| 29.09.2023 13:26
AOC, Elon Musk feud heats up on X after mogul mocked her as ‘not that smart'
Elon Musk and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have been engaged in an all-out brawl on social media as the Democratic Socialist lawmaker fired back at the Tesla mogul for referring to her as "not that smart" over her stance on illegal immigration. Ocasio-Cortez hit back at Musk on Wednesday, p...
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| 28.09.2023 23:19
Elon Musk and AOC Clash Over Intelligence Amid Migrant Crisis Comparison
In a heated exchange on social media, billionaire Elon Musk and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clashed over their differing opinions on New York City's migrant crisis. Ocasio-Cortez had claimed that the current situation paled in comparison to the influx of immigrants who arrived through E...
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| 28.09.2023 20:47
Are Meta's new Ray-Bans the first smart glasses that don't make you look like a jerk?
These shades have serious specs appeal. Wearable tech isn't exactly favored by the fashion-forward - but Meta's new line of Smart Glasses are certainly more chic than geek. Meta has partnered with Ray-Ban to produce the shades, which come in the classic Wayfarer frame and will hit stores on Oct. 17...
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| 28.09.2023 19:34
Meta unveils stylish - yes really - Smart Glasses with freakishly advanced AI capabilities
Meta's New Smart Glasses, a Chic and High-Tech Accessory, Partnered with Ray-Ban and Promoted by F1 Driver Charles Leclerc, Set to Hit Stores on Oct. 17 At the 2023 Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Meta's latest innovation - a line of Smart Glasses produce...
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| 28.09.2023 15:01
Mark Zuckerberg says ‘polarizing' Elon Musk will keep X from reaching ‘full potential'
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a jab at "cage match" rival Elon Musk outside the ring, saying the X owner's "polarizing" style will keep the social media platform from reaching its "full potential." Zuckerberg - who recently said Musk "isn't serious" about fighting him in a mixed martial arts battle...
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| 28.09.2023 13:57
Meta unveils stylish - yes really - Smart Glasses with freakishly advanced AI capabilities
Talk about specs appeal. These stylish shades may look like a regular pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers - but they're actually Meta's new Smart Glasses, complete with two tiny cameras and speakers implanted in the arms. The high-tech specs were unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday at the 2023 Meta Connect...
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| 28.09.2023 05:00
Doomsayers, Reformers and Warriors: The Bitter Battle for the Future of A.I.
There is no shortage of researchers and industry titans willing to warn us about the potential destructive power of artificial intelligence. Reading the headlines, one would hope that the rapid gains in A.I. technology have also brought forth a unifying realization of the risks - and the steps we n...
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| 27.09.2023 21:32
Meta aims to build a future to connect 'physical and digital'
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant's Connect developer conference on Wednesday with new AI products for consumers, including smart glasses that can answer questions and stream directly on Facebook, as well as bots that create photo-realistic images and an updated virtual-reality hea...
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| 27.09.2023 21:19
Winklevoss twins secretly withdrew $280M in assets before crypto firm collapsed: sources
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss secretly withdrew more than $280 million held by their crypto company's bank - mere months before the firm's collapse left the twins' customers unable to access their deposits , The Post has learned. The Winklevoss twins, best known for their bitter feud with former Har...
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| 27.09.2023 20:51
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveils AI chat bots at Connect conference
Meta on Wednesday rolled out new artificial intelligence features for its signature social media apps to battle the popularity of rival bots like ChatGPT. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook's parent company, introduced the enhancements to Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp during the opening day o...
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| 27.09.2023 18:44
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveils AI chat bots at Connect conference
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled new AI products during the company's Connect developer conference. The products include smart glasses that can answer questions and stream on Facebook, bots that create photo-realistic images, and an updated virtual-reality headset. The conference took place at Met...
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| 27.09.2023 15:12
Meet the A.I. Jane Austen: Meta Weaves A.I. Throughout Its Apps
In a WhatsApp text conversation this week, we asked Jane Austen - yes, the 19th-century British author - how she felt about Mr. Darcy, a character from one of her most famous works, "Pride and Prejudice." After a few seconds, Ms. Austen responded. "Ah, Mr. Darcy. Everyone remembers him as one of my...
