Three quarters of music producers fear being replaced by artificial intelligence. AI music has been topping charts this year(Image: Getty Images) AI-generated music has been sparking many online debates recently, with three quarters of music producers fearing that these artificial ‘musicians’ could replace them, according to Music Radar. And with how much money robot artists…
A major outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday disrupted a large portion of the internet, taking down apps, websites and online tools used by millions of people around the world, before services were eventually restored. From banking apps and airlines to smart home devices and gaming platforms, the hours-long breakdown revealed how much…
A large umbrella review finds that app- and wearable-based interventions can spark small yet meaningful improvements in kids’ activity, diet, and weight, offering scalable digital pathways to healthier habits. Review: Lifestyle eHealth and mHealth Interventions for Children and Adolescents: Systematic Umbrella Review and Meta–Meta-Analysis. Image Credit: Elizaveta Galitckaia / Shutterstock In a recent study published…
An hours-long crash of Amazon Web Services sparked a wave of tongue-in-cheek, apocalyptic memes Monday as social media users coped with the disruption of major sites and apps around the world. Posts on X, Reddit and more mocked the meltdown with viral images including Homer Simpson warning “The end is near,” the popular cartoon-dog meme…
Payrolls could be affected by the AWS blackout, experts have warned. Melanie Pizzey, the chief executive and founder of the Global Payroll Alliance, said there were reports that the accounting software Xero, and the payment tools Square and HMRC have been impacted. She said: “Today, the vast majority of payroll systems are cloud-based, relying on…
Commander Jared Isaacman of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, speaks at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 19, 2024. Joe Skipper | Reuters President Donald Trump has met with Jared Isaacman to discuss another nomination to lead NASA, a source familiar with the talks confirmed…
Elon Musk is taking on Wikipedia, and he plans to use his AI chatbot Grok to do it. The tech CEO and billionaire recently shared a post on X announcing his intention to build Grokipedia and compete against Wikipedia. The announcement came in response to a post from David Sacks, a well-known tech investor and…
Elon Musk has appointed former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as the new chief financial officer of his artificial intelligence group xAI, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images Elon Musk has appointed former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as the new chief financial officer of his artificial intelligence group xAI, the Financial Times reported Monday. Armstrong will lead the finance operations for both xAI and social media platform…
As China settles into its “golden week” National Day holiday, the country’s cyber watchdogs are hard at work scouring the internet for negative sentiment, and handing out harsh penalties or imposing bans on influential online figures and social media platforms. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on Monday that the latest round of its…
A car equipped with Momenta technology on display at the IAA Mobility show in Munich, Germany in September 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Momenta, a Chinese driverless technology startup, is raising a fresh round of funding that could value the company at around $6 billion, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC. The valuation…