Dr. Geoffrey Hinton first spoke about his concerns with the New York Times, saying—as a growing number of whistleblowers have also warned—it’s difficult to see “how you can prevent the bad actors from using [A.I.] for bad things.” Hinton, 75, has an extensive and almost impossible to summarize background in the larger world of academia, specifically […]
Marvel is asking a court to intervene following the pre-release leak of dialogue from the latest Ant-Man film. As fans are likely already aware, the February rollout of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was preceded by a dialogue transcript allegedly being leaked to Reddit and Google Docs. Now, per a report from Variety, a request has been […]
An apparent payout mistake resulted in Google sending a security engineer and self-described hacker nearly $250,000. Sam Curry, who works as a security engineer for the blockchain tech company Yuga Labs, revealed in a recently shared tweet that it’s been several weeks since Google “randomly sent me $249,999.” At the time, Curry added, he had […]
Elon Musk has addressed a report alleging he “engaged in a brief affair” with Nicole Shanahan, a CodeX research fellow and wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal cited sources as claiming that Musk and Shanahan’s alleged affair had prompted Brin to file for divorce. As previously reported, albeit without […]
A member of the Federal Communications Commission is renewing calls for a TikTok ban. FCC commissioner Brendan Carr is urging Apple and Google’s parent company to removed the popular platform from its app stores. Carr outlined his position in a June 24 letter addressed to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, citing concerns over a recent BuzzFeed News report that examined leaked audio […]
Google engineer Blake Lemoine revealed last week that he was placed on paid administrative leave by the company after trying to raise awareness about its artificial intelligence chatbot becoming sentient. Lemoine claims he was placed on leave for violating the company’s confidentiality policy after he went public with transcripts between himself, an unidentified collaborator, and the Google artificially […]
A former employee at Google sued the tech giant on Friday, claiming it engages in systemic bias against Black workers. Reuters reports the lawsuit, filed on Friday in a San Jose, California federal court, accuses Google of maintaining a “racially biased corporate culture” by placing Black employees in lower-level jobs, paying them less and denying them opportunities to advance because of […]
As the “official fan phone of the NBA,” Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are perfect for photographing every special moment both on and off the court. We put that to the test last weekend in Cleveland, Ohio, where there were dozens of exclusive basketball events—ranging from the slam dunk and three-point contests to […]
Nas has added a gaming company to his ever-expanding investment portfolio. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the hip-hop mogul has teamed up with Google and others to raise a $20 million financial backing for Carry1st—a mobile game published based in Cape Town, South Africa. Other investors include Riot Games, Sky Mavis, Yield Guild Games, Chipper Cash, and Andreessen Horowitz Invest. Carry1st, which recently […]
YouTube TV has pulled Disney-owned channels from its platform—and there’s no indication of when they’ll return. The programming change took place this weekend, after Google and Disney failed to reach an agreement before their contract expire at midnight Friday. YouTube TV announced the removal in a statement Saturday, explaining why customers no longer had the option to […]
