Technology

The father of tech titan Elon Musk offered up a rare image of his son when he was a kid after an AI-generated photo of the future Tesla mogul made him look like a “dwarf adult human.” Earlier this month, the Twitter parody account “Not Jerome Powell” posted a photo showing a brown-eyed boy with Musk’s recognizable stern face dressed …

Bill Gates’s private office reportedly asked some female job candidates about their sexual histories — including what kind of pornography they liked, whether they ever had extramarital affairs and even if they had nude pictures of themselves on their phones. During Gates’s extensive screening process, a security firm also asked some women if they ever “danced for dollars,” sources told …

The first-ever drug generated by artificial intelligence has entered Phase 2 clinical trials, with the first dose successfully administered to a human, Insilico Medicine announced yesterday. The drug, currently referred to as INS018_055, is being tested to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a rare, progressive type of chronic lung disease.  The 12-week trial will include participants diagnosed with IPF. “This drug, which …

I’ve been saying it for months: Get TikTok off your phone. It’s not the only China-based app you need to worry about. Temu, the app that lets you “shop like a billionaire,” isn’t worth the deals. That’s not all. If you still want to use TikTok, you can without handing over all your information to communist China. Why not just …

When he heard a table of tourists at Eleven Madison Park longing for a New York hot dog to complete their trip to the city, then co-owner Will Guidara rushed into action. So, in the middle of a lunch rush at the three Michelin-star restaurant in Flatiron years ago, he made a mad dash for a cart in Madison Square …

Former FTX “chief regulatory officer” Dan Friedberg allegedly helped to steal billions of dollars in customer funds at the cryptocurrency platform while serving as a personal “fixer” for disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to a bombshell lawsuit. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Delaware bankruptcy court, FTX’s current caretakers alleged that Friedberg – a lawyer with ties to the notorious …

Google violated its promised standards when placing video ads on other websites about 80% of the time — a dismal rate that raises questions about the search giant’s transparency’s online ad business, according to an explosive report. The new research from ad campaign analytics firm Adalytics cited a lack of transparency in Google’s proprietary TrueView platform, which offers viewers choice-based …

No matter how long you’ve been using computers, it feels great to discover a new shortcut that makes life easier. The Windows key is a relative newcomer to keyboards, where many standard keys date back to typewriters. It’s hard to imagine a desktop computer without a mouse. Like keyboards, these little peripherals have shortcuts. They’re universal and work on various …

Bankrupt FTX is moving ahead with efforts to revive its flagship international cryptocurrency exchange, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday citing CEO John Ray. The company “has begun the process of soliciting interested parties to the reboot of the FTX.com exchange,” Ray said, according to the Journal’s report. The failed crypto company has been holding talks with investors about backing a potential restart of …

Martial arts rookie Elon Musk was pictured Tuesday sparring during an “impromptu” training session for his potential cage match with Mark Zuckerberg. Podcaster, AI researcher and Brazilian jiujitsu black belt Lex Fridman tweeted photos of Musk holding him in a headlock and flipping him onto his back on Tuesday. “I did an impromptu training session with @elonmusk for a few …