TikTok bans deepfakes of young people
TikTok went on a counteroffensive Tuesday amid increasing Western pressure over cybersecurity and misinformation concerns, rolling out updated rules and standards for content as its CEO...
Bill Gates says AI-powered ChatGPT ‘as fundamental as PC’
Bill Gates likened the development of artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT to the advent of the personal computer and said that the new technology will be like...
Amazon’s contactless tech at 200 locations, including Panera
Amazon’s palm-scanning or cashier-less checkout technology is in more than 200 establishments in and outside the company, a vice president told Reuters. The e-commerce and cloud-computing...
Trump-backed Digital World ousts CEO Patrick Orlando
Digital World Acquisition, a blank-check firm that is set to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media and technology company, said Wednesday it had ousted...
TikTok tracks data on dozens of US government websites: report
The parent company of TikTok is tracking the websites of dozens of US state governments, as President Biden still weighs an outright federal ban of...
New Twitter scam stealing bank passwords
It was bound to happen sooner or later — social media platforms are monetizing membership by adding subscriptions for services you’re used to getting for...
Mark Zuckerberg asked Facebook employee to ‘please resign’
Mark Zuckerberg’s alleged dictatorial management style resurfaced in an email the Facebook founder sent more than a decade ago with the subject line “Please Resign”...
Google’s AI chatbot Bard allowing more people to sign up
Google announced Tuesday it’s allowing more people to interact with “ Bard,” the artificially intelligent chatbot the company is building to counter Microsoft’s early lead in a...
iPhone users complain Apple’s autocorrect is ‘ruining their lives’
What the duck is going on? iPhone users are furious with Apple’s latest iOS update, accusing the autocorrect of “ruining their lives.” Unhappy iPhone users...
Amazon to lay off 9,000 just weeks after firing 18,00 staffers
Amazon will shed some 9,000 jobs just weeks after it laid off around 18,000 employees, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant told its workers Monday. Andy Jassy,...