Tesla Inc. and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he’s had some “promising conversations” with Apple Inc. over Starlink connectivity. The billionaire entrepreneur said on Twitter Thursday that the iPhone team is obviously “super smart.” “For sure, closing link from space to phone will work best if phone software & hardware adapt to space-based signals vs…
Elon Musk Hints at Potential Apple–Spacex Partnership for iPhone 14 Satellite Feature
Social Media Firms to Testify at Senate Homeland Security Hearing
WASHINGTON—The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on Sept. 14 with Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s YouTube, Twitter, and short video app TikTok on social media’s impact on homeland security. The panel led by Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) will also hear from a panel of former executives including from Twitter…
Elon Musk Isn’t the First: Disney ‘Almost’ Bought Twitter Until Bob Iger Noticed These Red Flags
As Tesla Inc. Elon Musk fights a legal battle to steer clear of the deal with Twitter, Inc., another executive reminisced about his interest in the social media platform years ago and what kept him from going ahead with a deal. What Happened Back in 2016 when the board of the Walt Disney Company was convinced of…
Musk Says Twitter Whistleblower Payment Is Another Reason to Scrap Merger
WILMINGTON, Del.—Elon Musk contended that Twitter Inc.’s decision to pay millions of dollars to a whistleblower it had fired gives the world’s richest person another justification for terminating his $44 billion agreement to buy the social media company. In a Friday letter to Twitter, lawyers for Musk said Twitter’s failure to seek his consent before…
Media Misconduct Inspired the Making of ‘My Son Hunter’: Film Director
The story surrounding the Hunter Biden laptop recently regained the spotlight after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the social platform reduced the reach of related posts in the leadup to the 2020 presidential election, following advice from the FBI. The laptop of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, became the subject of multiple media…
Trump Vows to Sue Fox News Over Attack Ad
Former President Donald Trump suggested he would sue Fox News and the Lincoln Project after the network aired the group’s attack ad against the former president. “The … Lowlifes of the Lincoln Project are back on, where else, Fox News,” Trump wrote on social media. “I thought they ran away to the asylum after their…
Is Google’s AI Chatbot Really Sentient? Sundar Pichai Says ‘The Truth Is …’
Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai touched upon Artificial Intelligence (AI) acquiring sentience in an interview at Vox Media’s Code Conference Tuesday. What Happened Pichai discussed the case of a Google employee who was fired for claiming that the company’s AI chatbot was sentient, reported The Verge. The Google CEO repeated the company’s position that the bot was not sentient and said,…
Google CEO Denies AI Chatbot Is Sentient
Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai touched upon Artificial Intelligence (AI) acquiring sentience in an interview at Vox Media’s Code Conference Tuesday. What Happened Pichai discussed the case of a Google employee who was fired for claiming that the company’s AI chatbot was sentient, reported The Verge. The Google CEO repeated the company’s position that the bot was not sentient and said,…
New Apple iPhone Will Be Available in Russia, Trade Minister Says
Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14 despite the U.S. tech company having left the country thanks to Moscow’s parallel import scheme, a senior government official told the RIA Novosti news agency on Thursday. Russia announced the scheme in March when it authorised retailers to import products from abroad without…
Apple Unveils iPhone 14 With Emergency Satellite Messaging, Ultra Watch
Apple Inc. introduced new iPhone 14 models capable of using satellites to send emergency messages and an adventure-focused Ultra Watch for sports like diving and triathlons. The sports and outdoor-focused products will test whether Apple’s relatively affluent customer base will keep spending in the face of rising inflation. Prices of the high-end iPhone 14s are…
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