Bill Gates on Elon Musk feud and Jeffrey Epstein meetings
The Microsoft tycoon talks to the BBC about divorce, conspiracy theories and Elon Musk......»»
Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X
Global Alliance for Responsible Media disputes X lawsuit but stops operations. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images) An advertising industry initiative targeted by an Elon Musk lawsuit is "discontinuing" its activ.....»»
Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN will cost more in October
One year after the last price hike, Disney is raising the price of its subscription services, with Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN all set to bill viewers more in October.Disney+ bannerStreaming services often raise the price of their subscriptions. Accordin.....»»
Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”
"We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war," Musk writes. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Elon Musk's X Corp. today sued the World Federation of Advertisers and several large corporations, claiming they "c.....»»
Elon Musk’s X sues industry group over ad boycott
The suit comes after House Republicans began targeting the group, known as GARM......»»
Elon Musk says Tesla is an AI company now. Here’s how plausible that is.
As Tesla's core business starts to falter, CEO Elon Musk has robot fever. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) When Tesla recorded its first annual profit in 2020, it had done something fairly remarkable. Start.....»»
Maker Faire Hannover: Ten Years of Making
Maker Faire Hanover will celebrate its 10th anniversary on August 17th and 18th at the Hannover Congress Center (HCC). As the third largest event of its kind worldwide, it is one of the most important international maker meetings. Up to 15,000 visit.....»»
Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Sam Altman for making a “fool” out of him
Elon Musk asks court to void Microsoft’s exclusive deal with OpenAI. Enlarge / Elon Musk and Sam Altman share the stage in 2015, the same year that Musk alleged that Altman's "deception" began. (credit: Michael Kovac / Contribu.....»»
Rocket Report: Falcon 9 is back; Starship could be recovered off Australia
Elon Musk doesn't expect the next Starship test flight to occur before late August. Welcome to Edition 7.05 of the Rocket Report! The Federal Aviation Administration grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for 15 days after a rare failure.....»»
Twitter for Mac leaves the Mac App Store, but iPad X is still usable
Formerly a must-have social app, Twitter for Mac is no longer visible in the Mac App Store, but you could still use the X iPad app on Apple Silicon.Twitter icon, pre-XThe Elon Musk era's changing of Twitter to X has seemingly claimed another victim......»»
Kids Online Safety Act passes Senate despite concerns it will harm kids
KOSA risks “nearly limitless content regulation,” senator warns. Enlarge (credit: Westend61 | Westend61) The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) easily passed the Senate today despite critics' concerns that the bill may ri.....»»
Tesla analyst nearly crashes while using ‘Full Self-Driving’
Elon Musk said that investors won’t understand the company unless they’re using the driver-assistance system marketed as Full Self-Driving, so analyst William Stein took this as his cue to test-drive one and narrowly avoided a crash. .....»»
Elon Musk shares animation showing Starship catch and stack
SpaceX boss Elon Musk has shared an animation showing how two giant mechanical arms will try to catch the Starship rocket at the end of its next test flight......»»
SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn mission faces delay
SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn mission has been delayed as the Elon Musk-led company focuses instead on the Crew-9 mission to the space station......»»
Apple continuing work on ad-supported TV+ plan; in discussions about UK advertising
After hiring a number of advertising executives earlier in the year, Apple is continuing to show signs of an upcoming ad-supported Apple TV+ plan. According to a new report from The Telegraph, Apple has held meetings with a large UK ratings body to d.....»»
Are you a workaholic? Here’s how to spot the signs
Psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction. Enlarge (credit: Bill Varie/Getty Images) An accountant who fills out spreadsheets at the beach, a dog groomer who always has time for one more.....»»
Security Bite: X quietly adds option to keep its third-rate AI product Grok from scraping your posts and interactions
Heads up! Elon Musk’s social platform X (formerly Twitter) has quietly added an opt-out toggle to keep its AI chatbot Grok from data scraping your posts, as well as any interactions you have with it. The setting to allow data for training is enable.....»»
X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it
Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in. Enlarge / An AI-generated image released by xAI during the open-weights launch of Grok-1. (credit: xAI) Elon Musk-led social media platform X is training Gr.....»»
X quietly adds option to keep its third-rate AI product Grok from scraping your posts and interactions
Heads up! Without notice, Elon Musk’s social platform X (formerly Twitter) has quietly added an opt-out toggle to keep its AI chatbot Grok from scraping your posts, as well as any interactions you have with it. The setting to allow data for trainin.....»»
How to stop Musk"s Grok AI from training on anything you"ve ever said or done on X
Twitter/X has automatically opted you in to training Elon Musk's Grok AI on everything you've ever posted on the service. Here's where they have stashed the hidden setting, and how to turn it off.Find the right setting and you can say now to X's Grok.....»»
X reveals security incident that made your ‘private’ likes public
X, Elon Musk’s social network formerly known as Twitter, recently implemented a change that made likes private, so that only the account owner can see the posts they have liked. However, a recent security incident allowed others to still see these.....»»