Alan Dyer/Getty Images reader comments 123 with Amazon is set to launch two satellite prototypes for its Project Kuiper network, which will eventually number more than 3,200 orbiters. Project Kuiper could become a rival to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, which is now nearly 4,800 strong. Amazon’s launch is planned for 2 pm Eastern time today, with ..
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Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 75 with Despite leading AI companies’ attempts to block users from turning AI image generators into engines of racist content, many 4chan users are still turning to these tools to “quickly flood the Internet with racist garbage,” 404 Media reported. 404 Media uncovered one 4chan thread where users ..
reader comments 68 with Last week, the Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon, alleging that the online retailer was illegally maintaining a monopoly. Much of the FTC’s complaint against Amazon was redacted, but The Wall Street Journal yesterday revealed key details obscured in the complaint regarding a secret algorithm. The FTC alleged that Amazon once used ..
Enlarge / A courtroom sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday. reader comments 103 with Sam Bankman-Fried has been painted as a “cartoon villain” by prosecutors whose case depends largely on hindsight, the former crypto tycoon’s lawyers told a Manhattan jury on Wednesday as they laid out their defense at the start ..
Enlarge / Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court on October 2, 2023 in Washington, DC. Nadella is testifying in the antitrust trial to determine if Alphabet Inc.’s Google maintains a monopoly in the online search business. reader comments 85 with On Monday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella showed up at the Google antitrust trial ..
reader comments 111 with On Wednesday, a Los Angeles-based 22-year-old college graduate, Ben Brody, sued Elon Musk for more than $1 million. Brody’s lawsuit alleged that over a series of social media posts, the X (formerly Twitter) owner falsely identified Brody—described as a “shy young man”—as a participant “in a violent street brawl on behalf ..
Enlarge / Tesla Motors store in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 94 with Four Tesla drivers who sued the company over its allegedly deceptive “self-driving” claims will have to go to arbitration instead of pursuing a class action, a judge ruled. The complaint sought class-action status on ..
Enlarge / Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail revocation hearing at US District Court on August 11, 2023, in New York City. Getty Images | Michael Santiago reader comments 101 with Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial is beginning this week with jury selection on Tuesday morning. SBF, the 31-year-old man behind bankrupt cryptocurrency ..
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 225 with Tux the cat has been found, and Lyft has agreed to cover “all of her veterinary bills,” after a Lyft driver zoomed away with the sick cat still in the car, a Lyft spokesperson told Ars. “We’re so happy to report that Tux has been reunited ..
reader comments 138 with The US Department of Justice has finally posted what judge Amit Mehta described at the Google search antitrust trial as an “embarrassing” exhibit that Google tried to hide from the public. The document in question contains meeting notes that Google’s vice president for finance, Michael Roszak, “created for a course on ..
