Author: News Room
In 2021, Lorde sang about throwing her own “cellular device in the water.”She might want to chuck your high-tech glasses in the waves, too.During a Thursday performance at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival, the singer-songwriter delivered a blunt verdict on the wearable technology.”Can I just say, for the record, fuck the…
After a 14-hour flight from New York City to Nairobi, a 10-hour layover, and a flight to Kilimanjaro International Airport, I found out my luggage was among a number of bags that hadn’t made the trip.An airport attendant told me this happens frequently in Mt. Kilimanjaro due to airplane weight…
In recent days, President Donald Trump has announced Walmart is lowering prices, and took credit. He went further last week when he cheered Michael Dell for funding Trump Accounts to the tune of $6.25 billion.At an Oval Office celebration for the investment accounts for children with the CEO and his…
Flock Safety is hitting a rough patch with one of its biggest customers.The Los Angeles Police Department let its deal with the surveillance company expire over the past weekend, a spokesperson of the department told Business Insider on Monday.”We wanted to address some of the civil liberty and civil rights…
A federal judge held Monday that President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was manufactured simply to justify its settlement, including a multibillion-dollar “anti-weaponization” fund for political allies and a shield from IRS scrutiny.”This lawsuit was not brought to vindicate rights; it was brought to manipulate the judicial…
California is launching a new incentive program for first-time electric vehicle buyers that gives companies like Rivian and Lucid an edge.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill, SB 168, into law on Monday that will give first-time EV customers an instant incentive of $3,500 on a new vehicle and $1,750 toward…
The US Navy’s new Saronic Corsair sea drones are getting a workout in the Middle East, pulling off operational firsts for the American military in both rescue and combat.US Central Command revealed Monday that attacks over the weekend that targeted an Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility involved three Corsair…
OpenAI employees are coming out in support of their CEO, saying that, yes, he’s actually very receptive to critical feedback.Eric Mitchell, who co-leads OpenAI’s Post-training Frontiers team, wrote that there were multiple times when he “directly disagreed with, corrected, or expressed frustration with leadership to Sam.””Sam always responded with curiosity,…
If you’ve been feeling the sting of higher restaurant prices, there’s at least one place where a burger, fries and a soda won’t break the bank. A new DoorDash report found the cheapest burger combo in America is in Austin, Texas, where a burger-and-fries meal costs an average of $12.94.…
A year ago, OpenAI seemed like it had an untouchable lead in the AI race.It was by far the dominant AI platform for consumers. Competitors like Meta were scrambling — and spending a gazillion dollars on new hires — to catch up. Sam Altman had enough cash, and clout, to…
