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Amazon probing AI startup for ‘scraping’ websites without permission: report
Scrutiny of Perplexity’s practices has intensified after Forbes accused the company of “directly ripping off” articles written by its reporters.
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Collina Strada's Baggu collab under fire for using AI-generated prints: 'Unforgivable'
Customers would prefer if designers stopped horsing around with AI.
Lawsuit claiming Meta hires foreign workers for lower pay instead of US citizens gets new life
Purushothaman Rajaram, a naturalized US citizen, says Meta passes over American workers for jobs in favor of cheaper visa recipients.
ChatGPT owner OpenAI strikes multi-year content deal with Time magazine
The artificial intelligence company has signed similar deals over the past few months with the The Post parent News Corp, Financial Times and Business Insider-owner Axel Springer.
SpaceX prepping tender offer at record $210B valuation: report
SpaceX will sell to employees and other insiders at $112 per share, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
This $4,000 mattress of the future promises to end snoring for good: 'Sleep deprivation is the new smoking'
Eight Sleep is betting people will shell out thousands to spend their nights on the same kind of bed that Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the NBA's Jimmy Butler use.
Amazon hits $2T in market value for the first time as AI fervor, rate cut bets drive gains
Amazon Web Services is the largest cloud services provider in the world, and growth at the Amazon unit has returned after a dip in the past year, thanks to surging adoption of AI technologies.
AI a 'fire accelerator' for Big Tech antitrust abuses, international regulator warns
Powerful AI systems “will make all the problems only worse,” said Andreas Mundt, who cited fears that users won’t be able to avoid Big Tech platforms in favor of alternative...
Carjacker with 'sausage fingers' fails to break into Tesla after failing to grasp door handles
Extraordinary footage from New Zealand shows the moment a carjacker fails to enter a Tesla, proving the popular EV’s “clever handles have prevented crime”.
Nearly half of American electric vehicle owners want to go back to gas-powered cars: study
In the poll of nearly 37,000 consumers worldwide, Australia was the only country with a greater percentage, 49%, of EV owners than the U.S. who said they were ready to...
Rivian soars as Volkswagen plows $5B into struggling EV maker
VW said it would initially invest $1 billion into a joint venture to create what was described as a “next generation software-defined vehicle platform” that will be used in both...
A growing segment of Silicon Valley is all in on Trump: 'Very different' from backlash fears of 2016, 2020
“It's very different than 2016 when you were ostracized … in 2016 you would have had backlash from portfolio companies or founders [if you endorsed Trump],” said one Silicon Valley...
Robot face with lab-grown living skin created by scientists hoping to make more human-like cyborgs
Scientists on the project believe the living skin could be a key step in creating robots that heal and feel like humans.
Tesla recalls 11K Cybertrucks over faulty windshield wipers, loose trim
Both recall notices impact more than 11,000 Cybertrucks. In both cases, Tesla will make the repairs free of charge and owners will be notified by Aug. 18.
NASA plans for doomsday scenario of asteroid with 72 percent chance of hitting Earth in just 14 years
What if a never-before-seen asteroid barreling in our direction was more than likely to strike Earth?
'Clever' copy-and-paste scam targets Google Chrome users, cybersecurity experts warn — here's how to stay safe
The malware installed through these attacks focused on credential theft and fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions.
Software giant says US ban of TikTok would hurt its profits
The law “will make it unlawful to provide internet hosting services to TikTok,” an annual report published Monday read.
Uber locking out NYC drivers to avoid paying them for 'idle time'
Uber drivers in the Big Apple are fuming over the move, saying their income has dropped by as much as 50%, according to Bloomberg News.
Influencer's AI clone of herself goes rogue, becomes sex-crazed maniac
“I have uploaded over 2000 hours of my content, voice, and personality to become the first creator to be turned into an AI,” Marjorie wrote in a post on X.
Microsoft hit with antitrust charges by EU over 'possibly abusive' business practices
The European Commission said Monday it informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that the US tech giant has been “restricting competition.”
Apple supplier rejects married Indian women from jobs over 'culture issues' and because they 'have babies after marriage'
“We didn’t get the jobs as we both are married,” Parvathi later said in an interview at her village shanty. “Even the auto-rickshaw driver who took us from the bus...