Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Instagram's founders are back with a new app

More than four years after Instagram's founders left the company, they're back with a new app.

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ChatGPT creator rolls out 'imperfect' tool to help teachers spot potential cheating

Two months after OpenAI unnerved some educators with the public release of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can help students and professionals generate shockingly convincing essays, the company is unveiling a new tool to help teachers adapt.

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Apple has infringed on worker rights, NLRB investigators say

Apple has illegally imposed rules on its employees that prohibit them from discussing their wages and engaging in other protected activity, according to investigators at the National Labor Relations Board.

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This app lets Silicon Valley workers commiserate about layoffs in secret

In the week before Microsoft publicly announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs, thousands of workers at the tech giant who were eager for any information about the looming layoffs joined a professional networking site — not LinkedIn, which Microsoft owns, but Blind.

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China says it is 'deeply concerned' about reports of the latest US clampdown on Huawei

China has hit back after reports that Washington is moving to further restrict sales of American technology to Huawei.

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Samsung profits sink to 8-year low as smartphone and PC demand drops

Samsung's quarterly profits have plunged to their lowest level in eight years as customers snapped up fewer cell phones and laptops.

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Monday, January 30, 2023

TikTok CEO to testify before Congress in March

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify at an upcoming hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a committee spokesperson confirmed to CNN Monday.

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ASML says 'rules are being finalized' on chip export controls to China

ASML, a Dutch maker of semiconductor equipment, says "rules are being finalized" on export controls, amid reports that the Netherlands and Japan have joined the United States in restricting sales of some computer chip machinery to China.

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Saturday, January 28, 2023

Researchers took gallium, a metal with a low melting point, and embedded it with magnetic particles to create a robot that can melt and move. Their inspiration? A sea cucumber.

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Real estate agents say they can't imagine working without ChatGPT now

If you came across a four bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home listed for sale recently on a quiet cul-de-sac in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you might not think twice about the online listing. It included typical real estate descriptions like "ideal for entertaining" and "ample space for relaxation."

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Friday, January 27, 2023

China still wants to control Big Tech. It's just pulling different strings

Investors have raced back into Chinese tech stocks this year, encouraged by an apparent truce in a two-year battle between some of the country's most powerful regulators and its biggest internet companies.

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Jan. 6 Committee failed to hold social media companies to account for their role in the Capitol attack, staffers and witnesses say

"There might be someone getting shot tomorrow."

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Meta and Twitter decided to restore Trump's account. Will other platforms follow suit?

Former president Donald Trump could soon make a return to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and reach the massive audiences on each, now that the companies behind those platforms have restored access to his accounts.

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

The “Special Treatment” Supreme Court Justices Got During The Leak Investigation Should Be Investigated, A Group Told Congress

The justices didn’t have to sign affidavits denying the leak, but their staff did. Congress is being urged to investigate why.


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Madison Square Garden CEO doubles down on use of facial recognition tech

The chief executive of the Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation has doubled down on using facial recognition at its venues to bar lawyers suing the group from attending events.

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ChatGPT passes exams from law and business schools

ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams -- though not with particularly high marks.

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How Google's long period of online dominance could end

For the better part of 15 years, Google has seemed like an unstoppable force, powered by the strength of its online search engine and digital advertising business. But both now look increasingly vulnerable.

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IBM is cutting 3,900 jobs

IBM has become the latest tech giant to slash thousands of jobs, with 3,900 positions, or 1.5% of its global workforce, expected to be eliminated.

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One news publication had an AI tool write articles. It didn't go well

News outlet CNET said Wednesday it has issued corrections on a number of articles, including some that it described as "substantial," after using an artificial intelligence-powered tool to help write dozens of stories.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Classic 'GoldenEye 007' game is coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox

The James Bond-starring video game, originally released on Nintendo 64 in 1997, will be available January 27 through Nintendo Switch Online's expansion pack and Xbox Game Pass.

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How Microsoft could use ChatGPT to supercharge its products

Is ChatGPT the new Clippy?

