11:53 AM PDT · April 8, 2026 Meta released an AI model on Wednesday called Muse Spark, which marks its “first step” toward an “overhaul…
Author: Amanda Silberling
British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto |
In Brief Posted: 9:03 AM PDT · April 8, 2026 The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the creator of Bitcoin, remains a long-running…
OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead 'special projects' |
1:35 PM PDT · April 3, 2026 A handful of OpenAI executives are transitioning into new roles, according to a report from Bloomberg. An OpenAI…
A new connections app, Sonder, has a deliberately tedious sign-up process (and it’s working) |
Sonder’s founders couldn’t bear to encounter one more dating app profile in which someone boldly declared that their most controversial opinion is that they like…
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says |
4:29 PM PDT · March 20, 2026 A civil jury in California on Friday ruled that Elon Musk intentionally misled Twitter investors when he tried…
A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava |
In Brief Posted: 10:21 AM PDT · March 20, 2026 A French Navy officer went for a run on the deck of the Charles de…
Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant |
When we think about the existential threats of new technology, we’re usually thinking about something like the recent negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon over…
The dictionary sues OpenAI |
10:38 AM PDT · March 16, 2026 Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging in its complaint that the AI giant…