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| 27.09.2023 14:48
Elon Musk says AOC ‘not that smart' after she compared migrant crisis to Ellis Island
Elon Musk reignited his long-running feud with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by calling her "not that smart" after the progressive lawmaker claimed New York City's migrant crisis paled in comparison to the number of people who came to the US through Ellis Island more than a century ago. "The number...
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| 27.09.2023 08:00
You Can Win in Business Without Being Unhinged
I've read and watched many stories about the most heralded business leaders of the past few centuries. I'm not immune to the inherent drama of an arrogant rise, a spectacular fall or both. But usually - especially with books like Walter Isaacson's biographies of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk and the scr...
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| 27.09.2023 05:00
Lina Khan vs. Jeff Bezos: This Is Big Tech's Real Cage Match
Jeff Bezos made his fortune with one truly big idea: What if a retailer did everything possible to make customers happy? His forcefully nurtured creation, Amazon, sold as many items as possible as cheaply as possible and delivered them as quickly as possible. The result is that $40 out of every $10...
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| 25.09.2023 14:12
AOC questioned over non-union Tesla purchase as Detroit auto strikes hit 10-day mark
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was questioned for her decision to buy a Tesla rather than an electric vehicle from a brand that employs union workers as labor strikes against Detroit automakers entered their tenth day. The Democratic Socialist congresswoman, who has famously clashed with Tesla CEO Elon M...
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| 25.09.2023 02:00
NASA reveals latest weapon to 'search the heavens' for UFOs, aliens
NASA released a report that highlighted the importance of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence and machine learning will be "essential" to finding and proving the existence of extraterrestrial life and UFOs, NASA said. The space agency recently released its highly anticipated 36-page UF...
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| 18.09.2023 13:18
Elon Musk buys Scottish soccer team after club claims SpaceX stole its logo
A Scottish soccer squad accused Elon Musk of stealing its logo for SpaceX - and the tech billionaire took the club's suggestion that he buy the team to settle the beef. The saga began when SpaceX shared a photo on Wednesday of employees at the company's Starbase spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. At t...
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| 17.09.2023 20:05
Injuries in Brazilian Jujitsu Prompt Introspection in Growing Martial Art
When Erik Milosevich attended his first Brazilian jujitsu class, he hoped it would spark a mutual interest to share with his teenage daughter. Instead, he left the gym with a limp, after injuring his left knee while sparring with an instructor, and a distaste for one of the fastest-growing martial...
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| 15.09.2023 02:00
Spain leads way with task force as governments rush to regulate AI
Spain's plan follows the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act released earlier this year. Spain has established Europe's first artificial intelligence (AI) policy task force, taking a decisive first step in determining laws around the promising but controversial technology as many governmen...
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| 14.09.2023 23:28
Schumer Urges Urgent AI Safeguards Ahead of Election
Lawmakers in the United States are considering the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on elections and are calling for regulations to address the use of AI in creating false content in political advertisements. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer expressed concern that AI could be...
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| 14.09.2023 23:19
Senate's Schumer says Congress may need to prioritize AI election safeguards
A day after tech CEOs met with lawmakers about how to regulate artificial intelligence, two key senators said Congress may first need to tackle the potential impact of AI on elections. Lawmakers are especially concerned about the use of AI to creates content that falsely depicts candidates in polit...
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| 14.09.2023 17:54
Elon Musk appears to ‘make nice' with Bill Gates at AI summit following 18-month feud: sources
Is Elon Musk finally trying to make nice with Bill Gates? That may be the hottest speculation coming out of Sen. Chuck Schumer's AI summit this week. Tesla's CEO has aired a bitter beef with Gates over the past year and a half - partly over the billionaire's massive bet against Tesla shares - but o...
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| 14.09.2023 17:18
Elon Musk blew out disc in his neck after trying to ‘judo throw' 350-pound sumo wrestler: book
Elon Musk blew out a disc in his neck after trying to perform a "judo throw" on a 350-pound sumo wrestling champion during a Japanese-themed birthday party for the billionaire, according to a new book. The injury, suffered in 2013, appears to be the same one that recently reared up again to derail...
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| 14.09.2023 01:17
Elon Musk urges AI 'referee' as tech giants discuss future with lawmakers
Tech tycoons and lawmakers gathered in Washington, D.C. for a closed-door summit to discuss the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). Billionaire Elon Musk called for an AI "referee" to ensure companies take safe and public-interest actions. Musk referred to AI as a "double-edged sword" that...
