How Much Will It Cost to Charge Your Electric Car? It’s Complicated
Another weird feature of electricity pricing are demand charges. These are fees that EV charging site hosts pay, and are based on their highest usage, in...
‘Hundreds of Ads in Minutes’: This Startup Thinks AI Can Drown Out the MAGA Movement
I confess to Hutchinson that if I were a politician, I would be scared to use BattlegroundAI. Generative AI tools are known to “hallucinate,” a polite...
An ‘AI Scientist’ Is Inventing and Running Its Own Experiments
At first glance, a recent batch of research papers produced by a prominent artificial intelligence lab at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver might not...
Apple apologizes for another ad that missed the mark
Apple pulled the latest short film in its The Underdogs: OOO (Out of Office) series set in Thailand. The tech giant scrubbed it over complaints about...
Hack and payback Instagram scammer gets nabbed after bragging about it on a podcast
A guest who appeared on the No Jumper podcast to boast about a hack and payback scheme involving his victims’ social media accounts could face federal...
Google will no longer air an Olympics ad that showed a child using AI to write a fan letter
Google is phasing out an Olympics ad after for its AI-powered chatbot, Gemini, after receiving widespread criticism of showing a father use AI to help his...
Bomber Drone Turns Quest 3 Owners Into Living Room Pilots
A new game for Quest 3 gives you a mixed reality drone to fly in your living room. As we work to update our best mixed...
The Justice Department sues TikTok for breaking child privacy laws
The US Department of Justice is suing TikTok for violating a child privacy law and violating a 2019 agreement with the Federal Trade Commission for previous...
TikTok Sued by US Justice Department for Alleged Violations of Kids’ Privacy
In March 2019, TikTok agreed to a US federal court order barring the social media giant from collecting personal information from its youngest users without their...