Image by Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty / Futurism “Make America Healthy Again” diehards are fuming about president Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, Casey Means — and it’s for a brain-meltingly stupid reason. It’s not because Means, a self-styled “wellness influencer,” doesn’t have an active medical license, never finished her surgical residency, or… Continue reading MAHA Are Losing Their Mind At Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General for the Stupidest Reason Possible
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Years After Promising to Stop Facial Recognition Work, Meta Has a Devious New Plan
In 2021, Facebook said it was scrapping efforts to build powerful facial recognition software into its then-nascent smart glasses, citing the tech’s glaring privacy and ethics concerns. Four years later, as The Information reports, the Silicon Valley behemoth has officially dusted off the effort and is once again working on transforming its wearable smart glasses… Continue reading Years After Promising to Stop Facial Recognition Work, Meta Has a Devious New Plan
Community Complains of Choking Fumes From Elon Musk’s AI Fortress
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is building one of the world’s largest AI supercomputers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since coming online in September, the facility, dubbed Colossus, has amassed an absurd arsenal of 200,000 Nvidia graphics processing units to train Musk’s chatbot, Grok. That comes with monstrous energy demands, and the way xAI is meeting… Continue reading Community Complains of Choking Fumes From Elon Musk’s AI Fortress
Lazy Sam Altman Hires New OpenAI “CEO” to Do All the Work for Him Without Having to Resign
How convenient. Shadow CEO OpenAI has poached the CEO of Instacart for a fancy new gig — but there’s something weird going on with her job description. In a statement, CEO and cofounder Sam Altman announced that Fidji Simo, a former Facebook executive who took over at Instacart in 2021 and became an OpenAI board… Continue reading Lazy Sam Altman Hires New OpenAI “CEO” to Do All the Work for Him Without Having to Resign
Sonos CEO: ‘We All Feel Really Terrible’ About the Bungled App Update
Sonos is very, very sorry for ruining your speaker system. In fact, Sonos’ interim CEO Tom Conrad says he feels personally responsible for that. He told me so in an interview on his media tour to recap his first 100 days leading the company. On May 7, 2024, Sonos launched an update to its app… Continue reading Sonos CEO: ‘We All Feel Really Terrible’ About the Bungled App Update
You can now use Apple Pay to buy games on your PS5
Scan a QR code on your TV screen to finish paying on your iPhone. Scan a QR code on your TV screen to finish paying on your iPhone. Umar Shakir is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support… Continue reading You can now use Apple Pay to buy games on your PS5
TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla denied ‘Robotaxi’ trademark, Aurora loses a co-founder, and tariffs start to take a toll
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Remember last week when Aurora met a major milestone — just squeaking by under its own deadline — and launched a driverless self-driving truck service? Welp, this… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla denied ‘Robotaxi’ trademark, Aurora loses a co-founder, and tariffs start to take a toll
Figma’s CEO on his new approach to AI
‘We’re going to see more software created than ever before because of AI.’ Also: Meta tries to “level up” its AI org. ‘We’re going to see more software created than ever before because of AI.’ Also: Meta tries to “level up” its AI org. Alex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command… Continue reading Figma’s CEO on his new approach to AI
Tesla (TSLA) shareholders get excited for ‘Tesla prototype’ that turn out to be a competitor’s
Tesla (TSLA) shareholders were getting excited on social media about a “Tesla prototype” that turned out to be a competitor’s prototype vehicle. more… Go to Source
Tesla’s NACS connector will be used by Mazda’s EVs in Japan
Mazda has announced that it will use the North American Charging Standard (NACS), also known as Tesla’s charge connector, on its upcoming electric vehicles in Japan. The Japanese automaker had already announced that it would adopt NACS for its electric vehicles in North America, like all other automakers in North America, after Ford got the… Continue reading Tesla’s NACS connector will be used by Mazda’s EVs in Japan