Technology

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Volvo launched its EX30 fully-electric small SUV on Wednesday with two battery options and a starting price of around $38,500, as carmakers compete with Tesla to make electric vehicles more affordable. The EX30 is the smallest SUV to date from the Sweden-based manufacturer and follows the unveiling of the larger electric EX90 in November. “It’s a small SUV doing Volvo things,” CEO Jim Rowan said …