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A second whistleblower tied to Boeing has died

Another whistleblower who raised safety concerns about production practices related to Boeing has died. Joshua Dean, who previously worked as a...

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California's tech billionaires are one step closer to getting their utopia

The California Forever project is one step closer to becoming a reality. This week, the ambitious project’s backers announced that they had received...

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Saudi Arabia is building a megacity in the desert. It's not going well

Over the last several years, Saudi Arabia has been working on a massive infrastructure project that its leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (or...

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You can buy a flame-throwing robot dog for almost $10,000 if that's your thing

The year is 2024 and technology is doing incredible things. For the first time ever, you can purchase a walking robot dog with a flame thrower on its...

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AI can apparently predict a person's political stance just by reading their face

A study recently published in the peer-reviewed American Psychologist journal claims that a combination of facial recognition and artificial...

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America's first high-speed rail is now under construction

Ground was broken Monday on what is said to be America’s first high-speed rail. The project, which is designed to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas...

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A kid set a Waymo self-driving car on fire in San Francisco, police say

Police say a teenager is responsible for setting fire to one of Waymo’s self-driving cars in San Francisco earlier this year. Read more...

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The Baltimore bridge collapse is now an FBI matter

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a key commuter bridge in Maryland right outside of...

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A hospital stopped an organ transplant program after a doctor allegedly manipulated records

A Texas hospital has shut down its organ transplant program after discovering that a doctor allegedly made “inappropriate changes” to medical...

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The new Boeing whistleblower says some planes could just could just 'break apart' in midair

The news for Boeing has been bad lately. Real bad. Ever since the press caught wind of reported safety issues involving the global plane...

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Thousands of LG Smart TVs have security bugs that could let hackers hijack them

Recently discovered software vulnerabilities in tens of thousands of LG smart TVs could allow cybercriminals to hijack them. To make sure your TV...

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A new robot can mimic your facial expression, if that's of interest

As advances in robotics and artificial intelligence continue, efforts to make robots less creepy and unsettling and more friendly and human-like are a...

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Google's contract with Israel has prompted some staffers to quit

The Israeli assault on Gaza has sparked conflict at companies throughout the world. At Google, a company that has often tried to foster a public...

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The $30 million Easter heist security firm had been hacked before

One of the biggest heists in Los Angeles history took place on Easter when thieves pillaged a money storage facility in the San Fernando Valley...

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Tech billionaires want to build a new city in California. Here's how it started and how it's going

Less than a year ago, we learned that a bunch of Bay Area tech billionaires had their sights set on creating a brand new city out of thousands of...

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Apple might make a robot for your home

Fresh off dumping its electric vehicles project, Apple appears to be pivoting to something fairly different: household robots. Engineers at the...

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EV startup Canoo spent more on its CEO's private jet than it made selling cars

Some might argue the entire point of the electric vehicle industry is to make the world a better place by cutting carbon emissions and fighting...

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Donald Trump's company is suing the co-founders of Truth Social

A little over a week ago, Trump Media Technology Group, which owns Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, became a publicly traded...

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The tech billionaires who want to build a new California city beat a group of ranchers in court

California Forever, the tech billionaire-backed effort to create a new city on hundreds of acres in the Bay Area, has faced a number of challenges,...

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The owners of the cargo ship that destroyed the Baltimore bridge say it's not their fault

Last week, a cargo ship temporarily lost power and spun out of control, causing it to slam into the Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore. The...

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The most notorious convicted tech leaders

Well, Sam Bankman-Fried is headed up the river. Once a powerful crypto power broker, SBF’s glittering Web3 kingdom came crashing down on his head...

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Prison phone operators allegedly worked with jails to limit in-person visits

Two lawsuits filed by an activist organization allege a conspiracy between county governments in Michigan and prison phone companies. This conspiracy...

