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 nominee 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
It was time for Mark Zuckerberg to take his style to the next level. Meta’s founder and CEO appeared in a recent interview wearing a flashy wristwatch with an impressive price tag. Watch experts tell Business Insider that the arm candy, a De Bethune DB 25 Starry Varius, costs between $90,000 and $95,700 — almost … Read more
Social media companies collect, share and process vast amounts of information about their users with little transparency or control, including how it is used by systems that incorporate artificial intelligence, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Thursday. The report analyzed how Meta Platforms, ByteDance’s TikTok, Amazon’s gaming platform Twitch and others manage … Read more
EU antitrust regulators warned Apple on Thursday to open up its heavily guarded software to rivals – or risk hefty fines. The European Commission has launched so-called specification procedures that will determine what Apple must do to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the tough new law aimed at tech giants abusing their market … Read more
Snapchat reserves the right to place photos of its users’ faces in ads as part of the terms of service for its My Selfie tool, which allows people and their friends to create AI-generated images that are trained on selfies theirs. “My Selfie is used to power generative AI, Cameos, and other Snapchat experiences that … Read more
They think iOS 18 is a POS. Apple’s much-anticipated iOS 18 has received apocalyptic app reviews online since its debut on Monday. Many techies have criticized the so-called “biggest improvement in history” for making it easier for bad partners to cheat and also for having an unusable photo function that made them “want to jump … 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
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
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