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A Successful Failure: Elon Musk鈥檚 Starship Explodes Shortly After Launch
SpaceX’s Starship Explodes A Few Minutes After Launch Whatever the outcome, Thursday was set out to be a groundbreaking day for SpaceX and while it could have been better, that is exactly what it turned out to be. On April 20, 2023, SpaceX scheduled the launch of SpaceX鈥檚 Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever […]
Elon Musk Came For His Badges As Promised
Twitter Strips Legacy Blue Checks From Public Figures In Bid To Force Payments On Thursday, 20th April, Twitter started removing blue checkmarks (badges) in masses from what are considered legacy accounts. This is consistent with an Elon Musk announcement where he claimed there are 鈥渇ar too many corrupt legacy Blue 鈥渧erification鈥� checkmarks exist, so no […]
The Gloves Are Off: Elon Musk Enraged By Microsoft
鈥淟awsuit Time,鈥� Says Elon Musk after Microsoft Passes On Paying For Twitter鈥檚 High-Priced API 鈥淪tarting on Apr. 25, 2023, Smart Campaigns with Multi-platform will no longer support Twitter,鈥� Microsoft said on its site. This statement will have resounding effects on Twitter users and has evoked a reaction from Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Application Programming Interfaces […]
“You’re Next!” US Congress Tells Chinese-Owned Shein and Temu
The US Congress Has Its Sights On Shein and Temu After TikTok There have been growing concerns in the United States about the threat China-owned companies pose to the national security of the company. These concerns have escalated in recent months ultimately culminating in a congressional hearing for TikTok鈥檚 CEO Shou Zi Chew. The hearing […]
AI-Generated Fake Drake Song Sparks Controversy In The Music Industry
Universal Music Group Calls For AI Music To Be Banned On Streaming Platforms On Monday 17th April 2023, a TikTok user known as Ghostwriter977 released a song on the platform called 鈥淗eart on my Sleeve鈥� using generative artificial intelligence. The song imitated the voices of rapper Drake and singer The Weeknd. It mimics the two […]
Nightmare Scenario For QuaDream: Israeli Spyware Company Shutting Down
QuaDream Shutting Down Following Expose By Citizen Lab and Microsoft As per reports, Israeli spyware vendor and cyber offensive company QuaDream is will be shutting down its operations permanently in the coming days. This news comes a few days after the company鈥檚 hacking toolset was exposed by Citizen Lab and Microsoft. QuaDream is a technology […]
CheggMate: Chegg To Apply ChatGPT Technology To Its Platform
Chegg Announces Partnership With OpenAI to Integrate AI into Its Operations On Monday, an official announcement came from Chegg, that it would be implementing AI services into its operations. Chegg is an American education technology company that provides various educational services to students. As the company鈥檚 CEO said to Reuters, the educational software maker has […]
Government-Funded Tags Causing Friction Between Twitter And Media Outlets
Media Organizations Boycotting Twitter Over ‘Government-Funded’ Tags In recent weeks, Elon Musk鈥檚 Twitter has been labeling accounts belonging to media organizations. These labels provide information on whether a media company is government funded, state-affiliated, or publicly funded. However, many media houses have not taken well to this update with some threatening to quit Twitter altogether. […]
Amazon Joins The AI Frenzy
Amazon Introduces Bedrock, A Generative AI Model Last week, Amazon became the latest tech company to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) to their systems. In a letter to shareholders on Thursday 13th April 2023, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company is and will be 鈥渋nvesting heavily鈥� in large language models (LLMs) and generative AI. Said […]
OpenAI CEO Discloses They Are NOT Training GPT-5
鈥淲e Are Not (Training GPT-5) And Won鈥檛 For Some Time,鈥� Says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman While speaking at an event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), OpenAI鈥檚 CEO and co-founder Sam Altman is currently not training the next version of their popular platform ChatGPT, GPT-5. GPT-5 is the presumed successor to the language model’s […]
Elon Musk Joins The AI Wars With New Startup
Elon Musk Allegedly Starting New AI Startup Called X.AI According to State filings, Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has created a new artificial intelligence company called X.AI Corp. As per the listing, the company is incorporated in Nevada. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Musk s the only listed director of the […]
Montana Gives TikTok The Boot: Dance To Our Tune Or Leave
Montana Becomes The First State In The USA To Ban TikTok Last month, TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew sat and testified before the US鈥檚 congressional lawmakers. In what is being considered a pivotal moment for the social media platform Chew tried to mitigate privacy concerns and bipartisan fears about the platform. Less than […]