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| 13.09.2023 22:39
Elon Musk calls for artificial intelligence ‘referee' at closed-door Senate AI summit
Billionaire Elon Musk called for an artificial intelligence "referee" on Wednesday as tech tycoons and lawmakers met for a closed-door summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss the best way to regulate the burgeoning technology. Organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Musk was joined by Open...
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| 13.09.2023 22:17
US Senator Schumer: AI meeting discussed urgent actions needed before election
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that an artificial intelligence forum he organized with U.S. lawmakers and tech CEOs focused on urgent actions that are needed before the 2024 elections. THE TAKE Several governments are considering how to mitigate the dangers of the emerg...
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| 13.09.2023 20:00
Elon Musk says artificial intelligence needs "a referee" after tech titans meet with lawmakers
The nation's biggest technology executives on Wednesday loosely endorsed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence at an unusual closed-door meeting in the U.S. Senate. But there is little consensus on what regulation would look like, and the political path for legislation is d...
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| 13.09.2023 17:09
Chuck Schumer urges bipartisan AI policy at summit with Musk, Zuckerberg: ‘Congress must play a role'
American technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai met with lawmakers at Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door forum that focused on regulating artificial intelligence . Lawmakers are grappling with how to mitigate the...
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| 13.09.2023 05:04
A Who's Who of Silicon Valley Will Convene With Lawmakers on A.I.
Ever since ChatGPT exploded in popularity last year, Silicon Valley's titans have been embroiled in a race to be at the forefront of artificial intelligence. Yet in Washington, lawmakers have struggled to keep up with the technology, which they are only beginning to understand . On Wednesday, both...
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| 12.09.2023 17:23
Threads blocks search for ‘COVID,' ‘vaccines,' ‘coronavirus' over ‘disinformation' fear
Meta Platforms' Threads has censored search terms that include the words "COVID," "vaccines" and "coronavirus" in a bid to thwart the spread of disinformation, the company said. Mark Zuckerberg's purported "Twitter killer" app rolled out its search function last week for US-based users as well as t...
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| 07.09.2023 17:30
2 Senators Propose Bipartisan Framework for A.I. Laws
Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, and Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, plan to announce a sweeping framework to regulate artificial intelligence, in the latest effort by Congress to catch up with the technology. The leaders of the Senate judiciary's subcommittee for p...
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| 07.09.2023 13:21
San Francisco home sellers 4 times more likely to sell at a loss than average US homeowner: report
Homeowners in San Francisco looking to sell in the troubled city are a whopping four times more likely than the average US home seller to take a loss, according to real estate brokerage Redfin. Residents looking to get out of the city - where a once-trendy downtown area has descended into a drug-ad...
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| 06.09.2023 05:00
They Love Tech. They've Got Money. Why Does Silicon Valley Ignore Old People?
Silicon Valley isn't just consumed by youth; often, it's blinded. Look at Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg created the social network for college students, but Facebook has been struggling to hang on to young users for more than a decade ; usage by people over 25 has steadily grown over that time, and alo...
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| 05.09.2023 20:42
Meta's return-to-office edict takes affect as employees report to work
Meta's mandate for employees to return to the office for a minimum of three days a week went into affect on Tuesday - a reversal from the tech giant's remote work policies that were introduced during the coronavirus pandemic. In June, Meta informed its workers that their presence will be required a...
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| 05.09.2023 16:30
Sergey Brin, Kimbal Musk reportedly at Burning Man amid muddy exodus
Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Elon Musk's brother Kimbal were reportedly among the tech moguls who were caught up in the chaos of the mad scramble to escape deadly conditions at the Burning Man festival. Musk, Brin and cryptocurrency investor Brock Pierce were each spotted at this year's rain-s...
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| 04.09.2023 19:29
Dana White's UFC in showdown with ‘rival' Pillow Fight Championship
It sounds more sleep-away camp than ESPN: two people hitting each other with pillows while an audience roars them on. But pillow fighting is, its backers claims, about to hit the big time with a "professional" league, specially-designed pillows with handles, and even strict rules. Welcome to the PF...
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| 04.09.2023 02:00
Schumer pledges 'supercharged' path to AI regulation when Senate returns from recess
Sen. Todd Young told Fox News Digital the AI forums will put lawmakers 'in the driver's seat'. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is signaling that he is serious about pushing through some form of regulatory framework for artificial intelligence when Congress is back from its August rece...
