Amazon's Ring to pay $5.8 million to settle FTC privacy lawsuit

Amazon's smart doorbell company, Ring, has agreed to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission alleging that it had "unreasonable" data security and privacy practices, according to a Wednesday filing in the US District Court for Washington D.C.

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Twitter may be worth only a third of its pre-Musk value, Fidelity says

A Fidelity fund has slashed its estimate of Twitter's value amid ongoing chaos at the company, implying the social media platform may be worth only a third of its value compared to when Elon Musk acquired it in October.

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Amazon corporate workers plan to stage walkout, citing 'lack of trust' in leadership

Nearly 2,000 corporate workers at Amazon have pledged to walk off the job on Wednesday to signal a "lack of trust" in the company's leadership, in what could be the most visible sign of dissent among the e-commerce giant's office workers in recent memory.

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'Star Wars Battlefront' goes deep into worlds

"Star Wars Battlefront" is an attempt from Lucasfilm and game developer EA Digital Illusions CE to capture "Star Wars" emotion in a video game.

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Center for AI Safety Executive Director Dan Hendrycks discusses the risks of unregulated Artificial Intelligence.

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What Elizabeth Holmes' life in prison could look like

Once a Silicon Valley icon and paper billionaire, Elizabeth Holmes will now have to wake every morning at 6 a.m., hold a job paying as little as $0.12 an hour, and share bathing facilities at a prison camp in southern Texas.

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AI industry and researchers sign statement warning of 'extinction' risk

Dozens of AI industry leaders, academics and even some celebrities on Tuesday called for reducing the risk of global annihilation due to artificial intelligence, arguing in a brief statement that the threat of an AI extinction event should be a top global priority.

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Elizabeth Holmes set to report to prison

Elizabeth Holmes is set to report to prison on Tuesday, capping off a stunning downfall for the disgraced founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos.

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China urges Japan to end curbs on chip exports

China's commerce minister has urged Japan to end its newly announced curbs on exports of chipmaking equipment, saying it would hurt economic and trade relations between the two countries.

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Elon Musk says Twitter has 'no actual choice' about government censorship requests

Criticized for giving into governments' censorship demands, Elon Musk on Sunday claimed that Twitter has "no actual choice" about complying those requests.

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The world's biggest ad agency is going all in on AI with Nvidia's help

WPP, the world's largest advertising agency, has teamed up with chipmaker Nvidia to create ads using generative artificial intelligence.

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NASA launches CO2 study satellite

NASA launched a satellite to study climate change on Wednesday, shooting the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) into space.

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Dutch watchdog looking into alleged Tesla data breach

The data protection watchdog for the Netherlands said on Friday it was aware of possible Tesla data protection breaches, but it was too early for further comment.

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Twitter debuts a mid-tier data access plan, to almost immediate backlash

Twitter unveiled a new data access tier on Thursday aimed at attracting startups, after its decision to erect a paywall for developers and researchers prompted widespread backlash. But the new tier already has some describing it as "too little, too late."

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Microsoft leaps into the AI regulation debate, calling for a new US agency and executive order

Microsoft joined a sprawling global debate on the regulation of artificial intelligence Thursday, echoing calls for a new federal agency to control the technology's development and urging the Biden administration to approve new restrictions on how the US government uses AI tools.

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AI chip boom sends Nvidia's stock surging after whopper of a quarter

The AI boom is here, and Nvidia is reaping all the benefits. Shares of Nvidia exploded 28% higher Thursday after reporting earnings and sales that surged well above Wall Street's already lofty expectations.

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One of Asia's top female entrepreneurs is stepping down at ride-hailing firm Grab

One of Southeast Asia's most well-known female entrepreneurs is to step down from her operational roles at Grab, the ride-hailing giant she helped found more than a decade ago.

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Twitter livestream with Ron DeSantis and Elon Musk delayed amid technical glitch

Twitter's livestream event with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis crashed and was delayed on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of users logged on to hear DeSantis announce his bid for the White House.

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Senate Democrats write to Google over concerns about abortion-seekers' location data

Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats wrote to Google this week with questions about how it deletes users' location history when they have visited sensitive locations such as abortion clinics, expressing concerns that the company may not have been consistently deleting the data as promised.

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Meta's business groups cut in latest round of layoffs

Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday began cutting employees in its business groups as part of a previously announced round of layoffs, according to social media posts from impacted workers.

