Elon Musk’s X Offsets Lost Users With 27% Spike in Post-Election Downloads
The reports of X’s downfall have been greatly exaggerated: New data obtained by TheWrap shows Elon Musk’s app has offset the users it has lost post-Election Day with a surge in new downloads. X, in...
View ArticleUS Regulators Call for Google to Sell Off Chrome Browser
The U.S. Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to break up Google, with regulators calling for the tech giant to sell its Chrome web browser in order to boost competition. The Wednesday...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Fires Back at Elon Musk’s Claim He Thought Trump Would Lose: ‘100%...
It is one tech uber-billionaire’s word against another. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday pushed back on Elon Musk’s claim he anticipated Donald Trump would lose the election and that his...
View ArticleRob Reiner Says ‘MAGA Scum’ Have Already Wrecked Bluesky
Donald Trump’s supporters wrecked X in popular opinion — and now they’re ruining Bluesky, according to a account that appears to be Rob Reiner. The acclaimed director on Wednesday night said “MAGA...
View ArticleThreads Newsfeed Will Prioritize Showing Accounts Users Follow Instead of...
Threads is “rebalancing ranking” in a bid to show users more content from the accounts they follow and less from recommended accounts that they don’t. Instagram head and Threads overseer Adam Mosseri...
View ArticleAmazon Pours Another $4 Billion Into Anthropic AI
Amazon is investing another $4 billion in Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company that rivals OpenAI and is led by several of its former employees, the company announced Friday. The $4 billion...
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Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting...
In front of a packed room inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, the leadership of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI made a plea. Co-director Fei-Fei Li...
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How Prime Video Is Capitalizing on AI to Drive Engagement | Exclusive
As Amazon looks to capitalize on the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, the tech giant has infused the technology in several features for Prime Video, designed to make the platform more...
View ArticleElon Musk Claims ‘Superior Ownership’ Over Alex Jones, Infowars X Accounts as...
Elon Musk’s X filed a limited objection to The Onion’s bid to purchase Alex Jones’ InfoWars out of bankruptcy, claiming it had “superior ownership” over the outlets’ X accounts. The objection, filed...
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OpenAI’s Sora Video Tool Leaked by Artists Recruited as Beta Testers in...
A group of artists who were testing OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video tool leaked access to it late Tuesday, claiming the artificial intelligence company was engaged in “artist washing” and forcing its...
View ArticleAlexis Ohanian, Reddit Co-Founder, Has Thyroid Partially Removed After Cancer...
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian had half of his thyroid removed after learning a biopsy of some “suspicious nodules” indicated they’d “very likely turn cancerous.” Ohanian, who has been married to...
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Why the NBA’s Ratings Are Down Big — and Why Its New Media Partners Should Care
If the NBA were a player and its media partners were its coaches, the message to the league would be simple: You are underperforming after signing your big new contract. A month into the season, the...
View ArticleOpenAI Considers Ads, Wants to Be ‘Thoughtful’ About Serving Them With Chat...
OpenAI is looking at adding advertisements alongside its artificial intelligence responses, according to company CFO Sarah Friar. Her comment on the potential ad model came during an interview with FT...
View ArticleX Is Worth 72% Less Than the $44 Billion Elon Musk Paid for It, Despite 32%...
X is worth 72% less than the $44 billion owner Elon Musk paid for the app formerly known as Twitter, despite that Fidelity had recently marked up the value of its shares by 32.37%, according to a...
View ArticleApple Employee Sues Over Company Surveillance Policies That ‘Unlawfully...
Apple is being sued by an employee who claims the tech giant’s “speech suppression policies” unlawfully restrict its workers from talking about their experience at the company. The same lawsuit, filed...
View ArticleForbes Staffers Walk Out on ’30 Under 30′ Day to Protest Salaries
The Forbes editorial staff, represented by The Forbes Union, are walking out on the job Tuesday — the same day the financial publication plans on releasing its trademark “30 Under 30” lists. The...
View ArticleMicrosoft Hit With $1.27 Billion Lawsuit Over ‘Punishing’ Cloud Practices
Microsoft was sued for one billion pounds ($1.27 billion) in the U.K. on Tuesday for allegedly overcharging customers for using its Windows Server. The lawsuit, brought by the firm Scott+Scott and...
View ArticleOpenAI’s ChatGPT Hits 300 Million Users
More people continue to jump on the artificial intelligence bandwagon each day, according to Sam Altman. The OpenAI CEO, during an appearance at The New York Times’ Dealbook Conference on Wednesday,...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Is ‘Very Proud’ Washington Post Didn’t Endorse Kamala Harris:...
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos said he’s still “very proud” of his decision to stop his paper from endorsing Kamala Harris for president, saying it was the “right decision.” Bezos made the comment...
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YouTube’s Success Is ‘Inextricably Intertwined’ With Creators After $70...
YouTube’s success is “inextricably intertwined” to the success of its content creators, according to Kim Larson, the company’s global managing director and head of creators. Larson made the comment...
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