Technology

She’s a figment of our dystopian imag-AI-nation.  An AI influencer named Vicki Verano, who says she’s from the Jersey Shore, has racked up over 57,000 followers since joining X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in March. Everything about Verano’s reality is augmented, including her chest — which appears to have undergone digital plastic surgery.  Meanwhile, it seems her thousands …

Apple’s stay as the world’s only $3 trillion company was short-lived Friday — a day after the company reported its third consecutive quarter of declining sales due to weak iPhone demand. Shares of the Cupertino, Calif.-based tech colossus were down by nearly 3.5% as of 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday — — lowering its market cap to a still …

Amazon on Thursday reported sales growth and profit ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, as the company delivered goods faster and more cheaply to shoppers and as recent cloud-computing headwinds began to subside. Amazon’s shares surged over 7%, extending its stock market value by at least $90 billion in after-hours trading. Facing an array of challenges, Amazon has aimed to keep its mantle as …

Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin demanded workers return to their offices five days a week, telling staffers the space exploration firm is “a work-from-work company,” according to a leaked internal memo. “As you know, Blue is a work-from-work company. We are stronger as a team when we are collaborating with our co-workers in person and close to our projects and hardware,” …

Apple forecast a sales slump would continue into the current quarter, sending shares down despite beating Wall Street sales and profit targets in the fiscal third quarter. Apple shares dropped about 2% after the mixed results and outlook. Strength in services drove the profit beat in the third quarter, but weaker than expected sales of Apple’s most famous device, the iPhone, underwhelmed investors. …

There will never be another Whoopi Goldberg — especially one created by artificial intelligence. The 67-year-old co-host of “The View” has publicly expressed her wish to not be duplicated by technology once she dies. Her remarks came during a conversation Thursday with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about the growing prevalence of AI. “AI can study everything instantly,” Tyson, 64, asserted …

Elon Musk is reportedly laying the groundwork for an investment trading hub that would operate on the X platform – taking a step closer toward realizing his vision of turning the site once known as Twitter into a one-stop shop “everything app.” The billionaire tech mogul is asking a financial data company to build the stock trading hub inside X, …

Your most sensitive data is online. Sure, you don’t just post your banking details and medical records just anywhere, but hackers still find them — then sell them to anyone willing to pay. It’s not just tech geniuses getting away with this stuff, either. Sophisticated software is available for purchase or monthly subscription. Are you wondering how many times you’ve …

Elon Musk vowed to personally approach Apple CEO Tim Cook in hopes of getting the iPhone maker to reduce the 30% “hidden tax” that it levies on app developers who charge money through the App Store. The Tesla mogul who recently rebranded the social media platform once known as Twitter as X is once again chafing at the notorious surcharge …

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s hard-core training in mixed martial arts hasn’t prepared him to face his toughest opponent — his wife. Priscilla Chan chastised her billionaire husband after the Facebook co-founder built an octagon ring in the backyard of their home — a possible harbinger of his bandied “cage match” with tech rival Elon Musk. The new addition to the …