Musk Defends His Work While Preparing to Wind Down at DOGE but Gives Vague Answers on the Future
Elon Musk, preparing to step back from his role leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), had a light-hearted request for the reporters assembled at the White House: before answering…
Sam Altman’s World introduces new mobile verification device
Tools for Humanity, the startup behind the World verification initiative co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, revealed its new mobile device designed to determine if a user is human or…
Meta reports decline in digital ad spend from Chinese retailers
Meta Platforms, Inc.’s increasingly painful advertising spend retreat from the likes of major Chinese e-commerce competitors such as Temu and Shein. Combined, these companies make up the majority of Meta’s…
X Introduces 4K Video Upload Support for Creators
X recently announced a groundbreaking new feature. Most notably, it will now let a variety of creators upload videos in beautiful 4K quality, giving it a striking edge to its…
LG Smartphones to Lose Software Support in June
For LG smartphone owners, big changes are ahead. As such, Google recently announced that it will end all software update support for all of its devices released before June 30,…
OpenAI Faces Scrutiny Over ChatGPT’s Handling of Sensitive Topics
OpenAI is currently addressing concerns regarding its AI model, ChatGPT, following revelations that the latest version, GPT-4o, has become more permissive in discussing sensitive topics. Since its last February update,…
Duolingo Moves to ‘AI-First’ Strategy, Phasing Out Contract Workers
Duolingo, the popular language-learning platform, has announced its transition to an “AI-First” strategy, aiming to integrate artificial intelligence into more aspects of its workflow. CEO Luis von Ahn shared the…
Oracle Engineers Trigger Days-Long Outage at U.S. Hospitals
Oracle engineers mistakenly triggered a five-day software outage at several Community Health Systems (CHS) hospitals, causing the facilities to temporarily revert to paper-based patient records. CHS confirmed that the outage,…
IBM Commits $150 Billion to Strengthen U.S. Tech and Computer Manufacturing
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) recently dropped some great news. Their announcement includes a commitment to investing $150 billion in the U.S. over the next five years. This historic investment…
Nike Hit With Lawsuit Over NFT ‘Digital Shoes’ Being Called Unregistered Securities
The NFT market, that hot new thing that catapulted into an over $40 billion industry, has since tanked. The crypto winter has led to several class-action lawsuits against big players…
PayPal’s Earnings Reports Begin with Growing Concerns Over Trump Tariffs and Consumer Behavior
PayPal, Block, and Affirm are all closely tied to the health of the consumer, which has investors on edge as they head into their earnings reports. Markets broadly have been…
Meta’s AI Investments Gain Attention Amid Trump’s Tariff Policies
On Tuesday, Meta Platforms kicked off its first Llama-branded conference for AI developers. This event represents a major step forward in the company’s continued push to develop its artificial intelligence…
Microsoft Debuts Its Controversial Recall Feature for Windows 11
Microsoft has today officially launched its controversial Recall feature as part of a new beta build of Windows 11 to Windows Insiders. This new functionality is included as part of…
Apple Continues To Develop Its Smart Glasses Technology
Apple is beefing up its smart glasses development, moving from its AR eyewear aspirations. The new Apple Smart Glasses, as reported by Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter at…
Musk’s xAI Holdings reportedly seeks second-largest private funding round in history
Elon Musk’s xAI Holdings is reportedly in discussions to raise $20 billion in a new funding round. This unprecedented move would put the company at the center of the creation-tech…