Steve Ells’ plant-based, robot-run fast food startup Kernel scores NFL stars as investors, sets launch date

Steve Ells’ plant-based, robot-run fast food startup Kernel scores NFL stars as investors, sets launch date

Chipotle founder Steve Ells’ plant-based, robot-powered fast-food startup Kernel is set to open its first location next month -– and has scored New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones as an investor, The Post has learned. Jones and Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields – who adheres to a strict vegan diet – have each received equity…

Musk’s X aims to hire 100 content moderators in Austin by end of year

Musk’s X aims to hire 100 content moderators in Austin by end of year

Social media company X is in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas that will focus on fighting child abuse content, a goal it hopes to complete by the end of the year, an X executive said on Saturday. The Elon Musk-owned company announced the new “Trust and…

23andMe Breach Targeted Jewish and Chinese Customers, Lawsuit Says

23andMe Breach Targeted Jewish and Chinese Customers, Lawsuit Says

The genetic testing company 23andMe is being accused in a class-action lawsuit of failing to protect the privacy of customers whose personal information was exposed last year in a data breach that affected nearly seven million profiles. The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday in federal court in San Francisco, also accused the company of…

Apple Takes Messaging Crackdown to Customers’ Macs

Apple Takes Messaging Crackdown to Customers’ Macs

When Apple blocked the Beeper Mini app last month from giving Android users access to the tech giant’s messaging service, Beeper encouraged customers to use their Mac computers instead to connect and continue sending messages. But in recent days, dozens of Beeper customers have reported that they no longer have access to Apple’s messaging service…

Mediapocalypse Now, a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto, and HatGPT

Mediapocalypse Now, a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto, and HatGPT

Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Layoffs are hitting newsrooms and publishers again, as tech platforms, ad markets and artificial intelligence reshape the internet. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton have ideas for solutions. Then, one of the most influential investors in crypto companies lays out where the industry went wrong,…

Fake Explicit Taylor Swift Images Swamp Social Media

Fake Explicit Taylor Swift Images Swamp Social Media

Fake, sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift probably generated by artificial intelligence spread rapidly across social media platforms this week, disturbing fans who saw them and reigniting calls from lawmakers to protect women and crack down on the platforms and technology that spread such images. One image shared by a user on X, formerly Twitter,…

Companies are mining iPhone user data through app notifications

Companies are mining iPhone user data through app notifications

IPhone users are handing over their personal data with a click of a button, new research finds. Popular apps like Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X are harvesting user information through notifications, even when the user opts not to open their alerts. Even more concerning, it’s not entirely clear why the tech companies are collecting the…

Meta further tightens restrictions on DMs from strangers to underage users

Meta further tightens restrictions on DMs from strangers to underage users

Meta further tightened restrictions to prevent strangers from directly contacting underage users on Thursday — a move critics said is long overdue as concerns mount about child safety on Facebook and Instagram. The new rules were revealed on Thursday as Meta faces a series of explosive lawsuits — including a sweeping salvo from 33 states…

Mark Zuckerberg to break silence on Harvard antisemitism with board endorsement 

Mark Zuckerberg to break silence on Harvard antisemitism with board endorsement 

Mark Zuckerberg has kept relatively mum about antisemitism at Harvard — but he’s expected to break his silence on Friday as he endorses a Silicon Valley mogul to join a powerful panel that supervises the embattled Ivy League university, On The Money has learned. Sam Lessin — a tech investor and former Facebook employee who…

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