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Two People Were Charged For Vandalizing Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers

The pair allegedly targeted three so-called pregnancy help centers that offer abortion alternatives that include counseling, pregnancy testing, and ultrasounds.


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Microsoft cloud outage hits users around the world

Microsoft on Wednesday said it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took down its cloud platform Azure along with services such as Teams and Outlook used by millions around the globe.

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Microsoft quarterly profit falls 12% but cloud computing business shows strength

Microsoft on Tuesday posted weaker-than-expected revenue and a double-digit percentage drop in profit for the final three months of last year amid broader economic uncertainty and reduced demand for personal computers and software.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Ticketmaster under fire: 6 takeaways from hearing over Taylor Swift concert fiasco

A top executive at Ticketmaster's parent company Live Nation Entertainment was grilled by lawmakers on Tuesday after the service's inability to process orders for Taylor Swift's upcoming tour left millions of people unable to buy tickets late last year.

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DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market

The Justice Department and eight states sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of harming competition with its dominance in the online advertising market and calling for it to be broken up.

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'I cried all night': Millions of Chinese lose access to 'World of Warcraft' and other hit games

Millions of players in China have lost access to the iconic "World of Warcraft" franchise and other popular video games, as Blizzard Entertainment's servers in the country went offline after two decades.

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UK's Crown Estate sues Twitter over alleged non-payment of rent in London offices

The Crown Estate, a British commercial property portfolio historically belonging to the monarch, began court proceedings against Twitter over the tech giant's alleged non-payment of rent in its London offices, a spokesperson of the property business told CNN on Monday.

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Monday, January 23, 2023

Microsoft confirms it's investing billions in ChatGPT creator OpenAI

Microsoft on Monday confirmed it is making a "multibillion dollar" investment in OpenAI, the company behind the viral new chatbot tool called ChatGPT.

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Spotify to cut 6% of its workforce

Spotify said Monday that it will cut 6% of its global workforce to reduce costs, joining tech companies including Amazon and Microsoft in slashing headcount as the global economy slows.

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Asia's richest man Gautam Adani is addicted to ChatGPT

Asia's richest man Gautam Adani says he is addicted to ChatGPT, the powerful new AI tool that interacts with users in an eerily convincing and conversational way.

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

How Big Tech's pandemic bubble burst

In January 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke in lofty terms about how the first year of the pandemic had sparked a staggering shift toward online services, benefiting his company in the process. "What we have witnessed over the past year is the dawn of a second wave of digital transformation sweeping every company and every industry," he said.

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Saturday, January 21, 2023

Unlike Their Staff, The Supreme Court Justices Didn't Have To Sign Affidavits Swearing They Didn’t Leak The Draft Abortion Decision

Rules for thee, but not for me.


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It Appears George Santos Also Lied About Appearing On “Hannah Montana”

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Friday, January 20, 2023

After a historic first mission, what does the future hold for this controversial rocket?

Boeing has been mired in controveries, including delays and myriad issues with a spacecraft it built for one NASA program and scandals plaguing its airplane division. But it is one of the key contractors that built NASA's new moon rocket.

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Who is Shou Zi Chew? Mounting scrutiny on TikTok could put new spotlight on its CEO

When TikTok was the title sponsor last summer for Vidcon, an annual convention for the creators and brands that make up a key part of the short-form video app's audience and business, it was Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas who got on stage for the industry keynote event.

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Meta, Twitter, Microsoft and others urge Supreme Court not to allow lawsuits against tech algorithms

A wide range of businesses, internet users, academics and even human rights experts defended Big Tech's liability shield Thursday in a pivotal Supreme Court case about YouTube algorithms, with some arguing that excluding AI-driven recommendation engines from federal legal protections would cause sweeping changes to the open internet.

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Google-parent Alphabet is cutting 12,000 jobs

Google parent Alphabet is eliminating about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said Friday, in the latest cuts to shake the technology sector.

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37 million T-Mobile customers were hacked

T-Mobile said a "bad actor" accessed personal data from 37 million current customers in a November data breach.

