Technology

It was over and done with in a New York minute — or three. The Marc Jacobs fall 2023 runway show took over the New York Public Library on Monday for the third year in a row, delivering innovation and sophistication with 29 looks in three minutes flat. While catwalks are historically punctual, this one — which began at 7:30 p.m. …

Virgin Galactic’s first commercial spaceflight, expected to launch Thursday, is drawing comparison to last week’s Titan submersible tragedy. The company, a part of billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, announced this week it will send three Italians and a Virgin Galactic flight instructor on the Galactic 01 mission, as it sells tickets for future space tours for $450,000. When the social …

The Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces (INFORM) for Consumers Act – a law designed to make it more difficult for organized retail crime groups to sell illicit goods through online marketplaces like Amazon or Facebook — took effect Tuesday.  The bipartisan legislation requires online marketplaces to protect consumers from counterfeit, unsafe and stolen goods from bad actors.  It is part …

Elon Musk uses small doses of ketamine to treat depression and occasionally takes full doses of the popular club drug known as Special K when he attends parties, according to a report. Musk’s alleged use of ketamine — a tranquilizer that has hallucinogenic qualities and is usually prescribed by veterinarians — is part of a growing trend by Silicon Valley …

A US judge on Tuesday denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to have criminal charges against him thrown out, paving the way for the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX to face trial starting Oct. 2. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan say Bankman-Fried, 31, stole billions of dollars in FTX customer funds to plug losses at his hedge fund, Alameda Research, misled investors and lenders, and illegally …

Artificial intelligence’s ability to mine facts and data has been marveled at for some time now — but how about its capacity for creativity? A new poll resulting from a collaboration between The Verge, Vox Media and the consultancy firm The Circus analyzed responses from more than 2,000 US adults, discovering that more and more Americans are realizing the potential …

Joonko, a New York City-based startup that created an AI-powered job board to improve diversity in hiring, is on the brink of collapse after its CEO allegedly duped investors with an elaborate scheme to exaggerate the size of the company’s business. Joonko founder and CEO Ilit Raz resigned after an internal probe found she had “engaged in egregious, unethical and …

Gum disease (periodontitis) affects more than 47% of Americans — or nearly 65 million people — including former Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez, who recently announced he has the condition. As artificial intelligence continues to expand into dental and medical uses, dentists are relying on the technology to quickly and accurately detect and prevent periodontitis, decay, bone loss and other gum …

It was playing hide and seek. Popular messaging application WhatsApp has a hidden contact feature that’s recently been revealed — and it can prove to be super helpful, especially when trying to remember things on your to-do list. In November 2022, the company rolled out a feature allowing you to send messages to yourself in the application on mobile devices, …

Google is facing unprecedented heat in Hong Kong as local authorities attempt to censor a popular pro-democracy anthem — and the high-stakes spat has provoked speculation that the US tech giant could exit the market entirely. The Asian business mecca’s department of justice is seeking a court order banning internet firms including Google from broadcasting or distributing the “Glory to …