Microsoft to pay $20M for violating children’s privacy laws

Microsoft to pay $20M for violating children's privacy laws

[ad_1] Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle charges from the US Federal Trade Commission that it illegally collected personal information from children without a guardian’s consent. The tech giant has been charged with violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), a federal law that requires online services and websites that cater to children under 13 to notify their …

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Price tag of Apple’s newly unveiled ‘Vision Pro’ headset draws mockery

Price tag of Apple's newly unveiled 'Vision Pro' headset draws mockery

[ad_1] Apple’s newly unveiled mixed-reality headset — hailed by the company as an innovation as groundbreaking as the original iPhone — drew near immediate mockery online with many scoffing at its eye-popping price tag. Dubbed the “Vision Pro,” the device will go for a whopping $3,499 a pop when it becomes available early next year, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced …

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Apple to tweak iPhone autocorrect function

Apple to tweak iPhone autocorrect function

[ad_1] One of the most notable happenings at Apple’s event for developers on Monday is likely the iPhone maker’s tweak that will keep its autocorrect feature from annoyingly correcting one of the most common expletives to “ducking.” “In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s software chief. The …

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Mark Cuban says Elon Musk, Sam Altman are right to warn of potential AI doomsday: ‘It’s not an overreach’

Mark Cuban says Elon Musk, Sam Altman are right to warn of potential AI doomsday: 'It's not an overreach'

[ad_1] Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech bigwigs are right to publicly raise alarms about possible doomsday scenarios involving advanced artificial intelligence – even though the technology is currently “not an existential threat” to humanity, billionaire Mark Cuban told The Post. The “Shark TanK” host rejected the idea that Musk, Altman and others have been too extreme …

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Apple debuts mixed-reality ‘Vision Pro’ headset with whopping $3,499 price tag

Apple debuts mixed-reality 'Vision Pro' headset with whopping $3,499 price tag

[ad_1] Apple on Monday unveiled its long-anticipated mixed-reality headset — with a whopping $3,499 price tag — marking the iPhone maker’s first major product launch in a decade. Dubbed the “Vision Pro,” Apple CEO Tim Cook debuted the device as the centerpiece of the tech giant’s annual Worldwide Developers conference event at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. “Vision Pro is …

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Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink valued at about $5B

Elon Musk's brain implant startup Neuralink valued at about $5B

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, which was valued at close to $2 billion in a private fundraising round two years ago, is now worth around $5 billion based on privately executed stock trades described to Reuters by five sources with knowledge of the matter. Some purchases by bullish investors boosted the valuation in recent months, ahead of Neuralink’s May …

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Student’s alleged attempt to cheat with AI hilariously fails

Student’s alleged attempt to cheat with AI hilariously fails

[ad_1] Better think twice before using ChatGPT to do your homework for you. A student named Arjun was allegedly busted for using the artificial-intelligence technology on his schoolwork. Walnut CEO Roshan Patel posted about the incident on Twitter June 1, along with a photo of the assignment. “My little cousin Arjun got caught using ChatGPT on his 7th grade English …

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Linda Yaccarino hires exec from NBC to Twitter operations team

Linda Yaccarino hires exec from NBC to Twitter operations team

[ad_1] Linda Yaccarino took the reins as Twitter’s new CEO earlier than expected on Monday — and hired a former colleague at NBCUniversal as she scrambles to prop up ad revenue that has reportedly plunged 59% this year. Yaccarino took the reins from billionaire Elon Musk as Twitter’s boss about three weeks earlier than expected, and is already building out …

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Bronx mom uses AI app Replika to build virtual ‘husband’

Bronx mom uses AI app Replika to build virtual 'husband'

[ad_1] Eren Kartal seems too good to be true — the blue-eyed heartthrob is ambitious, manicured, loyal, and best of all, he doesn’t come with “baggage.” But here’s the catch: Kartal doesn’t exist. In fact, he’s a virtual boyfriend created with the AI chatbot software Replika. Those willing to drop $300 could have their own build-a-beau, just like Rosanna Ramos, Kartal’s …

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