Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Tea and Flo are both still operating and available in major app stores. It’s a good reminder how often we turn over sensitive information to our apps and what little recourse we have when things go wrong. Online…
Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok got a “spicy” upgrade that reportedly spits out explicit deepfake videos, including a clip of Taylor Swift dancing topless, according to a report. Grok Imagine, the startup’s new generative AI tool launched Monday, created a six-second clip of the “Shake It Off” singer whipping off a silver dress to reveal…
The dating app Tinder is shown on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/Illustration/File Photo LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Investors’ love for dating apps is under strain. Dissatisfied younger users are hitting the revenues of companies like Tinder owner Match Group (MTCH.O), opens new tab. But some…
Elon Musk will bring back the defunct short-video platform Vine — only this time with an artificial intelligence twist that could transform how users create and share content online. The tech billionaire revealed Monday that his social media company X, formerly Twitter, found the full library of the six-second video app. “We recently found the…
Tesla approved a restricted stock award of 96 million shares, worth about $29 billion, to “incentivize” the controversial billionaire to remain at the head of the company during a protracted legal battle over his original pay package. Last year, a Delaware court voided Musk’s pay package, valued at more than $50 billion, arguing that the…
“We need to talk.” Nobody likes to hear those words from their spouse. Especially when it’s delivered in a grave tone as you rot on a couch in a grubby blankie, staring like a zombie while doomscrolling. “Wut?” I said, very intelligently. What came next was a compassionate but firm speech about how I was…
Half of baby boomers are spending more than three hours on their phones each day, according to a new survey from AddictionResource.net. The older age cohort, which includes ages 61 to 79, showed signs of potential digital addiction despite stereotypes that phone and social media overuse mainly impacts younger age groups. Why It Matters The…
Silicon Valley has always been synonymous with innovation, wealth, and futuristic vision. Yet behind the glossy façade of AI breakthroughs and billion-dollar valuations lies an unexpected trend: tech giants quietly building bunkers. From OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who revealed having a heavily reinforced underground basement, to billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos investing in…
LONDON — Numerous flights to and from UK airports were canceled Wednesday due to a technical glitch, according to the air traffic control service, prompting anger from airline chiefs. The number of aircraft in London’s airspace was limited by the service, known as NATS, as a result of a technical issue, which was quickly resolved….
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced plans to dig tunnels under Nashville, creating a loop that will connect the city’s downtown with the Nashville International Airport. The Boring Company says it will begin construction “immediately” following approval and expects the first 10-mile phase to be operational as early as next year, as reported earlier by…