The A.I. Election, Bitcoin’s Wall Street Debut and TikTok’s Doodad Era
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Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a Texas lawsuit accusing the Facebook and Instagram parent of using facial recognition technology without customer consent. A Texas state appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision requiring Zuckerberg to give testimony in the case. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2022, accused Meta of “secretly…
Imagine walking down the sidewalk and being confronted at gunpoint by a crook. Open the payment app on your phone and transfer out your hard-earned cash, or take a bullet in the head. That’s one phone cash ripoff scenario of many playing out in real-life America. Other cash app crimes are happening due to the…
Fake pornographic images of Taylor Swift generated using artificial intelligence are circulating on social media, leaving her loyal legion of Swifties wondering how there’s not more regulation around the nonconsensual creation of X-rated images. The images in question — known as “deepfakes” — show Swift in various sexualized positions at a Kansas City Chiefs game,…
After years of anticipation, Apple’s first major new product in nearly a decade has arrived. The $3,500 Vision Pro, a face computer that resembles ski goggles, will be released next week. So, what can we expect? The device, which includes high-resolution displays and sensors that track eye movements and hand gestures, is one of Apple’s…
Microsoft’s stock market value crossed the $3 trillion milestone for the first time on Wednesday, retaining its place as the world’s second most valuable company, just behind iPhone maker Apple. Microsoft and Apple shares have been vying for the top spot as the most capitalized stock on Wall Street since the start of the year, with…
The European Union’s competition watchdog plans to block Amazon’s $1.7 billion deal for robot vacuum maker iRobot, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the Roomba vacuum maker plunged 40% to $14 after the bell. Officials from the European Commission met Amazon’s representatives on Thursday to discuss the deal, the report said. The tech giant did not…