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OpenAI reportedly trying to poach Google AI talent with $10M pay packages as race heats up

The ChatGPT creator’s recruiting team has been pitching Google’s best AI talent ahead of a planned employee share sale.

China's biggest bank paid ransom to halt attack, Lockbit hackers claim

The bank's US arm was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted trades in the US Treasury market last Thursday.

OpenAI boss wants Microsoft funds to build ‘superintelligence’-- despite getting $10B this year

Sam Altman is reportedly seeking additional financial backing from top investor Microsoft as the OpenAI chief looks to build "superintelligent" tech tools that would be as smart as humans. Altman...

Google, Meta should pay $14B per year to news publishers to account for ad revenue: study

The researchers determined that Facebook should pay publishers $1.9 billion per year for use of their content, while Google should pay between $10 billion and $12 billion per year.

Newly found ‘kill switch’ triggers death of cancer cells in potential breakthrough

Scientists at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a protein that can "program" cancer cells to die, as detailed in a study published.

$1B Silicon Valley-backed utopian city 'California Forever' facing national security probe: pols

A little-known firm called Flannery Associates has stealthily bought up nearly $1 billion in land next to Travis Air Force Base.

Gullible Gen Z more likely to fall prey to online scams than their boomer grandparents

Try listening to your elders for a change.

This grocery chain is doing away with self-checkout — the reason why might surprise you

“We pride ourselves on great customer service and you can’t do that through a robot,' Booths CEO Nigel Murray said.

Elon Musk's dislike of bright colors has led to SpaceX workplace safety concerns: report

During his frequent visits to the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, Texas, Musk would play around with a novelty flamethrower, while discouraging workers from wearing safety vests.

Google CEO to be grilled in app store antitrust trial with 'Fortnite' maker

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is set to defend his company’s controversial app store practices next week during a court battle with “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.

Elon Musk biopic to be directed by 'Black Swan' filmmaker Darren Aronofsky: source

"Glad Darren is doing it. He is one of the best," Musk said in an X post on Friday.

Musk fires back after Sam Altman slams 'Grok' chatbot as 'cringey boomer humor'

OpenAI boss Sam Altman slammed Elon Musk's AI bot, Grok -- and got blowback from both Musk and the chatbot after claiming its responses are ridden with "cringey boomer humor."

I am a world-record ‘human cyborg’ — with 52 implants in my body

She’s got a magnetic personality — literally.

Elon Musk's X is beginning to cash in on 'premium' subscriptions: source

Previously, X made less than 10% of its revenue from data licensing agreements and didn’t make anything from subscriptions, sources told On the Money. 

Apple issues urgent iPhone update — how and why to install it

Maybe the new titanium iPhone isn't as solid as it seems.

Notorious video chat site Omegle shuts down after years of criticism over child sex abuse

Notorious video chat site Omegle -- which was launched to link like-minded strangers but morphed into a cesspool for child predators -- was shut down Thursday. Founded in 2009 by...

Google staffers locked in escalating squabble over $1.2B contract with Israel

Three insiders told the Times that a worker was fired after writing on an internal Google message board that Israelis living near Gaza “deserved to be impacted.”

Google paid Activision-Blizzard $360M to use its app store, Epic Games claims

The Epic Games trial is the second major US antitrust trial currently facing Google.

‘Look out’: Swimmers’ shock reaction to sharks at Bondi Beach

Wild footage has captured the moment swimmers are confronted by sharks in a number of incredibly close encounters at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Deepfake video of Indian star leaves nation fuming

A short clip of what appears to be popular Indian star Rashmika Mandanna entering an elevator has blown up in India and received condemnation across the world. At first glance,...