Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology. “What began as a homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach,” said Matthew Raine, whose 16-year-old son Adam died in April. “WithinContinue Reading
Traitor 47 on Tuesday signed an executive order once again delaying enforcement of a TikTok ban after announcing the U.S. had a “framework” for a deal to keep the app available in the U.S. The latest extension pushes back the deadline to enforce a law, which requires TikTok’s China-based parentContinue Reading
Finding the right React Native App development expert can save you up to 50% of development time and up to 30% of your development budget. However, to do so requires effort and time. So, to make your job easy, here I have tailored for you the top 10 react nativeContinue Reading
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Traitor 47’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee the nation’s election infrastructure. Honey is a protege ofContinue Reading
Flux Power has announced a $1.2 million order from a major North American airline for its G80 lithium-ion energy systems integrated with the SkyEMS software platform. The G80 solution combines hardware and software in a single platform to deliver real-time data on fleet performance, asset health, and maintenance requirements. FluxContinue Reading
China-based UNEX EV has agreed with DiDi Mobility Information Technology, a subsidiary of the ride-hailing firm DiDi Global, to deploy EVs using U Power’s UOTTA battery-swapping technology for ride-hailing and car rental services in Mexico. The companies have signed a letter of intent to promote the sales of UNEX EV’sContinue Reading
Nudists from the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) are not happy with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and have protested the company’s proposed use of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Some of the concerns raised by local residents about the impacts include hearing damage and flight delays, but the factorContinue Reading
ZTE, MyRepublic Indonesia, and MetaX launched a zero-cost FAST TV solution for emerging markets, Read MoreContinue Reading
Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch Google has given the go-ahead to a plan that lets AI agents make purchases on your behalf and, on Tuesday, released its Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to make it happen. The system comes with touted safeguards that are intended toContinue Reading
Nothing says ‘circular economy’ like Microsoft stranding 400 million PCs on International E-waste Day European e-waste campaigners are calling on EU leadership to force tech vendors to provide 15 years of software updates, using Microsoft’s plan to end Windows 10 support next month — which may make an estimated 400Continue Reading
Beware the meeting room zombies Beware the meeting room zombies. We don’t mean you when you’re listening to a colleague reading out a 100-slide PowerPoint presentation, but some expensive Microsoft meeting room hardware that may be obsolete in a few short weeks.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Imagine if we traded in fingerprints for tongue prints. Kues / Shutterstock The world is full of oddities. Some are delightful; others are just plain strange. But every single one reminds us how much there still is to learn. Here are 29 weird facts that’ll make you do a double-take. 1. Your Tongue Print IsContinue Reading
A close-up image of asteroid Ryugu. A new analysis of samples from the space rock hints that flowing water once coursed through its interior. (Image credit: ISAS/JAXA, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) Scientists in Japan now believe that liquid water once flowed through the heart of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, after researchers detectedContinue Reading