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

The Person Who Leaked The Supreme Court Abortion Decision May Have Gotten Away With It — For Now

Investigators probing the leak of the draft opinion last May have not been able to identify with certainty any one suspect among the court’s almost 100 employees.


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CEOs at Davos are using ChatGPT to write work emails

Jeff Maggioncalda, the CEO of online learning provider Coursera, said that when he first tried ChatGPT, he was "dumbstruck." Now, it's part of his daily routine.

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Instagram rolls out 'quiet mode' for when users want to focus

Instagram on Thursday announced a new feature called "quiet mode," which aims to help users focus and set boundaries with friends and followers.

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Teachers are adapting to concerns about a powerful new AI tool

When Kristen Asplin heard about a powerful new AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT going viral online recently with its ability to write frighteningly good essays in seconds, she worried about how her students could use it to cheat.

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China to launch state-backed transport platform for ride-hailing, trucking

China will soon launch a state-backed platform for transport which includes services of ride-hailing, cargo trucking, road transport, railway, ferry and flight services, Chinese state media Beijing Daily reported on Wednesday.

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US Labor Department accuses Amazon of failing to keep warehouse workers safe

Amazon has been accused by federal safety regulators of failing to keep warehouse workers safe from workplace hazards at three US facilities, in the latest example of government officials scrutinizing the e-commerce giant's labor practices.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Trump campaign has asked Meta to unblock the former president's Facebook account

Former President Trump's campaign sent a letter to Facebook's parent company, Meta, Tuesday petitioning them to unblock his Facebook account, a source familiar with the letter tells CNN.

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Davos conspiracy theories used to live on fringe corners of the internet. Now they've gone mainstream

The World Economic Forum's annual meeting at Davos has long been a lightning rod for conspiracy theories. Extremist figures such as Infowars host Alex Jones have reliably used the event to drive up fear and paranoia about sinister schemes the "globalists" are supposedly plotting.

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Microsoft set to announce big layoffs, media report

Microsoft could announce thousands of job cuts on Wednesday, according to multiple news reports, potentially becoming the latest tech company to cull its workforce as the global economy slows.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Getty Images suing the makers of popular AI art tool for allegedly stealing photos

Getty Images announced a lawsuit against Stability AI, the company behind popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, alleging the tech company committed copyright infringement.

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Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies

A 2016 video that Tesla (TSLA) used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.

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Intel CEO: Chip supply chains will shape geopolitics more than oil over the next 50 years

Global politics will be dominated by the availability, trade and investment in microchips for the next several decades, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger told CNN Tuesday.

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Boeing finalized designs for the 777-9X, which has folding wings and is expected to be the world's largest twin-engine jet when it begins service in 2020.

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Monday, January 16, 2023

More than half of US states have cracked down on TikTok access from government devices

More than half of all US states have partially or fully banned TikTok from government devices, according to a CNN analysis, reflecting a wave of recent clampdowns by governors and state agencies targeting the short-form video app.

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Fed up with facial recognition cameras monitoring your every move? Italian fashion may have the answer

The red-headed man wearing what looks like the ultimate Christmas sweater walks up to the camera. A yellow quadrant surrounds him. Facial recognition software immediately identifies the man as ... a giraffe?

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China allows Didi to resume signing up new users as tech crackdown eases

Ride-hailing giant Didi received approval to resume new user registration in China, it said Monday, providing more evidence that Beijing's regulatory crackdown on tech giants might be coming to an end.

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Saturday, January 14, 2023

Cousin Of Black Lives Matter Cofounder Died After Being Pinned Down And Tased By Police

Keenan Anderson was heard yelling “they’re trying to George Floyd me” in released body camera footage, as police pin the 31-year-old high school teacher to the ground.


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Millions have been using the new AI technology ChatGPT for everything from songwriting to this CNN commentary. "It's good for people trying to generate huge amounts of text that doesn't have to be especially convincing very quickly," says Bloomberg Businessweek Columnist Max Chafkin, but also "it makes stuff up."

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Friday, January 13, 2023

Tim Cook agrees to a massive pay cut

Apple CEO Tim Cook has agreed to cut his pay this year after shareholders rebelled.

