7/2/22Is Google's $90 Million Settlement a Win for App Developers, or for Google?The funds represent a near-term victory for developers, but critics argue the payment is the latest in Google's…
7/1/22Privacy Advocates Lambast Virginia for Ditching Police Facial Recognition BanVirginia's new law lets police use facial recognition if they have “reasonable suspicion" less than one year after…
6/30/22Researchers Blame North Korea for $100 Million Horizon Bridge Cryptocurrency Theft Amid 'Global Manhunt'Researchers say the recent attack on a blockchain "bridge" shares many of calling cards attributed to North Korea's…
6/29/22Three Arrows Capital Ordered to Liquidate All Assets After Defaulting on $675M Bitcoin LoansThe rapid collapse of the massive crypto hedge fund, which once managed $18 billion, marks one of the worst…
6/29/22Tesla Lays Off 200 Employees Working on AutopilotThe layoffs come on the heels of other cuts and during a time of increased scrutiny of Autopilot by regulators and…
6/28/22Facebook Admits 'Incorrect Enforcement' After Removing Posts About Mailed Abortion PillsTests conducted by Gizmodo found users posting from less active accounts saw posts related to abortion pills removed…
6/27/22Grand Jury Subpoenas Could End Trump’s Plans for Truth SocialThe shell company attempting to take Trump's digital media venture public said new subpoenas and a prolonged…
6/24/22An AI Learned to Play Minecraft, and It's Actually Pretty GoodEngineers used a combination of labeled and unlabeled video data to teach their model how to swim, hunt, and even…
6/24/22Elon Tells Twitter He Needs Moar Data, Twitter Gives It to HimThe company reportedly provided Musk with a new tranche of data after his team claimed they couldn't properly run…
6/23/22Yet Another Crypto Exchange Has Frozen Withdrawals Amid the Coin CrashLike Celsius before it, Coinflex cited "extreme market conditions” and continued uncertainty as reasons for halting…
6/23/22Pentagon Unveils Plan to Make 'Responsible Military AI' More Than Just a BuzzwordThe Pentagon cited supposed threats from China as a key motivator for ramping up "responsible" military applications…
6/22/22SpaceX Says 5G Interference Could Make Starlink Internet 'Unusable'The company presented a new analysis which claims Dish's efforts on 5G could often result in harmful interference…
6/21/22Microsoft's Calling It Quits on Creepy Emotion Recognition TechAs part of its overhauled AI ethics policies, Microsoft will phase out public access to AI capabilities that attempt…
6/21/22Blockchains Vulnerable to Centralized Control, DARPA Report FindsThe report points to a handful of, “unintended centralities,” it argues could concentrate blockchain power in the…
6/21/22Fender's New Guitar Metaverse Lets You Rock Out in the CloudsThe company announced its partnering with Meta to create a guitar themed Horizon World where users can collect…
6/17/22TikTok Leak Alleges User Data Isn't Private: ‘Everything Is Seen in China’A BuzzFeed report cites recorded audio from internal meetings claiming engineers had access to U.S. user data for…
6/17/22Pain Enthusiast Gavin Newsom Joins Truth Social to Call Out 'Republican Lies'The California governor's first TRUTH cited research saying eight of the top 10 states with the highest murder rate…
6/16/22The Facebook Papers: How Meta Failed to Fight Against American Climate DenialFacebook's own employees think its efforts combating misinformation on climate change are inadequate. Read the…
6/15/22Tesla Reported More Driver-Assisted Crashes Than Any Other Automaker in Past 10 MonthsFirst of its kind data released by the NHTSA revealed 392 reported crashes involving advanced driver-assistance tech…
6/15/22Gulp: Bitcoin Prices Haven't Dropped This Low Since December 2020Bitcoin recently dipped 7.8% to $20,289 due in part to the sudden freezing of withdraws from vendors like Celsius.