The CEOs of Meta, Snap, Discord, X and TikTok testified at a high-stakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child exploitation. During the hearing, Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Jason Citron, Linda Yaccarino and Shou Chew spent nearly four hours being asked by lawmakers about their child safety record. Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin noted … Read more
MIT biotechnology researcher Lauren “Ren” Ramlan led the iconic computer game Loss using gut bacteria. It's not about managing the game per se, but it's running (barely) on a screen inside a cell wall composed entirely of E. coli bacteria. The researcher dosed the bacteria with fluorescent proteins to ensure they lit up like digital … Read more
Samsung's flagship for 2024 has arrived. THE S24 Ultra has a new titanium frame, improved telephoto lenses and is packed with new intelligence and AI features. It's also more expensive than ever. However, it's the AI features and not the hardware that mark this year's S23 series. AI tools span text and translation, photography and … Read more
As generative AI (and access to AI tools) continues to grow, expect to see more of things like the uproar over “George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead.” Streamed on (and later taken from) YouTube, it's billed as an hour of new “material” by the comedian who died in 2008. Of course, it's not that. It … Read more