A transgender influencer whose social media promotion of Bud Light led to attacks from conservatives and a boycott of the brand spoke directly about the… Read More »Dylan Mulvaney speaks out after backlash against Bud Light
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The Motorola hotspot. It connects to the satellite network and has Bluetooth. That is it. The device is dead simple, with no screen and just… Read More »Motorola’s “Satellite Link” hotspot allows you to send messages through space
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella appeared in federal court on Wednesday to pledge his support for open platforms and consumer choice. “If it were up to… Read More »Chiefs of Microsoft and Activision testify that merger will benefit consumers
In June 2021, GitHub has announced Copilot, a type of autocomplete for computer code powered by OpenAI’s text generation technology. It provided a first glimpse… Read More »The immense power and potential danger of AI-generated code
When ultra-fast fashion chain Shein Kenya invited Freeman for a free two-week trip to China, she was thrilled. It has become a status symbol for… Read More »Shein flew influencers to China to improve the image. A backlash ensued.
Can you tell which of these seemingly identical bits of Steam iconography were generated using AI (trick question, it’s none of them). Aurich Lawson Valve… Read More »Steam mods reportedly block games that use AI-generated artwork
Social media researchers at the Network Contagion Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, was shaken early last month. They were awakened by 6:30 a.m. calls… Read More »Reddit is already on the rebound
When Elon Musk announced last month that he had hired Linda Yaccarino as CEO of Twitter, he said said he was “excited” to bring on… Read More »Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino relaxes the hot seat
On a recent steamy Sunday afternoon, customers strolled down the aisles of Glenn Miller’s Beer & Soda Warehouse, where ceiling fans circulated the hot air.… Read More »Cheaper than water? Retailers try to unload Bud Light.
Enlarge / The East Coast has had a chance to experience something that has become disturbingly familiar to the West. After rejoining the Paris Agreement… Read More »The American public wants climate change addressed, but dislikes the options
On other parts of the app, the silence spread through normally vocal accounts. So did more conventional propagandists, such as Margarita Simonyan, editor of the… Read More »Wagner mutiny puts Russian military bloggers on the edge | WIRED
The Biden administration is considering additional restrictions on China’s ability to access critical technology, including restricting sales of high-performance chips used to power artificial intelligence,… Read More »Biden administration weighs further restrictions on AI chip sales to China