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How the technology behind ChatGPT could make mind-reading a reality

On a recent Sunday morning, I found myself in a pair of ill-fitting scrubs, lying flat on my back in the claustrophobic confines of an fMRI machine at a research facility in Austin, Texas. "The things I do for television," I thought.

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TikTok CEO says 'we will prevail' against Montana ban

TikTok CEO Shou Chew vowed Tuesday that his company's legal battle against Montana will succeed, after the state passed a law that would ban the app from personal devices starting in January.

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Meta sells Giphy at a significant loss after UK breakup order

Stock-photo website Shutterstock on Tuesday said it will acquire Giphy and its online repository of animated images for $53 million, after UK antitrust regulators forced Meta to spin off the company last year.

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Apple announces multibillion-dollar agreement for 5G components made in US

Apple on Tuesday announced a multibillion-dollar agreement to develop 5G radio frequency and wireless connectivity components in the United States.

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Amazon looks to adapt Alexa to the rise of ChatGPT

For years, Alexa has been synonymous with virtual assistants that can interact with users and do tasks on their behalf.

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How Meta got caught in tensions between the US and EU

Facebook-parent Meta has perhaps become the most high-profile casualty of a long-running privacy dispute between Europe and the United States — but it may not be the last.

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WhatsApp will now let you edit messages. But there's a catch

WhatsApp is rolling out a long-requested new feature: message editing.

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Uber's diversity chief on leave after employee criticism over 'Don't Call Me Karen' panel

Uber's diversity chief is on leave from the company after criticism from some employees related to an internal panel called "Don't Call Me Karen."

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Verified Twitter accounts share fake image of 'explosion' near Pentagon, causing confusion

A fake image purporting to show an explosion near the Pentagon was shared by multiple verified Twitter accounts on Monday, causing confusion and leading to a brief dip in the stock market. Local officials later confirmed no such incident had occurred.

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Meta slapped with record $1.3 billion EU fine over data privacy

Meta has been fined a record-breaking €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) by European Union regulators for transferring the personal data of Facebook's EU users to servers in the United States.

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China imposes sales restrictions on Micron as it escalates tech battle with Washington

China has banned Chinese companies working on key infrastructure projects from buying products from US semiconductor manufacturer Micron, in a major escalation of an ongoing battle between the world's top two economies over access to crucial technology.

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Montana's TikTok ban throws users into new era of uncertainty

Keri Williams wouldn't have her business without TikTok. She launched The Branded Pinto, her custom hat shop, about two years ago after a video she shared of one of her creations "blew up" on TikTok. Nearly all of her business still comes from the platform.

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Why foldable phones are so incredibly expensive

Chris Pantons is what you'd call a Google Pixel super fan. The Knoxville, Tennessee native loves the software, the camera, the virtual assistant, all of it. He even credits the phone's car crash detection tool with saving his life a few years ago when he was in an accident.

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Apple got rich in China. Other Asian markets offer the next 'golden opportunity'

Apple launched an online store in Vietnam this week, in another nod to the growing importance of emerging markets for the iPhone maker.

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This AI chatbot is dominating social media with its frighteningly good essays

Imagine if Siri could write you a college essay, or Alexa could spit out a movie review in the style of Shakespeare.

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How to keep Alexa from buying a dollhouse

You might need to shield more than just your child's ears from the news sometimes. Your Alexa device, which reacts to vocal commands, could be listening as well.

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Researchers have tracked a mysterious radio signal to a tiny galaxy 3 billion light-years from Earth.

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TikTok creators sue Montana over app ban

A group of TikTok users has sued to overturn Montana's new statewide ban blocking the app, alleging that the law signed this week by Gov. Greg Gianforte violates the First Amendment.

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OpenAI launches a free ChatGPT app for iOS

OpenAI is making it even easier for many to access ChatGPT.

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Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he welcomed and expected more investment from global chipmakers, after meeting top executives on Thursday before a Group of Seven summit.

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Fertility app fined $200,000 for leaking customers health data

The company behind a popular fertility app has agreed to pay $200,000 in federal and state fines after authorities alleged that it had shared users' personal health information for years without their consent, including to Google and to two companies based in China.

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Montana governor bans TikTok

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte tweeted Wednesday that he has banned TikTok in the state "to protect Montanans' personal and private data from the Chinese Communist Party."