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| 04.09.2023 00:33
What Is Burning Man, and Why Have Paris Hilton and Elon Musk Shown Up?
"Imagine a hallucinogenic state fair," the reporter Rick Marin wrote about Burning Man in The New York Times in 2000. The article described an environment of countercultural revelry, where hippies and Silicon Valley types cut loose in surroundings reminiscent of both "Mad Max" and Cirque du Soleil....
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| 01.09.2023 15:06
Meta May Allow Instagram, Facebook Users in Europe to Pay and Avoid Ads
Facebook and Instagram's parent company, Meta Platforms, is reportedly considering the introduction of paid versions of the platforms for users in the European Union (EU) that would be free of advertisements. The move is seen as a response to increased scrutiny from EU regulators. According to sour...
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| 01.09.2023 12:23
Meta May Allow Instagram, Facebook Users in Europe to Pay and Avoid Ads
Meta is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram that would have no advertising for users in the European Union, three people with knowledge of the company's plans said, a response to regulatory scrutiny and a sign that how people experience technology in the United States and Europe may...
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| 30.08.2023 23:19
Hollywood honchos to join tech moguls at Chuck Schumer's AI summit amid strike
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's upcoming summit on artificial Intelligence could have implications for Hollywood - and the ongoing strikes that have shuttered the industry, On The Money has learned. Both Writers Guild President Meredith Stiehm and the Motion Picture Association Chairman and...
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| 30.08.2023 16:25
Forget Zuckerberg. It's Elon Musk vs. Martin Shkreli in a battle over his X account
It's Pharma Bro vs the World's Richest Man. Martin Shkreli, who spent four and a half years in federal prison for securities fraud and gained infamy for alleged price gauging of a life-saving drug, says he's been lobbying Elon Musk through mutual friends to give him something he believes he needs i...
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| 29.08.2023 14:57
Elon Musk almost runs red light livestreaming Tesla's self-driving software
Tesla CEO Elon Musk nearly ran a red light while testing the electric car's new self-driving software through the Bay Area on Friday - the latest glitch in a long-running series of mishaps involving the company's autopilot feature. Musk livestreamed the test drive on his social media platform, X, f...
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| 28.08.2023 22:27
Chuck Schumer to host Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg at AI forum
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will host tech leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai at an artificial intelligence forum on Sept. 13, Schumer's office said Monday. The closed-door forum will also feature OpenAI CEO Sam Altman a...
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| 23.08.2023 16:08
ETF that tracks CNBC star Jim Cramer's stock picks shuts down
An exchange-traded fund that mimics CNBC "Mad Money" anchor Jim Cramer's stock picks is shutting down after failing to attract investors. The Long Cramer Tracker ETF, which trades under the symbol LJIM will cease trading on Sept. 11, according to a press release. Since debuting in March, the fund,...
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| 23.08.2023 15:59
Elon Musk slams Facebook for ‘manipulating the public almost everywhere on Earth'
X owner Elon Musk on Wednesday accused Facebook of "manipulating the public" in the latest escalation in the ongoing war of words with his possible "cage match" foe Mark Zuckerberg. Musk shredded Zuckerberg in response to an expose by Sky News Australia , which alleged in a sweeping report that Met...
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| 23.08.2023 13:51
MacKenzie Scott has donated an estimated $146 million to 24 nonprofits so far this year
MacKenzie Scott has already donated an estimated total of $146 million to 24 nonprofits this year, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Scott, whose ex-husband is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, usually posts a tally of her donations on her Yield Giving website , but has not listed any for 2023....
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| 22.08.2023 17:38
Recalled products linked to infant deaths still sold on Facebook, despite thousands of take down requests, lawmakers say
Recalled baby products linked to more than 100 infant deaths are still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, despite thousands of federal takedown requests, lawmakers said in a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The lawmakers pointed to the Fisher Price Rock 'n Play , which was linked to around 100...
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| 22.08.2023 17:30
Meta rolling out web version of Threads as rival X implements changes
Threads users , get happy - you will finally be able to use the social media platform without an app. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Threads post on Tuesday morning that a web version of the app will be rolling out over the next few days. The move will allow the nascent platform, dubbed the "Tw...
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