SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI on Friday said its CEO Sam Altman would be returning to its board and it also named three new female board members. The maker of the popular ChatGPT chatbot named Sue Desmond-Hellmann, a former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Nicole Seligman, a former executive vice president and general […]
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Microsoft warned Friday that the Russian government hackers it had blamed for hacking its executives’ email last month have been leveraging what they stole to try to break into customers’ computer systems. In a securities filing and blog post, Microsoft said hackers associated with Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service also had escalated their attacks on
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President Biden on Friday confirmed his support for a bill advancing through Congress that could result in a nationwide ban on the social media app TikTok. “If they pass it, I’ll sign it,” he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland’s Prince George’s County. Biden’s words may provide a push for a bill that
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Evercore ISI senior managing director Mark Mahaney makes the case for raising Uber’s price target and explains why he’s staying away from Snap Inc. on ‘Varney & Co.’ Ride-share companies Uber and Lyft are threatening to pull out of Minnesota’s largest city in response to legislation regulating a minimum wage for drivers. The competing companies
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Some TikTok users saw their phones flash Thursday morning with an urgent-sounding push notification: “Take action: Speak up against a TikTok shutdown.” The alert linked to a page prompting users to enter their zip code, then provided them with a direct link to call their congressional representative. Lawmakers say their offices were inundated with calls
I felt relieved when I started writing about technology full time more than 12 years ago. Many industries and people were still reeling from and angry about the Great Recession. The technology industry felt like an island of bubbly optimism about its future and ours. Faith in the magic of technology was painfully earnest —
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Pentagon reports more than 270 UFO sightings More than 270 UFO sightings reported over 8 months, Pentagon says 04:46 The Pentagon released a report Friday outlining the U.S. government’s historical record of UAP, or unidentified anomalous phenomena, the formal name for objects that had previously been known as UFOs. The 63-page unredacted report is the first
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Apple has been notably absent from the public conversation around generative AI until recently. But AI is already very present on the iPhone, driving core features in popular apps such as the Camera, Photos and Siri among others. At the same time, Apple CEO Tim Cook has been more vocal about the technology — suggesting
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A new music investing startup called JKBX lets fans share in their favorite musicians’ success by allowing people to buy securities whose value derives from an artist’s streaming royalties. For examples, investors can invest in songs such as Beyoncé’s 2009 hit “Halo,” Adele’s “Rumour Has it,” and Taylor Swift’s “Welcome to New York,” among others. “Every
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Apple released iOS 17.4 on Tuesday, more than a month after the tech giant released iOS 17.3. While the latest update brings new emojis to all users and new app store capabilities to people in the European Union, it also patches a handful of issues Apple said might be actively exploited. To download the update, go
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