You have to admit. It’s been Mr. Musk’s Wild and Crazy Ride this past year for Twitter. Since being dragged into court to purchase a social media network he was about to walk out on, Musk has sought to remake the social network in his own image. He’s gutted staff across the board, made fun...
Tesla announced plans to produce 500,000 Cybertrucks this year at their Q2 earnings call. Tesla is aiming squarely at the US’ top selling truck, the F-150 Lightning by shipping a truck that’s less than 19 feet long with a 6 foot truck bed. The F-150 Lightning is 19.25 feet long with a 5.5 foot utility...
As Elon Musk hurls Twitter’s decent into irrelevance others haven’t sat on the heels, but have been hard at work. In the span of a week, Threads, a Meta built app, and Spill arrived to scoop users defecting from Twitter for better social interactions. Huge Numbers Threads acquired 100 million users in the last 7...
We’ve talked a lot about the impact generative AI technologies like ChatGPT may have on US workers. However, little time has been spent on how AI may impact the nature of outsourced labor. An interesting report at Rest of World shares some light on how workers in cheap labor markets are employing AI. While US...
I’ve just gotten into sneakers. I’ve relegated sneakers to the handful of times I’ve worked out, airports, and walking to and from Metro. I nice wedge elevates my frame, slides are great if I’m actually in the office, and ankle straps are my default cute option. I’ve never felt like a sophisticated, youngish, urban professionalled...
Very few things are better than a good brassiere. A good bra is supportive. Stands the test of time. And is good looking. After announcing a concept started 4 years ago, the US Army’s Tactical Brassiere (ATB) is nearing combat readiness. Patricia Marx’s profile of the ATB showcases the US Army’s commitment to the female...
“We puttin’ our faith in ChatGPT when we should be putting our faith in G.O.D!” – Said a Non-Churchy Church Lady 300 people attended a ChatGPT programmed and led service at St. Paul’s Church in Fürth, Germany. The service featured a 40-minute sermon generated by ChatGPT and AI-generated avatars. Rev. GPT started the service as...
The Federal Trade Commission moved to block Microsoft’s acquisition of video game maker Activision. The deal would have been worthing a record breaking $69 billion. The FTC blocked the merger after the UK opposed the deal, and the EU approving it. The FTC said the deal would “substantially lessen competition” in the video game industry....
It doesn’t get any clearer than that. Yesterday, Yintao Yu, a former ByteDance executive, alleged the company gave Chinese Communist Party members access to Hong Kong activists’ TikTok data. The allegations were part of a US court filing. The filing reports users who uploaded “protest-related content” were identified and monitored. According to Mr. Yu, ByteDance/TikTok...
Sextortion isn’t a new phenomenon. For decades, criminals have threatened people (mostly women) with exposure over sexual compromising or explicit photos of themselves online. Sextortion could involves payments in money or more photos of the victim. Sometimes, the images possessed by these criminals are real, other times they could be fake when the mere threat...