Uber has spent millions trying to get a proposal on the Nevada ballot that would restrict the legal fees that bankroll many lawsuits against companies.
Brands Love Influencers (Until Politics Get Involved)
Marketing firms are using artificial intelligence to help analyze influencers and predict whether they will opine about the election.
Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s Former CEO, Dies at 56
The business executive helped turn Google into an internet juggernaut and became one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Talk With Elon Musk on X
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims about immigration, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Biden and more.
X Spaces With Trump and Musk Is Off to a Glitchy Start
The audio livestream of a conversation between Elon Musk and the former president ran late as users scrambled to try to access the site.
Former Twitter Board Member Sues Elon Musk’s X For $20 Million in Pay
After purchasing Twitter, Mr. Musk failed to cash out Omid Kordestani’s stock, according to allegations in a new lawsuit.
Nashville man arrested for running “laptop farm” to get jobs for North Koreans
Enlarge Federal authorities have arrested a Nashville man on charges he hosted laptops at his residences in a scheme to deceive US companies into hiring foreign remote IT workers who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in income to fund North Korea’s weapons program. The scheme, federal prosecutors said, worked by getting US companies to...
ChatGPT unexpectedly began speaking in a user’s cloned voice during testing
Enlarge (credit: Ole_CNX via Getty Images) On Thursday, OpenAI released the “system card” for ChatGPT’s new GPT-4o AI model that details model limitations and safety testing procedures. Among other examples, the document reveals that in rare occurrences during testing, the model’s Advanced Voice Mode unintentionally imitated users’ voices without permission. Currently, OpenAI has safeguards in...
Ars asks: What was the last CD or DVD you burned?
Enlarge / This is one method of burning a disc. (credit: 1001slide / Getty Images) We noted earlier this week that time seems to have run out for Apple’s venerable SuperDrive, which was the last (OEM) option available for folks who still needed to read or create optical media on modern Macs. Andrew’s write-up got...
512-bit RSA key in home energy system gives control of “virtual power plant”
Enlarge When Ryan Castellucci recently acquired solar panels and a battery storage system for their home just outside of London, they were drawn to the ability to use an open source dashboard to monitor and control the flow of electricity being generated. Instead, they gained much, much more—some 200 megawatts of programmable capacity to charge...