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Questions about Musk’s access to sensitive files were raised when he visited the Pentagon
Elon Musk and SpaceX CEO Sal Paparo attended a briefing at Pentagon on ‘Top Secret China War Plan’, The New York Times reported. “It’s an informal meeting about innovation, efficiencies and smarter production,” Musk said. “If Musk were really coming to the Pentagon for more casual discussion, why wouldn’t you hold it in the Tank?”…
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The DOJ still believes that the internet company should be broken up
US Department of Justice’s proposal to end Google’s dominance of search engine rankings will require Google to sell its Chrome Search engine, The New York Times reported. It also requires Google to “notify federal and state officials” before proceeding with investments in AI. The proposal does not call for Google to drop its AI investments.
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The race to the bottom of the doge
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DGE) is currently looking at shutting down all the US government agencies, The New York Times reported. Musk had created the agency earlier this year. Last week, Musk also said, “I hope that you will think about resignations and that they won’t be able to…
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The worst comic book adaptation is probably the movie: Joker
After the US release of Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga starrer ‘Joker: Folie tre’, film reviewers have criticised it. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an C, while The New York Times said it was a “missed opportunity”. Hollywood trade publication Deadline gave the movie a B, writing, “Joker: Folie tre delivers.” Meanwhile, Variety gave it…
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Harris is going to be her running mate
US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her vice presidential running mate, The New York Times reported. Harris picked Walz after she picked Senator Elizabeth Warren as her running mate. Walz has been a member of the Minnesota legislature and governor for the last five years.
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Anthropic used thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to train their Artificial Intelligence
Apple and its AI company Anthropic allegedly used subtitles from 187,000 YouTube videos, which sucked from over 48,000 channels, the Wall Street Journal reported. Videos from MrBeast and Marques Brownlee appear in the dataset, as do clips from news outlets like ABC News, the BBC, and The New York Times. More than 100 videos from…
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The winning pitch from the gun detection company was Disney
A tech startup Evolv’s Co-founder had told New York Mayor Mike Adams the company’s gun-detection technology was not geared toward subway stations, according to an email published by The New York Times. The firm was testing its technology in a Bronx hospital to screen visitors in emergency room for a man who’d been shot. The…
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There are side effects of inoculations
The New York Times reported that a nurse worker in New York said she was unable to get the government to help her after she heard a loud ringing sound in her ear for more than a year and a half. She said she was unable to work and drive for long periods of time.…
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The Times cheated to get the talk show to do that, says OpenAI
The New York Times, Raw Story and AlterNet have filed lawsuits against Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT, alleging it reproduces “verbatim or nearly verbatim copyright-protected works of journalism without providing author, title, copyright or terms of use information”. The publications claim OpenAI and Microsoft knew they would generate less revenue…
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The Mac continues to move as it turns 40
Apple’s SVP of Worldwide Marketing, Jony Ive, said the company is one of the largest firms in the world on Mac. Ive told The New York Times that “Macs are now able to run iPad apps, along with the Mac Catalyst feature, which can be used to add more native Macs functions to existing codebases…
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The campaign is revealing what Republican voters want
The New York Times published a report on Sunday, which it claims is “the first comprehensive look at the Republican primary electorate in the 2020 US presidential election.” The report, which was compiled from interviews with over 200 people, stated, “The primary electorate consists of Republicans and Democrats who do not identify as members of…
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The Israeli military admits to being behind 2 deadly strikes in central Gaza
The New York Times reported that Israel has routinely used 2,000-pound bombs in densely populated areas in southern Gaza. According to the UN, the area now under threat holds six shelters that house 61,000 people who’ve been displaced from northern Gaza. Israel has said it is addressing the humanitarian concerns, including those voiced by the…
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The New York Times had a piece about Henry Kissinger and the Hypocrite
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died aged 91 on February 6, was a key architect of the US’ war policy in Southeast Asia. Kissinger created the US’ war policy in Southeast Asia and his disregard for civilian casualties in war established a blueprint for projection of US military power, according to a…
