How much power is enough for AI? Nobody knows, not even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman or Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. This uncertainty has put software-first businesses like OpenAI and Microsoft in a difficult position. Much of the tech world has…
Locket, a private social networking app for friends, has scored a win with Gen Alpha users following the launch of its latest feature, Rollcall. The app lets friends share photos that appear in home screen widgets. It first hit the…
A Japanese trade organization representing publishers like Studio Ghibli wrote a letter to OpenAI last week. The organization called for the AI giant to stop training its AI models on their copyrighted content without permission. Studio Ghibli, the animation studio…
Lawmakers have called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate FlockSafety, a company that operates license plate scanning cameras. They allege the company failed to implement cybersecurity protections, leaving its camera network exposed to hackers and spies. In a letter…
Apple has redesigned the web interface for its App Store, making it more usable for people who are not using Apple devices. Before this update, users could only view individual app pages they found through a search engine, with no…
Alphabet’s X moonshot factory is changing its approach to launching ambitious technology projects. It is increasingly spinning them out as independent companies rather than keeping them within the Alphabet corporate structure. This shift was revealed by X’s leader, Astro Teller,…
Waymo announced on Monday that it will launch a robotaxi service in Detroit, Las Vegas, and San Diego. This move accelerates the expansion plans for the Alphabet-owned company. The announcement highlights Waymo’s transition from an autonomous vehicle technology developer into…
U.S. prosecutors have charged two rogue employees from the cybersecurity firm DigitalMint, a company that specializes in negotiating ransom payments to hackers for its clients, with carrying out their own ransomware attacks. Last month, the Department of Justice indicted Kevin…
Meta announced an update to Facebook Groups on Monday. This update allows group administrators to change their previously private groups to public. This change is designed to protect the privacy of existing members during the conversion. Past content will remain…
Pine Labs, an Indian merchant-commerce startup backed by PayPal and Mastercard, is going public this week at a valuation about forty percent lower than its last private round. This is happening even as the company doubles down on its plans…
