Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX has sued a California commission in federal court, accusing panel members of political bias in blocking the space venture company from increasing the number of rockets it launches from an air base in the state. SpaceX sued the California Coastal Commission on Tuesday in Los Angeles, seeking an injunction that would … Read more
A Dutch chipmaking giant sparked chaos after it accidentally released a disappointing financial outlook a day earlier than planned – knocking billions off the market value of the entire semiconductor sector. Shares in ASML — which makes equipment used to make chips, including processors used to power artificial intelligence — fell nearly 6% on Wednesday. … Read more
Top members of Google’s legal team are holding a fundraiser for Kamala Harris on Friday — noting their concerns about conflicts of interest as they face the Biden-Harris Justice Department in a landmark antitrust case targeting the Big Tech giant . Karen Dunn — the lead plaintiff at the white-shoe law firm Paul Weiss defending … Read more
She is a true Vincent van Go-bot. In a first for Sotheby’s, the famous auction house will sell a painting made by a humanoid robot – and it is expected to fetch up to $180,000. The robot, known as Ai-Da, created renowned mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing’s painting titled “God AI” with its own … Read more
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Gen Zers are taking their frugal obsession to the next level, this time with their smartphones. The tech generation isn’t opting for brand new iPhones — instead, they’re opting for refurbished ones in good condition for a fraction of the original retail price. Apparently, the iPhone 13 is … Read more
These vacuums had no filter. American homeowners were shocked when their Chinese-made robot vacuum cleaners were hijacked and repossessed to bombard them with racial slurs. The racist attack by hackers affected Ecovacs Deebot X2s – a brand that is manufactured in China – in several US cities, according to ABC News Australia. Minnesota attorney Daniel … Read more
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta has reportedly fired about 22 employees in Los Angeles for misusing their $25-a-day food allowance to provide household supplies such as wine glasses, acne pillows and laundry detergent. The fired workers were found to have misused delivery credit — which workers can use on services like GrubHub or UberEats if … Read more
A 25-year-old Alabama man was arrested Thursday for hacking into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account earlier this year as part of an alleged plot to manipulate bitcoin prices, prosecutors said. In January, a hacker posted fake news on the SEC’s @SECGov X account announcing that the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds, causing … Read more
Amazon is the latest tech giant to embrace nuclear power as it tries to power electricity-hungry artificial intelligence programs. Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of the Seattle-based electronics retailer, said Wednesday it will invest more than half a billion dollars in three projects — one in Washington state, one in Virginia and another … Read more
Google is “very likely” to be barred from paying Apple billions of dollars each year to ensure its search engine is enabled by default on iPhones after its stunning loss to the Justice Department in a landmark antitrust trial, according to analysts at Jefferies . Judge Amit Mehta ruled in August that Google has an … Read more