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Sweden finds the largest rare earth deposit in Europe. It could help cut dependence on China

Swedish mining company LKAB says it has found Europe's largest deposit of rare earth oxides in the country's north, a discovery that could reduce the continent's reliance on China for the critical resource.

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World's top chip maker mulls global expansion with plants in Europe, Japan

Semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may expand its global manufacturing footprint even further.

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Google claims a Supreme Court defeat would transform the internet — for the worse

An unfavorable ruling against Google in a closely watched Supreme Court case this term about YouTube's recommendation engine could have sweeping unintended consequences for much of the wider internet, the search giant argued in a legal filing Thursday.

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

FAA is years away from upgrading the system that grounded all US flights

The Federal Aviation Administration software that failed Wednesday causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations is 30 years old and at least six years away from being updated, a government source familiar with the situation tells CNN.

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Why Apple may finally be embracing touchscreen laptops

Over the years, Apple has added touchscreens to almost every computing device imaginable, from phones and tablets to smartwatches, but it has refrained from bringing the feature to its Mac product line -- even as a long list of rivals did so with their laptops and desktops.

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Inside Facebook's high-stakes debate to reinstate Trump after a two-year ban

Facebook-parent Meta is preparing to announce one of the most consequential decisions in the company's history, a landmark move that will set a precedent for online speech and could affect the course of the 2024 US presidential election.

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Elon Musk's Twitter accused of unlawful staff firings in the UK

A law firm representing dozens of former UK Twitter employees is accusing the company of "unlawful, unfair and completely unacceptable treatment" of workers following recent mass layoffs.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Apple's first US labor union reaches new milestone for tech industry

Workers at Apple's first unionized retail store began collectively bargaining with management on Wednesday, in a milestone moment not only for the iPhone company but for all of Big Tech.

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Why experts worry TikTok could add to mental health crisis among US teens

Jermone Yankey said he used to pull all-nighters when he was in college -- not studying or partying, but scrolling on TikTok until the sun came up.

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What is NOTAM, the FAA computer system that halted all US flights?

A critical Federal Aviation Administration computer system that experienced an outage Wednesday and briefly halted all US flights provides airlines with a digital bulletin board of crucial safety updates.

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The US government is still trying to find ways to regulate Big Tech. He has some ideas

After years of hearings, reports and stalled proposals, Congress ended 2022 without taking major steps to regulate Big Tech. But a few blocks away in Washington, Jonathan Kanter is just getting warmed up.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Musk's Twitter restores accounts of prominent election deniers two years after Jan. 6 attack

Elon Musk's Twitter has restored the accounts of two prominent election deniers who were banned from the platform following the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

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Chinese rocket startup Galactic Energy sends five satellites into space

Galactic Energy, a rocket startup in China, launched five satellites into orbit on Monday, boosting the private company's ambition to become the Chinese rival to SpaceX.

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Dr. Dre Called Out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene As “Hateful And Divisive” As His Lawyers Got Her Twitter Video Using His Music Taken Down

"I don’t license my music to politicians, especially someone as divisive and hateful as this one," Dr. Dre said.


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Former Twitter employees get severance offer after months of waiting. Many are unhappy with it

After months of uncertainty and feeling left in the dark, many former Twitter employees impacted by a mass layoff in early November began receiving their severance offers over the weekend. But some are frustrated by the offer and the conditions attached to it.

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Monday, January 9, 2023

Seattle public schools sue social media companies for allegedly harming students' mental health

Seattle's public school system on Friday filed a lawsuit against several Big Tech companies alleging their platforms have a negative impact on students' mental health and claiming that has impeded the ability of its schools "to fulfill its educational mission."

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Silicon Valley layoffs go from bad to worse

Shortly before Thanksgiving, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirmed rumors that layoffs had begun in multiple departments at the e-commerce giant and said it would review staffing needs into the new year.

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From color-changing cars to self-driving strollers, here's some of the coolest tech from CES 2023

A long list of companies once again showed off an assortment of cutting edge technology and oddball gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week.