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How the CEO behind ChatGPT won over Congress

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seems to have achieved in a matter of hours what other tech execs have been struggling to do for years: He charmed the socks off Congress.

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Uber will now let parents put their teens in rides alone

Uber is rolling out new features to make it easier for people of all ages to access its ride-hailing service, including an option that will let teens under the age of 18 ride alone for the first time.

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Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to avoid prison

Elizabeth Holmes' last-minute bid to avoid prison was denied by an appellate court on Tuesday, paving the way for the disgraced Theranos founder to begin her sentence.

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A new CEO won't fix Twitter's biggest problem

During his six months as Twitter's CEO and owner, Elon Musk decimated its ad business, alienated some news publications and VIP users, and plunged the platform into a constant state of chaos. Now, a new chief executive will be tasked with trying to turn things around.

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Google to delete accounts that have been inactive for at least two years

If you haven't logged into your Google account in a long time, you better use it or lose it.

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Your iPhone will soon be able to replicate your voice after 15 minutes of training

Apple on Tuesday announced a series of new accessibility tools for the iPhone and iPad, including a feature that promises to replicate a user's voice for phone calls after only 15 minutes of training.

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Mr. ChatGPT goes to Washington: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman set to testify before Congress

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is set to testify before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday after the viral success of ChatGPT, his company's chatbot tool, renewed an arms race over artificial intelligence and sparked concerns from some lawmakers about the risks posed by the technology.

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Vodafone plans 11,000 job cuts

Vodafone said Tuesday it would cut 11,000 jobs over three years, as the telecoms company unveiled a turnaround plan to revive its fortunes.

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The man behind ChatGPT is about to have his moment on Capitol Hill

For a few months in 2017, there were rumors that Sam Altman was planning to run for governor of California. Instead, he kept his day job as one of Silicon Valley's most influential investors and entrepreneurs.

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EU approves Microsoft's deal to buy Activision Blizzard

European regulators have approved Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, handing the technology giant a victory at a time when the deal is being challenged in other countries.

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Ex-ByteDance employee claims China had 'supreme access' to all data

China's Communist Party had "supreme access" to all data held by TikTok's parent company Bytedance, including on servers in the United States, a former employer who is bringing a wrongful termination lawsuit has alleged.

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The agony and ecstasy of scoring last-minute face value Taylor Swift tickets

When Julia Thomas woke up at her home in Cleveland last Saturday, she spontaneously decided to drive 15 hours to the Taylor Swift concert that night in Nashville, picking up her sister in Cincinnati along the way. But they were missing one thing: tickets.

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How Lyft's new CEO is 'copying' his former boss Jeff Bezos to turn around the company

David Risher had a rocky first week at his job.

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Who is Linda Yaccarino, reportedly Twitter's next CEO?

Twitter may soon have an ad sales veteran in charge, after months of hemorrhaging advertisers under owner Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk says he's found a new CEO for Twitter

Elon Musk on Thursday said he's found a new CEO to take over Twitter, months after he first promised to step back from the role.

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Twitter's new encrypted message feature criticized by security and privacy experts

Privacy and security experts widely panned a new feature that Twitter unveiled Wednesday that encrypts some direct messages between users, raising questions about the future of user safety on the platform.

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The most popular search engine in the world is about to look different

Google is moving forward with plans to bring AI chat features to its core search engine as it works to keep pace with a wave of new artificial intelligence tools that could threaten the company's dominance online for the first time in decades.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to testify before Congress

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will testify before Congress next Tuesday as lawmakers increasingly scrutinize the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence, according to a Senate Judiciary subcommittee.

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UK citizen extradited to US pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter hack

A citizen of the United Kingdom who was extradited to New York from Spain last month has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and computer hacking schemes, including the 2020 hack of the social media site Twitter, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

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Twitter is adding calls and encrypted messaging

Twitter is adding encrypted messaging to the platform Wednesday, and calls will follow shortly, CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Tuesday.

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Airbnb sees record bookings despite recession fears

Airbnb on Tuesday reported strong revenue growth and a new record for bookings during the first three months of the year, in a sign that demand for travel remains strong despite lingering recession fears.

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Nikola to pause truck production after posting bigger quarterly loss

Nikola Corp on Tuesday reported a bigger quarterly loss and said it would pause production to streamline the assembly line at its Coolidge, Arizona factory amid sluggish demand for its battery-powered trucks.

