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VCs Reportedly Fed Up with Sam Altman
There was once a time when Sam Altman, CEO of titanic tech company OpenAI, was the...
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Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat
Meta has lots of data through Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook, but that’s not enough for them....
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Boeing Demands Virgin Galactic Destroy All Data from Failed Partnership
There’s new drama in the space industry. Boeing filed a lawsuit against Virgin Galactic, accusing it...
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Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever
Do you want to be chained to an outlet for the rest of your life? Of...
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Astronomers Demand Radio Silence at Moon's Far Side; Resistance May Be Futile
In the current era of spaceflight, the Moon is arguably the place to be. International space...
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Politicians Who Voted to Ban TikTok May Own as Much as $126M in Tech Stocks
Financial disclosures show that members of Congress who voted for the so-called “TikTok ban” last week...
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House Passes Privacy Bill Banning Data Brokers Selling Info to Russia, China
The U.S. House passed a bill that would ban third-party data brokers from selling the user...
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Trackers Placed in Amazon Pkging Reveal What Happens to Store Drop-Off Recycling
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Feeling guilty about...
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Deeply Unhappy Gen Z and Millennials Cause U.S. Drop in Global Happiness Ranking
The U.S. ranks as the 23rd happiest country in the world, according to a new report...
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Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotions: Report
Michael Dell, the CEO of the technology company that bears his surname, has long been an...
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Uber, Lyft to stop offering rides in Minneapolis after driver minimum wage hike
Uber and Lyft have vowed to stop offering service in Minneapolis starting May 1 after the...
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Even the Feds Are Tired of McDonald's Broken Ice Cream Machines
Federal regulators want to fix McDonald’s broken ice cream machines, and they’re asking to expand right-to-repair...
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Tesla Didn't Pay Any Federal Income Taxes for 5 Years, Got $1M Tax Refund
Tesla, the company helmed by one of the richest men on the planet, is a cheapskate...
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Cybertruck Drivers Humiliating Themselves Are Biggest Threat to Tesla's Future
The Cybertruck was such a misfire for Tesla that Elon Musk, close to tears, told investors...
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Want to Steal a Tesla? Try Using a Flipper Zero
Security researchers report they uncovered a design flaw that let them hijack a Tesla using a...
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Google Will Pay You $5M to Figure Out What the Hell Quantum Computers Do
If you’ve ever wondered what quantum computers actually do, you’re not alone. The truth is, no...
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Google Says It's Purging All the AI Trash Littering Its Search Results
Google says it will begin cracking down on AI-generated content created solely for the purpose of...
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Flipper Zero's Co-Founder – It Exposes Big Tech's Shoddy Security
The Flipper Zero may be one of the most versatile, and most controversial keychain-sized devices ever...
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Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That's Only About Roads
For 20 years, a loosely organized group of Wikipedia editors toiled away curating a collection of...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says its malfunctioning Gemini AI is 'unacceptable'
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is not happy about what’s been going on with the company’s Gemini...
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AI Grifters Fill Amazon with Kara Swisher Memoir Ripoffs
Journalist Kara Swisher’s long-anticipated memoir Burn Book hit the shelves today. Apparently, a long list of...
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Klanra CEO Boasts His AI Can Do Work of 700 People After Laying Off 700 People
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski bragged on Tuesday that his company’s new OpenAI-powered customer service chatbot was...
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Wendy's Wants to Start Uber-Like Surge Pricing in 2025
Wendy’s will start experimenting with surge pricing, much like Uber and Lyft, as the company rolls...
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AI Is in the Midst of a Fever Dream and It's Only Getting Worse
AI chatbots made headlines this week with a range of glaring flubs that were hard to...