Philanthropist, stuntman, and YouTube sensation, Mr. Beast, filled suit against the burger chain bearing his name. Jimmy Donaldson, Mr. Beast, is known for his philanthropic pursuits and online stunts. He’s helped 1,000 people receive eye surgery bringing them vision. He’s also given away $28.3 million to individuals and organizations since being online. He filed suit...
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...
Who says competitors can’t work together. Seven of the world’s largest automakers are teaming up to build national EV charging infrastructure across North America. When asked about making the switch to electric vehicles many car owners have a fear of running out of power between destinations. Gas stations are plentiful and most drivers can quickly...
Feature image credit: BBC We live in an era of the possible. Just because something is possible doesn’t mean we should do it. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has announced plans to introduce a new cryptocurrency designed to determine if someone is a robot or a human. Altman is calling the new cryptocurrency, Worldcoin, and is...
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...
Ever since ChatGPT entered the public’s consciousness its been surrounded by controversy. ChatGPT started off as a cute toy, but immediately became a threat after Microsoft’s $10 billion investment announcement. Sarah Silverman and other comedians sued OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringment alleging their large language models, GPT and LLaMA, inappropriately used their material for...
Microsoft has reported several high profile hacks in recent weeks. The State Department, Commerce, and other government agencies have seen significant attacks and breaches from Chinese state actors. US government agencies aren’t the only ones attacked on the regular. US corporations are frequent targets for hackers and criminals. Google wants to try a new policy...
I think NASA knows. I think they’ve seen something, heard something, or found something and they give us tidbits of information each year. The latest news coming from Mars is the Rover found organic compounds in several rocks at the Jezero crater. Carbon and nitrogen combined with water form the basis of life and the...
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...