Q&A with former Oculus CTO John Carmack about his AGI startup Keen, ways to “solve” AGI, how it can impact the economy, “groupthink” of AI companies, and more — The iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR visionary has pivoted to an audacious new challenge …
Elon Musk says Twitter “will enable a light, write-only API for bots providing good content that is free”, days after Twitter said free API access would end — Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9.
A look at the Guillemot family's attempts to retain control of Ubisoft, which has hit setbacks that led to a stock plunge and made the company a takeover target — Every second Monday of the month for over three decades, the five Guillemot brothers — whose company gave the world …
Microsoft's Activision deal is the biggest test yet of the new alignment on antitrust enforcement between the US FTC, the European Commission, and the UK's CMA — Until recently, antitrust regulators in Europe and the United States took different approaches.
Sources: Apple has discussed adding a higher end “Ultra” model to its lineup in 2024, in addition to iPhone Pro and Pro Max models — Apple's Tim Cook told investors that consumers are willing to pay up for the best iPhone they can get, signaling that even more ritzy models may be on the way.
How 1M female health care workers in India are using WhatsApp to fight dangerous medical misinformation and combat the country's high maternal mortality rates — Female volunteers are using messages, statuses, and hyperlocal groups to fight dangerous medical misinformation and combat the country's high maternal mortality rate.
A viral tweet alleges bias as ChatGPT refuses to write a poem about positive attributes of Trump but writes one about Biden; sources: OpenAI doesn't know why — Even ChatGPT's creators can't figure out why it won't answer certain questions — including queries about former U.S. President Donald Trump …
A look at T2, a Twitter alternative founded by a former employee of Google's Area 120 to offer a “2007 Twitter” vibe that Musk's platform no longer supplies — Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk's platform no longer supplies.
Interviews detail the Conti ransomware group's 2021 attack on Ireland's public health system; Conti seemingly called off the hack without receiving a ransom — At first the attack on Ireland's public-health system fell into a depressingly familiar pattern.
After YouTuber MrBeast made a video about paying for 1,000 blind people's eye surgery, critics raise questions about “stunt philanthropy” and “charity porn” — Is it stunt philanthropy or self-funded charity in the YouTube age? — A YouTuber just helped treat 1,000 people with blindness and low vision.
Some US emergency services operators say they are inundated with false calls placed by the Apple Watches or iPhone 14s of skiers and other fitness enthusiasts — 911 dispatchers are buried under an avalanche of false, automated distress calls from skiers and other Apple device owners who are very much alive.
YouTube rolls out “Go Live Together”, which lets creators with 50 or more subscribers co-host livestreams with one guest at a time, on its iOS and Android apps — YouTube is rolling out a collaboration feature that allows two users to livestream together.
Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters : SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting w...
