Getty Images | Juj Winn A friendly female voice greets me on the phone. “Hello, I’m an assistant named Jasmine for Bodega,” the voice says.… Read More »When you call a restaurant, you may end up chatting with an AI host
Four people were killed and at least 18 others injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday night. The shooting occurred in the… Read More »Four dead, 18 injured after mass shooting in popular nightlife area of Birmingham, Alabama
Efforts by the Beijing-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC, to break down barriers to innovation have embroiled the company in a geopolitical technology battle.
Ready for an extra hour of sleep? For millions of Americans, that will soon become a reality as Daylight Saving Time ends for the year.… Read More »When Does Daylight Saving Time Start and End in 2024? What You Need to Know About the Time Change
Enlarge / A young raccoon watches from a tree. If you've been looking for a reason to have a flamethrower in your home, you've just… Read More »Human cases of raccoon parasite may be your best excuse to buy a flamethrower
ORLANDO, Florida – A fourth tropical disturbance formed early Saturday morning in the Atlantic Ocean and is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center. It… Read More »Fourth tropical disturbance in the Atlantic; will it affect Florida?
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from the Alaskan mainland, a resident sitting outside… Read More »Why an Alaskan Island Is Using Peanut Butter and Blacklight to Find a Rat That May Not Exist
Five years after leaving Apple, the iPhone designer is building a new life in San Francisco, each time with a new, creative building.
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines has warned employees it will soon make tough decisions as part of a strategy to restore profits and fend off demands… Read More »Southwest Airlines warns employees of 'difficult decisions', Bloomberg reports
If the past five years of EU tech rules could take human form, they would embody Thierry Breton. The bombastic commissioner, with his sweep of… Read More »Change in European leadership means new opponents for Big Tech
Conspiracy theorist and pillowmaker Mike Lindell is facing backlash online after his company lowered the price of some of its pillows to $14.88, a figure… Read More »Mike Lindell's Latest Pillow Award Is Being Interpreted as a Nazi Dog Whistle
In an abrupt about-face, lawyers for the social network said it was complying with court orders it had previously ignored. Brazil’s Supreme Court could allow… Read More »Elon Musk's X retreats to Brazil
(Reuters) – General Motors will lay off 1,695 workers at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas, the company said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining… Read More »GM to lay off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant, WARN reports
Newly released data shows rickshaw drivers are secretly moving the decimal point on credit card machines to scam tourists in London out of hundreds of… Read More »London rickshaws rip off customers by charging up to £1,300 for a half-mile ride
Our planet is choking on plastic. Some of the worst offenders, which take decades to break down in landfills, are polypropylene (used for things like… Read More »By evaporating plastics it is recycled into nothing more than gas
