Bet you’re dying to check this one out. A new artificially intelligent app claims to be able to pinpoint your expiration date — all in an effort to motivate users to make healthier choices and lead longer lives. For $40 a year, those looking to have the grim news delivered can download the Death Clock, which … Read more
Michael Kahana, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, has been studying memory for over 30 years: how it works, and what’s going on when it doesn’t. He’s not just fascinated with memory loss caused by traumatic brain injury — which affects more than 5 million people in this country — or the nearly 7 million Americans … Read more
In 2002, Wired magazine’s Kevin Kelly quizzed Google’s Larry Page about why his search engine was free, reports philosopher Yuval Noah Harari in ‘Nexus – A Brief History of Information Networks From The Stone Age to AI’ (Random House). Nexus, by Yuval Noah Hariri “Where does that get you?” he asked. Page replied that Google wasn’t about search at all. … … Read more
A top lawyer for Google in the search giant’s landmark trial with the US government is also a key adviser to the Kamala Harris campaign — and tech antitrust watchdogs are calling the cozy relationship “outrageous,” The Post has learned. In a doubleheader that turned heads across the Beltway, Google attorney Karen Dunn last Tuesday … Read more
A growing number of Wall Street analysts have issued warnings about a potential Google breakup as the Big Tech giant tries to wriggle out of a pair of major federal antitrust lawsuits that could devastate its business model. The Justice Department is seeking a forced selloff of Google’s digital advertising business in an antitrust case … Read more
Shares of Apple fell nearly 3% on Monday after several analysts said that delivery times for the new iPhone 16 Pro models indicated weaker-than-expected demand, possibly due to the delayed rollout of key artificial intelligence features. Apple last week unveiled its long-awaited iPhone 16 series designed around its AI software, Apple Intelligence. Early pre-order data from BofA Global … Read more
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have banded together to fight an Ohio utility that wants them to pay for upgrades to the electric grid that will be necessary to support the Big Tech firms’ plans to install energy-intensive data centers to power artificial intelligence technology. American Electric Power Ohio, which serves cities such as Columbus … Read more
Snapchat reserves the right to put photos of its users’ faces in ads as part of the terms of service of its “My Selfie” tool, which lets people and their friends create artificial intelligence-generated images that are trained on their selfies. “My Selfie is used to power Generative AI, Cameos and other experiences on Snapchat … Read more
TikTok faced sharp questions from a US appeals court on Monday as the company scrambles to block a law that will force China-based ByteDance to sell the video-sharing app by Jan. 19 or face a total ban. A TikTok lawyer argued in front of a three-judge panel that the law, signed by President Joe Biden … Read more
Elon Musk’s brain chip firm Neuralink has received “breakthrough device” status for an implant aimed at helping blind patients regain their sight, the firm announced Wednesday. Dubbed “Blindsight,” the experimental brain implant gained clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to participate in the voluntary program. It is one of 58 devices to receive … Read more