Elon Musk’s Neuralink plagued with animal lab violations before getting approval for human testing
Less than a month after announcing that Elon Musk’s Neuralink Inc. had been cleared to test human brain implants, Food and Drug Administration inspectors said the company had been cleared to test human brain implants, according to a regulatory report seen by Reuters. It was discovered that there were problems with the record management and […]
Facebook parent Meta targeted in privacy complaints by EU groups
Metaplatforms on Thursday responded to privacy complaints as eight EU consumer groups asked the watchdog to take action against Facebook’s owner for allegedly breaching EU privacy rules when collecting user data. I was visited. Complaints by consumer organizations in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain to national data protection authorities […]
Google ‘predatory’ advertising practices probe expanded by Canada’s antitrust watchdog
Canada’s antitrust watchdog has expanded its investigation into whether Google’s online advertising business engages in predatory pricing. As part of the Competition Bureau’s investigation, which expands on an investigation that first began in 2020, law enforcement obtained an order from the Federal Court of Canada requiring Google to produce relevant records and written information. According […]
New York AG Letitia James opens probe into AT&T wireless outage
New York Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that her office is investigating the cause of AT&T’s wireless outages last week that lasted up to 12 hours and the carrier’s response. The Federal Communications Commission is also investigating the Feb. 22 outage. AT&T said Saturday it would provide affected consumers with a $5 bill credit, […]
Tesla to face racial bias suit by black workers at California plant
A California judge has tentatively ruled that about 6,000 black factory workers can collectively sue Tesla over the electric car maker’s failure to address rampant racial discrimination and harassment at its Fremont factory. . Judge Noel Wise of California’s Oakland Superior Court said in a written order issued Wednesday that the lawsuit requires Elon Musk’s […]
SEC reportedly probing whether OpenAI CEO Sam Altman misled investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly looking into internal communications sent by OpenAI chief Sam Altman as part of an investigation into whether he misled investors. Federal regulators subpoenaed the creators of ChatGPT in December for internal records of current and former OpenAI executives and board members, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people […]
Think your spouse is cheating? There’s a way to check on Wi-Fi
Meddling with your home Wi-Fi settings can cause your couple to lose connection. A TikTok peep has shared a technical trick that can reveal, for better or worse, his partner’s internet usage and online interests, leaving amateur sleuths looking for answers. abby page Posts about the trials and tribulations of relationships He started the conversation […]
Mom detects son’s retinoblastoma using just her phone camera
Her life changed in an instant. A British mother of four says she was able to detect a rare cancer in her young son using the flash on her mobile phone camera. Sarah Hedges, 40, was cooking a shepherd’s pie dinner in November 2022 when she looked at her three-month-old son, Thomas, and noticed a […]
Google Gemini invented fake reviews smearing my book about Big Tech’s ‘war on conservatives’
Google Gemini, the tech giant’s new AI chatbot meant to rival ChatGPT, was used by real people to discredit my 2020 book on the political bias of Google and other big tech companies. Made up some fake reviews that were thought to be fake. On Sunday, amid intense backlash over the apparent political bias of […]
Bitcoin soars above $60K as spot ETFs drive trending frenzy, lead to Coinbase crash
Bitcoin soared above $60,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than two years, as the popularity of spot ETFs reignited trading enthusiasm for the volatile cryptocurrency and sent popular crypto exchange Coinbase crashing. Bitcoin’s price soared to nearly $64,000 in the early afternoon, close to its November 2021 all-time high of $68,789, but […]