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Chinese police detain man for allegedly using ChatGPT to spread rumors online

Police in China have detained a man they say used ChatGPT to create fake news and spread it online, in what state media has called the country's first criminal case related to the AI chatbot.

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LinkedIn to cut 716 jobs and shut its China app amid 'challenging' economic climate

LinkedIn, the world's largest social media platform for professionals, is cutting 716 positions and shutting down its jobs app in mainland China, the California-based company announced.

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Sam Bankman-Fried wants his case thrown out of court

Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Monday filed motions to dismiss the US government's fraud charges against him.

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Graphic images of Texas mall shooting spread on Twitter, rekindling debate on how much to share

Within hours of the mass shooting on Saturday at a Texas outlet mall, some Twitter users shared gruesome pictures of bloodied bodies, purportedly from the crime scene. At least one image appeared to be of a child.

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Despite TikTok ban threat, influencers are flocking to a new app from its parent company

In the days after TikTok's CEO was grilled by Congress for the first time, many TikTok users began posting about an alternative platform called Lemon8, sometimes with eerily similar language.

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This is Google's new folding phone

Just a few days ahead of its product launch, Google unveiled an early look at its first foldable smartphone.

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Lyft stock plunges nearly 15% on weaker than expected revenue forecast

Lyft may have a bumpy road ahead to recovery.

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Apple posts second consecutive quarterly revenue decline

Apple on Thursday reported that its revenue fell 3% to $94.8 billion for the first three months of the year as consumers scale back spending on smartphones and computers amid looming recession fears.

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White House launches an AI plan, including future policies for US agencies

The White House on Thursday announced a series of measures to address the challenges of artificial intelligence, driven by the sudden popularity of tools such as ChatGPT and amid rising concerns about the technology's potential risks for discrimination, misinformation and privacy.

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TV and film writers are fighting to save their jobs from AI. They won't be the last

By any standard, John August is a successful screenwriter. He's written such films as "Big Fish," "Charlie's Angels" and "Go." But even he is concerned about the impact AI could have on his work.

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Microsoft opens up its AI-powered Bing to all users

Microsoft is rolling out the new AI-powered version of its Bing search engine to anyone who wants to use it.

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Apple and Google are teaming up on a plan to make Bluetooth trackers like AirTags safer

Apple and Google are working together on a new industry-wide effort to help limit the risk of Bluetooth devices like AirTags being used for unwanted tracking after a number of reports about these products enabling stalking.

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'ChatGPT is the new crypto': Meta warns hackers are exploiting interest in the AI chatbot

Hackers have seized on worldwide interest in the artificial intelligence-powered tool ChatGPT in an effort to break into people's devices, Facebook owner Meta revealed in a security report Wednesday, equating the phenomenon to the surge in cryptocurrency scams.

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Meta shuts down network of fake accounts that 'signal a shift' in China-based influence efforts

Facebook's parent company Meta announced Wednesday that it has taken down a network of more than 100 China-based accounts that posed as organizations in the US and Europe and pushed pro-Beijing talking points.

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Geoffrey Hinton, also known as the "Godfather of AI," quit his position at Google after deciding he had to "blow the whistle" on the technology he helped develop. Hinton worries how smart it is becoming. Hinton's pioneering work on neural networks shaped artificial intelligence systems powering many of today's products.

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A key safety executive at TikTok is leaving as lawmakers keep pressure on the app

TikTok is about to lose a key safety executive as the app faces growing pressure from lawmakers and threats of a ban in the United States.

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Twitter shifts course, allowing governments to post automated weather alerts and transit updates 'for free'

Twitter said Tuesday it will permit public institutions such as transit agencies and the National Weather Service to post large volumes of automated tweets for free, provided that the accounts doing so are "verified gov or publicly owned services."

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Pornhub blocks access in Utah over age verification law

Some of the internet's biggest adult websites, including Pornhub, are now blocking access to Utah users over a new age verification law that takes effect on Wednesday.

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Uber's revenue climbs 29% as it continues to defy tech slump

Uber on Tuesday reported revenue of $8.8 billion for the quarter ending in March, a 29% increase from the same period last year and beating Wall Street's estimates.

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Jack Dorsey no longer thinks Elon Musk is the right person to run Twitter

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey backtracked Saturday on his earlier endorsement of Elon Musk as the right choice to lead the company, speaking out against the billionaire who, for the past six months, has led Twitter through a series of largely self-inflicted crises.

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