[ad_1] Meta teased a standalone app in a “response to Twitter” during a company-wide meeting on Thursday, and a top exec at the Facebook parent company has already taunted Twitter boss Elon Musk by saying the upcoming rival will be “sanely run.” The app, internally code-named Project 92, will launch through Instagram and is rumored to be called Threads upon …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg plans to integrate AI technology ‘into every single’ Meta platform
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg told executives Thursday that AI tools will soon be integrated “into every single one” of Meta’s products. The Facebook founder demonstrated during an all-hands meeting how the ChatGPT-like features will modify user photos via text prompts on Instagram and create emoji stickers for messaging services such as WhatsApp. Zuckerberg also plans to implement various chatbots that would …
Read More »GM adopts Tesla’s EV charging system in big win for Elon Musk
[ad_1] General Motors will join Ford in adopting Tesla’s North American charging plug standard and give GM electric-vehicle buyers access to the Tesla Supercharger network under an agreement announced on Thursday. GM’s move, which follows a similar decision by Ford to embrace Tesla’s charging plug standard, means three of the top EV sellers in the North American market have now agreed on a …
Read More »Google tells East Coast employees to work from home over Canadian wildfire
[ad_1] Google allowed employees in New York City and other East Coast locales to work from home to avoid dangerous smoke from Canadian wildfires – even as the tech giant warned of a fresh crackdown on workers who ignore its office attendance requirement. Local New York office leaders told employees on Wednesday that air quality had “unhealthy” levels, according to …
Read More »Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes cries during first prison visit with husband Billy Evans, parents
[ad_1] Distraught Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes was spotted crying throughout a seven-hour reunion with her family last weekend – less than a week after she reported to federal prison in Texas to begin serving her 11-year sentence. An emotional Holmes, 39, was photographed sitting at a picnic table and walking the grounds in her prison-issued uniform during the meeting with …
Read More »Chinese government tracked Hong Kong protesters with TikTok: suit
[ad_1] A former executive at TikTok parent ByteDance claimed Chinese Communist Party officials had access to a “god credential” on the social media platform that allowed them to track pro-democracy protesters and civil rights activists in Hong Kong, according to a court filing. Yintao “Roger” Yu, the former head of engineering for ByteDance’s US operations, made the allegation as part …
Read More »Safety concerns over iPhone iOS 17 software update emerge
[ad_1] Apple has released information about its new software update this week, with the iPhone becoming more intuitive than ever before. However, one new update – called Check In – has posed safety concerns among social media users, who fear the feature won’t be used for its intended purpose. Check In is tied in with the text messaging function that …
Read More »Mark Walters suing ChatGPT for embezzled ‘hallucination’
[ad_1] OpenAI has been slapped with its first-ever defamation lawsuit after a ChatGPT “hallucination” generated a bogus embezzlement complaint against a Georgia radio host, according to a lawsuit. Mark Walters was shocked to learn ChatGPT created a false case that accused him of “defrauding and embezzling” funds from the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) in a suit by the pro-gun group’s …
Read More »GameStop fires CEO, names Ryan Cohen executive chairman
[ad_1] GameStop fired CEO Matt Furlong two years after hiring him and appointed billionaire Ryan Cohen as executive chairman, sending the company’s shares down 20% in extended trading. A former executive at Amazon, Furlong joined GameStop in 2021, just months after the company was at the center of a “meme-stock” trading frenzy where a bunch of social media-armed traders talked up the value …
Read More »Teen drains family’s savings of $64K — by buying mobile games
[ad_1] It’s not all fun and games. A teen in China drained her family’s life savings on video games, buying a whopping $64,000 worth of pay-to-play mobile entertainment. Gong Yiwang, mom to the high-rolling 13-year-old, had no clue her daughter was charging her debit card until receiving a phone call from the school, according to Insider. The worried phone home prompted …
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