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Global science is getting more fragmented, and this is creating a problem
A report by The New York Times (NY Times) has said that China and the US have signed a climate agreement, the first of its kind, to ” deepen their collaboration on COVID-19 research and policy.” The agreement’s details were not released. The deal was signed during the first official meeting between US Vice President…
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Editors note about coverage of the Gaza hospital
The New York Times has apologised for its coverage of the Gaza hospital blast, saying that it should have “taken more care” and been more explicit about what information could be verified. However, it also said that the death toll from the blast might be lower than initially reported. The newspaper added that it “regretted…
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The Cancel Culture debate has come full circle with the war in Israel
The New York Times reported on Friday that Israeli military officials said they were investigating the blast in which a Palestinian family was killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier this week. However, it added that Israeli officials denied responsibility for the incident and blamed the rocket launch by the Palestinian faction group Islamic Jihad, which…
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Hamas didn’t make a case about Israel Struck Hospital
Hamas on Sunday rejected a request by The New York Times to view any available evidence of the munition it said had struck the hospital in Gaza City, claiming that it had disintegrated beyond recognition. “Who says we’re obligated to present the remnants of every rocket that kills our people?,” said Salama Maroof, the head…
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The EU accuses X of being host to Israel-Hamas misinformation
European Union’s lawmaker Thierry Breton has written to X CEO Elon Musk and Meta asking them to clarify their compliance with the European Parliament’s new online privacy rules, The New York Times said. Breton has asked Musk to give more details publicly by Monday, the report added. Breton had earlier said that non-compliance with the…
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There are allegations that Trump is charged with crimes in the classified documents inquiry
US President Donald Trump and his supporters are expected to be indicted this summer over their efforts to influence the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, The New York Times (NYT) said on Monday. This comes after a special committee accused Trump of conspiring with others to interfere in the election. Trump has denied wrongdoing and…
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The leaking of top-secret US Intel poses a new risk to the intelligence community
Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, has been arrested for leaking classified documents to media outlets, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, the US Justice Department has said. Teixeira was taken into custody outside his home in Massachusetts’ North Dighton. He is accused of leaking a government document containing secrets about…
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Some users of the social media platform say they have not paid their blue checks, but still have them
Twitter has replaced its blue bird logo with Doge, a meme representing the cryptocurrency dogecoin, on the top of the site. Earlier, a user had posted a meme that said The New York Times declined to pay for verification. Twitter CEO Elon Musk responded by tweeting, “Oh ok. We’ll take it off then.” Musk has…
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There are still some people that are waiting for a check-mark
The New York Times lost its blue check after it told CNN it wouldn’t pay for verification. The social media platform had launched the option for users paying for its Twitter Blue subscription service to receive blue checks. Earlier, it was reported that Twitter CEO Elon Musk had raised the idea of reserving verification for…
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The Kremlin got tougher with Washington because of the American journalist’s arrest
The Russian authorities on Thursday detained an American journalist for The Wall Street Journal and accused him of espionage. Alexander Gershkovich pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released from a Moscow prison, Russian state news agency Tass said. Gershkovich has been working with The Wall Street Journal for nearly 20 years and had…
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A federal ban looms as more GOP governors try to ban TikTok
US Senator Chuck Schumer has said there’s Chinese ownership of the company that owns video-sharing app TikTok. He further added that there are people in the Commerce Committee looking into that. Schumer’s comments come after ByteDance CEO Shou Zi Chew told The New York Times that ByteDance plans to move all data from Virginia and…
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Dozens of expenses are under the FEC threshold to keep receipts
US Representative-elect George Santos has called a New York Times investigation into his career “deceitful” and said it was “politically motivated”. The New York Times had reported that Santos did not have a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, an MBA or even a law degree from a New York college, as he claimed on his…