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There's a website that just plays every single Keanu Reeves 'whoa' from all his movies

Keanu Reeves has been in a lot of movies and in almost every single one he manages to say “whoa” at least once. Now, a website developer has...

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Jeffrey Epstein’s secret island visitors were tracked by a data broker, report says

A data broker compiled a report on the geographical movements of visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophile island,” culling it from mobile data...

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PornHub is in a sticky situation with Florida's new age verification law

A slew of conservative states have recently passed age verification laws for websites and, in response, Pornhub has gotten in the habit of shutting...

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“He’s a megalomaniac”: Some VCs Are Reportedly Fed Up with OpenAI's Sam Altman

There was once a time when Sam Altman, CEO of titanic tech company OpenAI, was the apple of Silicon Valley’s eye. The days when the executive’s...

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The cargo ship in the Baltimore bridge collapse had a previous collision

The massive cargo ship responsible for the bridge collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday, had a previous, similar incident on its record, reports USA...

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OpenAI is on a Hollywood charm offensive before launching its Sora video generator

OpenAI wants to be a star. A big, bright, shining star. According to a new report, the influential AI company has spent the last few months courting...

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Kate Middleton has been out of sight and the internet has some crazy theories

The Kate Middleton saga has been a boon for tabloids and cat nip for internet conspiracy theorists. Since Middleton had abdominal surgery in January...

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Another UFO report was a bust but people still aren't buying it

Earlier this month, the Defense Department released a long-awaited report designed to address renewed public interest in unidentified flying objects....

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Boeing overwrote security footage related to the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout, investigators say

Boeing has been the subject of a federal investigation ever since January, when an Alaska Airlines flight involving one of its planes had its door ...

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AI was booed at SXSW

Silicon Valley’s richest nerds seem dead certain that AI will make our world a better place. Not everyone is so convinced, however. At SXSW this...

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Boeing whistleblower’s attorneys demand more information about his death

The lawyers for a Boeing whistleblower who was recently found dead say they need “more information” about what happened to him. Read more...

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A Boeing whistleblower was found dead

John Barnett, a former quality control engineer at Boeing who — just last week — testified against the company as part of a whistleblower...

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UFOs are back in the news. Here's why

UFOs are back in the news this week with the release of a long-awaited Pentagon report that was designed to address public interest in the topic....

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Roku is really serious about users agreeing not to sue

If you’re a Roku user, you may have noticed a new user agreement pop up on your screen over the last several days. If, for whatever reason, you did...

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is buying huge amounts of land in Hawaii

While normal, middle-class Americans struggle to buy starter homes or even just afford rent, American billionaires are busy buying up huge tracts of...

29.02.2024 5

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OpenAI accused the New York Times of paying someone to feed ChatGPT deceptive prompts

The New York Times is currently suing OpenAI for copyright infringement and claims that the influential tech startup used its journalistic material to...

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America is already using AI for military airstrikes

If you’ve been wondering when the U.S. military would start deploying artificial intelligence on the battlefield, the answer is that it appears to...

27.02.2024 5

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Elon Musk's labor fight in Sweden is hitting Tesla charging stations

For the past several months, Tesla has been locked in a battle of wills with the labor unions of Sweden. The company’s decision not to ratify a...

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The tech billionaires planning a new California city don't think it needs a government

From the moment I heard about tech billionaires’ weird plans to create a bustling new city in the heart of California’s Solano County, I was...

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Amazon's Prime Video fee hike just sparked a lawsuit

If you’re pissed that Amazon recently pulled a fast one and inserted ads into its previously ad-free streaming service Prime Video, you can now ...

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Elon Musk says his brain chip company Neuralink actually put one in a human

Elon Musk says that the first person has received a neural implant from his controversial brain chip startup Neuralink. Musk revealed the information...

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Sam Altman on AI's power, its impact on jobs, and the 2024 election

Sam Altman, the Jimmy Neutron-looking mega-millionaire who runs OpenAI, had a lot to say at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,...

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