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 data …
Read More »Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes cries during first prison visit with husband Billy Evans, parents
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 her …
Read More »Chinese government tracked Hong Kong protesters with TikTok: suit
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 of …
Read More »Safety concerns over iPhone iOS 17 software update emerge
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 allows …
Read More »Mark Walters suing ChatGPT for embezzled ‘hallucination’
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 boss …
Read More »GameStop fires CEO, names Ryan Cohen executive chairman
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 of …
Read More »Teen drains family’s savings of $64K — by buying mobile games
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 Yiwang …
Read More »OpenAI’s Sam Altman complained chip shortage is ‘delaying’ ChatGPT plans
OpenAI boss Sam Altman admitted a computer chip shortage is hindering ChatGPT’s progress during an off-the-record meeting in London last month – the details of which surfaced after one attendee mistakenly published a blog post about the event. Altman’s candid remarks to a roomful of app developers and startup founders were detailed in a post late last month by Raza …
Read More »ChatGPT may know more than your doctor about smoking, suicide and sex
Doctor ChatGPT will see you now — and you might like it better than your human doctor. Recent studies suggest that many people find chatbot programs like ChatGPT more caring and empathetic than human doctors. The advice that ChatGPT offered was accurate most of the time — and it even gave accurate answers to questions about quitting smoking and maintaining …
Read More »Apple ‘jumped the shark’ with Vision Pro headset: Tony Fadell
Apple officially “jumped the shark” with its release of the $3,499 “Vision Pro” mixed-reality headset, according to a former company executive widely credited as the “father of the iPod.” Tony Fadell, a 54-year-old executive who played a key role in the development of Apple’s now-discontinued music player, said he doubts the pricey gadget will gain wide acceptance. “Apple’s Vision Pro …
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