Ms. Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has staked an ambitious trustbusting agenda on a case that may be difficult to win.
Inside the Frantic Texts Exchanged by Crypto Executives as FTX Collapsed
A group chat including crypto leaders shows Binance’s Changpeng Zhao accusing FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried of orchestrating trades to destabilize the industry.
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We want to hear about the creative or surprising ways your household uses digital assistants. Find Alexa creepy? Tell us about that, too.
Can ChatGPT Make This Podcast?
OpenAI’s new chatbot is a coder, a teacher, a potential Google killer, and … a friend?
They’re Taking Jigsaw Puzzles to Infinity and Beyond
In upstate New York, two algorithmic artists make wooden puzzles inspired by natural forms.
AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease
Enlarge / This is John. He doesn’t exist. But AI can easily put a photo of him in any situation we want. And the same process can apply to real people with just a few real photos pulled from social media. (credit: Benj Edwards / Ars Technica) If you’re one of the billions of people...
F.T.C. Sues to Block Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision
The move by the commission signals an aggressive stance by federal regulators to thwart the expansion of the tech industry’s biggest companies.
North Korean hackers once again exploit Internet Explorer’s leftover bits
Enlarge / APT37, a group believed to be backed by the North Korean government, has found success exploiting the bits of Internet Explorer still present in various Windows-based apps. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Microsoft’s Edge browser has replaced Internet Explorer in almost every regard, but some exceptions remain. One of those, deep inside...
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Market Manipulation Inquiry
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried and his hedge fund orchestrated trades in a way that led to the collapse of two cryptocurrencies in May.
Ramesh Balwani, No. 2 Theranos Executive, Is Sentenced for Fraud
Ramesh Balwani, the former chief operating officer of the failed blood testing start-up, was convicted of 12 counts of fraud in July.