A recent report from Europol warns that by 2026, as much as 90 percent of online content could be generated by artificial intelligence, raising concerns that the web might be even more jammed with useless garbage in a few short years than it is today.
In a significant cybersecurity incident, WebDetetive, a Portuguese-language spyware notorious for compromising Android devices, has itself been hacked, leading to the alleged deletion of victim devices from its network.
A coalition of right-to-repair activists is petitioning the U.S. government for the legal right to hack and repair McDonald’s notoriously unreliable ice cream machines.
As its strike against the studios approaches its third month, the union representing Hollywood actors is now rattling its saber at another industry — video game makers. SAG-AFTRA leaders announced Friday that they will seek authorization for a strike against major
NASA believes a moon crater 33 feet in diameter, found near where Russia’s Luna-25 intended to land, was caused by the failed landing.
Helen Marie Plourde, an 86-year-old piano teacher from Saint Paul, Minnesota, was left without home phone or internet service for more than a month by cable provider CenturyLink, shedding light on the inefficiencies in customer service plaguing internet and cable giants throughout the country.
Singer Trace Cyrus, the older brother of pop star Miley Cyrus, is warning young women not to join the OnlyFans platform to sell nude images.
Elon Musk is on the warpath against an elite Los Angeles school, the Crossroads School for the Arts & Sciences, which he accuses of “brainwashing” his child, who is now transgender and a self-declared communist.
A 38-year-old woman and her pet dog were rescued from a flash flood in Utah’s Mary Jane Canyon, thanks to the emergency satellite SOS feature on her iPhone.
A Texas law requiring age verification for porn sites was temporarily blocked by U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra one day before the rule was set to take effect.
In a move aimed at enhancing user privacy, X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has introduced a new feature that allows paid subscribers to hide their likes. Leftist cancel culture relies on trawling through a user’s likes and retweets hunting for opinions that can be used to build outrage against the target.
A website to provide official declassified information on UFOs, including pictures and videos of sightings, for the public to access was launched Thursday by the Pentagon.
Supply of electric vehicles is far outstripping demand across the domestic UK market, forcing manufacturers to cut prices in an effort to attract disinterested drivers.
