It is the political ghost in the car. Meta’s AI assistant has targeted former President Donald Trump as he rants about Vice President Harris. When asked, “Why should I vote for Donald Trump?” Mark Zuckerberg’s chatbot warned that the Republican candidate had been panned by critics as “male and selfish,” “crude and lazy” and that … Read more
In 2005, three years before its first successful orbital launch, a fledgling space startup called SpaceX asked the US government to allow it to use the famous Cape Canaveral launch pad once home to the Apollo space program. Old-school space companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin opposed the idea and lobbied aggressively to block the … Read more
Apple shares fell nearly 3% on Monday after some analysts said delivery times for new iPhone 16 Pro models showed weaker-than-expected demand, possibly due to a delay in introducing key artificial intelligence features. Apple last week unveiled the much-anticipated iPhone 16 series built around its AI software, Apple Intelligence. Early pre-order data from BofA Global … Read more
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta are teaming up to fight an Ohio company that wants them to pay for power grid upgrades that will be needed to support the Big Tech firms’ plans to install powered data centers intensive to power artificial intelligence technology. . American Electric Power Ohio, which serves cities such as Columbus … Read more
TikTok faced pointed questions from a US appeals court on Monday as the company tries to block a law that would force China-based ByteDance to sell the video-sharing app by January. 19 or face an outright ban. A lawyer for TikTok argued before a three-judge panel that the law, signed by President Joe Biden in … Read more
Ahead of the election, Republican lawmakers are raising the alarm about Texas billionaire John Arnold, who was appointed to Meta’s board earlier this year — warning that he could undermine efforts to keep free and open speech on Facebook ahead of the election. presidential. Arnold, who is worth an estimated $2.9 billion according to Forbes, … Read more
A man affected by ALS has become the first person in the world to control an Amazon Alexa digital assistant through his thoughts – thanks to a brain implant created by a New York-based neurotech startup. Synchron – a company specializing in medical technology solutions – has implanted its brain-computer interface (BCI) into a blood … Read more
Apple users are upset about the latest software update, claiming that their device’s performance has taken a drastic hit. Overzealous customers eager to upgrade to the new iOS 18 – released on Monday ahead of the iPhone 16 launch – are facing battery problems, claiming the operating system drains their smartphones’ battery life. Already on … Read more
Meta said it has banned Kremlin-run state media Russia Today as well as other networks controlled by President Vladimir Putin’s regime because of “foreign interference activity”. Russian-based broadcasters and websites such as RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other related media will no longer be available to users of Meta’s social networks, including Facebook and Instagram. “After … Read more
JPMorgan Chase is in talks with Apple about taking over the tech giant’s credit card program from Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Discussions began earlier this year and have advanced in recent weeks, but a deal could still be months away, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Key details, … Read more