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Sunday, January 8, 2023

LinkedIn is having a moment thanks to a wave of layoffs

In a normal year at this time, a typical LinkedIn feed might be full of posts about year-end reflections on leadership and professional goals and suggested lifehacks for the year ahead — possibly with a few posts from CMOs offering tips on brand strategy, for good measure.

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Friday, January 6, 2023

The Effort To Elect A Republican Speaker Of The House Is A Hot Mess And People Are Letting The Jokes Fly Online

After four days of voting, McCarthy is still falling short of the votes needed to be elected House speaker, so of course the mess is lighting up social media.


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Inventor of the world wide web wants us to reclaim our data from tech giants

The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web in 1989. Now, with his startup Inrupt, he believes it's time for us to reclaim our personal data.

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Samsung estimates quarterly profit sank to 8-year low on demand slump

Samsung Electronics flagged on Friday its quarterly profit tumbled to an eight-year low as a weakening global economy hammered memory chip prices and curbed demand for electronic devices.

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Two months after mass Twitter layoffs, affected employees still waiting for severance offers

Two months after Elon Musk laid off half of Twitter's workforce, some employees affected say they have yet to receive any formal severance offer or separation agreement.

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Delta Air Lines is rolling out free Wi-Fi

Delta Air Lines is rolling out free Wi-Fi to most of its planes beginning February 1.

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New York City public schools ban access to AI tool that could help students cheat

New York City public schools will ban students and teachers from using ChatGPT, a powerful new AI chatbot tool, on the district's networks and devices, an official confirmed to CNN on Thursday.

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The smart stroller developed by Canadian startup Gluxkind was named as an Innovation Awards Honoree at the 2023 CES show.

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Amazon CEO says job cuts will continue into 2023

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said job cuts at the e-commerce giant would continue into early next year, in his first public remarks since the company began widespread layoffs earlier this week.

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A New Member Of Congress Plans To Take His Oath Of Office On A Superman Comic And The Constitution

“I learned to read and write English reading comics as a kid. Never stopped reading,” Rep.-elect Robert Garcia told BuzzFeed News.


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A $3,300 self-driving stroller is at this year's CES. Are parents ready?

Hang onto your baby bonnets: Self-driving technology is coming to strollers.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Apple is raising the price of iPhone battery replacements

Apple is raising the price of battery replacements for all out-of-warranty iPhone models prior to the current iPhone 14 lineup, the company confirmed on its website.

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With its advertising business in crisis, Twitter eases ban on political ads

More than three years ago, Twitter prohibited political and issue-based ads amid broader concerns that politicians could pay to target social media users with false or misleading information.

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Salesforce to cut about 10% of staff

Salesforce said Wednesday that it will cut approximately 10% of its workforce and reduce its real estate footprint, making it the latest tech company to slash expenses as broader economic uncertainty continues to hit Silicon Valley particularly hard.

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Tom Zhu: Elon Musk's right-hand man at Tesla

Tesla's China chief has reportedly been given a big promotion.

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Microsoft gets its first US union

Developers at a Microsoft-owned gaming studio voted on Tuesday to form the first ever US union at the tech giant, in a milestone moment both for the company and the video game industry.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Twitter sued by landlord for allegedly failing to pay rent

A commercial landlord is suing Twitter for breach of contract after the company allegedly failed to pay rent for one of its offices in San Francisco.

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Apple has lost $1 trillion in market value in a year

Apple's market cap fell below $2 trillion in trading Tuesday for the first time since early 2021 and one year to the day after the company became the first public tech company valued at $3 trillion.

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This tech company is clearing out recurring meetings from employee calendars

One tech company is trying to help its employees kick off the new year with a clean slate, or at least an emptier calendar.

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World's largest iPhone factory bounces back from Covid disruption that hurt Apple

Production at the world's biggest iPhone factory, disrupted since October by China's Covid-19 restrictions and worker protests, is now running at nearly full capacity, according to a Chinese state media report.

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Sunday, January 1, 2023

TikTok is 'digital fentanyl,' incoming GOP China committee chair says

TikTok is an addictive drug China's government is providing to Americans, says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China.

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